Near Zero Friction from Nanoscale Lubricants
Researchers have attained superlubricity, the near absence of friction, at a carbon-silica interface using nanodiamonds wrapped in graphene flakes.
Researchers have attained superlubricity, the near absence of friction, at a carbon-silica interface using nanodiamonds wrapped in graphene flakes.
Study changes perception on how acids behave in water.
Spectroscopy combined with theory and computation determines the interaction between carbon dioxide and water.
New models reveal the impact of competing processes on helium bubble formation in plasma-exposed tungsten.
Innovative materials adsorb carbon dioxide via an unprecedented cooperative insertion mechanism.
Concentrating noble-metal catalyst atoms on the surface of porous nano-frame alloys shows over thirty-fold increase in performance.
New studies explain the transition, providing a quantitative picture of a 50-year-old mystery.
Modeling experiments assess impacts of key melting behavior.
A boosted frame of reference boosts the speed of calculations.
Predicted materials could economically produce high-purity methane from natural gas systems and separate methane from coal mine ventilation systems.
Advances in how we calculate optical properties of semiconductors shorten the path to improved solar cells and other optoelectronic devices.
Charge-discharge chemistry for lithium ion batteries elucidated by theoretical calculations.