Functional Materials– category –

Tech Xplore China Overview An international research team led by Peking University has developed a liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) actuator reinforced with thiol-functionalized graphene oxide (FGO), achieving a record fracture toughness o...

Scienmag India Overview An Indian research team has developed a multifunctional smart epoxy coating from marigold flower waste, offering corrosion protection for steel and aluminum, self-healing capabilities, and antimicrobial properties...

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Unspecified Unknown Overview A metasurface-integrated Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) has been designed for precise polarization control in optical Ising machines, demonstrating the potential to more than double computatio...

Mugglehead USA Overview USA Rare Earth has forged a strategic partnership to revolutionize rare earth element separation using quantum computing, aiming for up to 100 times greater efficiency. The collaboration leverages quantum machine ...

Frontiers Switzerland Overview Researchers have developed a robust series of bio-based epoxy vitrimers (DGFB-x) featuring dual dynamic boronic ester and β-hydroxy ester bonds. The optimized DGFB-1.0 demonstrated an excellent self-healing...

Rice University USA Overview Physicists at Rice University have theoretically demonstrated an autoferroic material capable of accelerating true random number generation (TRNG) in microchip encryption by thousands of times, exceeding 1 mi...

NC State's College of Engineering USA Overview Researchers at NC State University have synthesized a novel hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite material exhibiting an ultra-low thermal conductivity of approximately 0.04 W m-1 K-1 at room ...

NEDO Japan Overview Japan Engine Corporation successfully completed land-based testing of the world's first hydrogen-fueled engine for large commercial vessels, developed under NEDO's Green Innovation Fund Project. The engine achieved ov...

ECOticias.com (Nature) Spain Overview Scientists have successfully constructed the world's first all-optical photonic time crystal by cyclically modulating a material's optical properties every trillionth of a second. This groundbreaking...