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The targeted design of materials with previously unused properties should make new applications possible.
The potential for energy and material savings offered by additive manufacturing compared to conventional processes is enormous. But the devil is in the details.
Novel methods enable us to produce countless new materials in one step and to analyse them promptly.
Scientists can use laser radiation to print tiny structures with high precision. This approach enables them to mimic the superpowers of animals and plants and makes them accessible for engineering applications.
Copper and silver are known for their antibacterial properties. Researchers from Bochum have explored their effectiveness against viruses.
Scientists have long tried to use graphene, which is composed of carbon, as a kind of sieve. But this material doesn’t have any pores. Now, a team has found an alternative material which comes with pores from the outset.
Research into promising materials is hampered by the sheer number of possible candidates. A German-Danish team has developed an efficient method to solve this problem.
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Catalyst surfaces have rarely been imaged in such detail before. And yet, every single atom can play a decisive role in catalytic activity.
High-throughput X-ray diffraction measurements generate huge amounts of data. The agent renders them usable more quickly.
Finding the best material composition among thousands of possibilities is like looking for a needle in a haystack. An international team is combining computer simulations and high-throughput experiments to do this.
Combined efforts of experiment and simulation pave the way to new applications.
A Bochum-based team has developed a new process for zinc oxide layers that can be used for nitrogen oxide sensors as well as protection layer on plastic.
Searching for small but stable cobalt compounds, a team has discovered a complex that is relevant for material research and exhibits properties that have not been reported for almost 50 years for a compound alike.
Scientists from the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung and the Ruhr-Universität Bochum publish their recent findings in Nature Materials.
One algorithm replaces countless time-consuming experiments.
A new concept makes it possible to identify the most promising among an abundance of possible element combinations.
