Materials Sciences

Materials management deals with the research, development, manufacturing and processing of raw and industrial materials. Key aspects here are biological and medical issues, which play an increasingly important role in this field.

innovations-report offers in-depth articles related to the development and application of materials and the structure and properties of new materials.

Next-gen smartphones to keep their cool

The powerful electronics packed inside the latest smartphones can be a significant challenge to keep cool. KAUST researchers have developed a fast and efficient way to make a carbon material…

Advancing multiprincipal alloys

Team of materials researchers explores new domains of the compositionally complex metals. The most significant advances in human civilization are marked by the progression of the materials that humans use….

Blocking vibrations that remove heat could boost efficiency of next-gen solar cells

Led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, a study of a solar-energy material with a bright future revealed a way to…

Development of haptic touch sensor that works by static electricity

Two-dimensional crumpled nanostructure with 40% higher efficiency. Super-micro, low-power sensors and devices that can send and receive signals and information anytime, anywhere will become an integral part of people’s lives…

Silicon flexes its muscles

How nature is inspiring completely new material concepts for the technology of tomorrow. Smartphones, laptops, smart watches: The chemical element silicon is found in every electronic component and computer chip,…

The most sensitive and fastest graphene microwave bolometer

Bolometers are devices that measure the power of incident electromagnetic radiation thru the heating of materials, which exhibit a temperature-electric resistance dependence. These instruments are among the most sensitive detectors…

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