Metal-ion batteries use graphite as their main anode material today. There are several drawbacks to it, such as its small ...

Batteries power many things in our daily lives—from smartphones to electric vehicles—but the material used inside them is far ...

Skoltech researchers have investigated the use of polyaromatic hydrocarbons as anode materials in metal-ion batteries. The ...

May 08, 2025 A new kind of frictionless motion emerges in van der Waals materials Ultrathin bismuthene islands on graphite slide freely in one direction and pause unpredictably, revealing new ways to ...

The researchers were able to artificially create and control Van der Waals forces using electric fields and mechanical pressure to shape the deformities on graphene sheets into specific configurations ...

If the switching process is fast and efficient enough, the conversion of graphite and similar “van der Waals” materials could serve as tiny electronic memory units (memory chips) that are in ...

Named after Dutch physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837 – 1923), the van der Waals force is a distance-dependent interaction between atoms or molecules.

Can copper be turned into gold? For centuries, alchemists pursued this dream, unaware that such a transformation requires a nuclear reaction. In contrast, graphite—the material found in ...

Structural superlubricity, a state of zero wear and ultralow friction between two sliding solid contact surfaces, offers transformative potential for NEMS/MEMS switches, relays, logic devices, and ...

“His hold over me is gone,” Beth Holloway said of Joran van der Sloot, the longtime suspect, who confessed to killing her daughter after she resisted his advances on a beach in Aruba in 2005.