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 ...

Van der Waals forces bind atoms and molecules loosely together in a weaker way than ionic or covalent molecular bonds do and are formed from the temporary movement of electrons. The researchers were ...

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 ...

Ultralow resistivity in two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional (3D) van der Waals heterostructures is critical for most applications. Using high-vacuum thermal evaporation of Au, we fabricate ...

In his statement, Mr. van Der Sloot described wanting to be dropped off with Natalee Holloway a distance from the hotel where she was staying with more than 100 recent graduates of Mountain Brook ...