materials science | The Intelligent

Tulane university study reveals atomic reconstruction as key to gold's resistance to oxidation

Tulane University simulations show gold surface atoms rearrange into quasihexagonal structures that raise the oxygen dissociation barrier by many orders of magnitude.

Jacob Davies

12 JUL · 3 min read

Electric field increases thermal conductivity nearly threefold in relaxor ferroelectric ceramics

An electric field triples thermal conductivity in relaxor ferroelectric ceramics along its direction by suppressing nanoscale antiferroelectric instabilities.

Jacob Davies

12 JUL · 3 min read

Programmable material offers control over thermal radiation

Osaka Metropolitan University researchers combined magneto-optical materials with GST phase-change material to create a device offering directional thermal radiation control.

Oscar Jones

12 JUL · 3 min read