Nextbigfuture has covered the LK99, PCPOSOS (aka LK99 with Sulfur) and the wrinkled graphite room temperature and room pressure superconductors or possible room temperature and room pressure ...

(Nanowerk News) Two-dimensional materials from layered van der Waals (vdW) crystals hold great promise for electronic, optoelectronic, and quantum devices, but making/manufacturing them has been ...

Dry exfoliation, also called mechanical exfoliation, is the process of splitting a layered material into atomically thin sheets. This type of exfoliation can be carried out both mechanically and ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Since the first 'Scotch tape' method – i.e. mechanical peeling – of making graphene was reported in 2004, researchers have come up with a variety of techniques for producing ...

Nanomaterials rarely burst into the public consciousness. They are, after all, visible only through an electron microscope, a $40,000 luxury most people will never attempt to use. But this year's ...