Electronic materials
The latest chemistry news and research on electronic materials, including thermoelectric materials, superconductors and optoelectronics, from the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, Chemistry World
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Structural disorder key to high-capacitance carbon electrodes
Finding could lead to supercapacitors that store more charge
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Superconductivity: the search and the scandal
Recent high profile controversies haven’t deterred scientists from searching for one of research’s ultimate prizes: room temperature superconductors. Kit Chapman reports on the claims
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First entirely roll-to-roll system points way to cheap printed perovskite solar cells
New ink formulations facilitate printing of perovskite solar cells, catalysing cost-effective commercial applications
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Intelligent ionotronic wood device can keep an eye on people’s health
Infusing wood with ionic liquid enables creation of electronic wood
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Photoluminescent 3D printer inks made with crown-ether-stabilised perovskites
Light-emitting miniature Eiffel Towers made with perovskite-containing inks
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Semiconducting graphene allows transistor creation in step toward silicon chip integration
Regular, ordered synthesis of epigraphene combines a bandgap with high electronic mobility addressing a key problem with the material
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Moiré materials stretch their scope
More boundaries crumble following the latest flutter of results
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Boron-doped olympicenes are surprisingly stable
By possessing useful electronic properties, boraolympicenes could have potential applications in organic electronics
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Pure conjugated polymer nanowires crystallised using oligomers
Oligomers used to induce crystallisation in parent conjugated polymers for the first time
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Flexible batteries kept stable with stretchy metallic films
Liquid metals that block out air and water could improve the lifetime of stretchable electronics
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Fluidic chemical systems can mimic the way the brain stores memories
Imitating the way that neurons communicate could lead to low-power neuromorphic computing
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Helicene columns could confer chiral properties on optoelectronic devices
Organic and inorganic templates control the crystallisation of helicenes in bulk, providing a simple and effective way to integrate chirality into optics and electronics
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A recipe for biodegradable mushroom batteries
Mycelium skin from wood fungus makes sustainable material for flexible electronics
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Single-molecule magnetic memory is the first to work at room temperature
Anionic iron complex breaks the rules of magnetic molecules and opens up opportunities to miniaturise data storage
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Porphyrins can be turned into customisable molecular nanomagnets
Atomic manipulation creates materials for information storage and quantum computing
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When will molecular electronics make the connection?
Computer chips based on single molecules may remain a work in progress, finds James Mitchell Crow but the technologies developed along the way are being used by chemists to explore their reactions
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Quantum dot matrix printer creates 3D structures
Nanocrystals used as 3D printer ink, without the need for an organic matrix
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Untangling the spin-favouritism of chiral molecules
Theory shows why DNA can be picky over electron spin
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First organic magnesium electride is stable at room temperature
Molecule has potential in redox reactions, as it’s highly soluble in organic solvents and easily stored in a glovebox
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Business
Breaking efficiency records with tandem solar cells
Oxford PV layers perovskite over silicon to capture a wider wavelength range