Energy

Crystallization is a rare case of a phenomenon which is familiar in everyday life and yet is the focus of intensive research at the forefront…
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The prediction of cerium aqueous speciation is relevant in many research fields. Indeed, cerium compounds are used for many industrial applications (e.g. in flat-screen TVs,…
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The fundamental laws of thermodynamics The first law of thermodynamics is widely known, even outside scientific classrooms, because it introduces “heat” into the balance of…
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Coal, one of the most important energy resources, is widely used around the world in power generation, industrial production, household cooking, heating, and so on….
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The squeaking sound that basketball players produce as their shoes slide over the floor is a consequence of stick-slip motion: as the basketball shoe successively…
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The atomic stacking sequence of materials known as the complex oxides can be critical to material properties. For instance, the oxide YBa2Cu3O7 is superconducting only…
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The quest for two-dimensional (2D) materials, starting with graphene in 2004, remains strong. While graphene retains the title of strongest solid, intense research has shown…
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The energy crisis, water shortage, and pollution are among the major challenges confronting sustainable environmental existence. Renewable energy derived from sustainable feedstocks can reduce the…
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Accidentally touching your hot oven rack makes you painfully aware that metals are very good at conducting heat. If we could zoom in to the…
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Potential applications of graphene in bioanalytic devices and functional composites have recently attracted wide attention. For these applications, graphene often needs to be exposed to,…
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The power grid of the future will see a heavy penetration of clean energy-based distributed generation (DG), such as solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants, wind…
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