After more than 50 years of development, carbon fiber composites exhibit an order of
magnitude higher specific strength as compared to structural metals such as steel. However …

Debundling and dispersion of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in polymer solutions play a major
role in the preparation of carbon nanofibers due to early effects on interfacial ordering and …

Silica nanoparticles (SNPs), one of the most widely researched materials in modern science,
are now commonly exploited in surface coatings, biomedicine, catalysis, and engineering of …

The earlier integration of validated Lennard–Jones (LJ) potentials for 8 fcc metals into
materials and biomolecular force fields has advanced multiple research fields, for example …

The π-rich versus π-poor units in 4, 6-di (thiophen-2-yl) pyrimidine (DTB) alternating the π-
backbone of solar cells dyes have been extended with a push–pull technique to lower their …

The next generation of ultrahigh-strength composites for structural components of vehicles
for manned missions to deep space will likely incorporate flattened carbon nanotubes …

New fabrication methods for carbon nanotube (CNT) networks have been reported,
producing self-assembled stacks of flattened CNTs (flCNTs), which could potentially be …

Obtaining insights into the adsorption and assembly of polyelectrolytes on chemically
variable calcium silicate hydrate (CSH) surfaces at the atomic scale has been a …

Context This research aims to investigate the potential of pyrazine-based small donor
moieties as donor–acceptor switches for optical and photovoltaic applications. The designed …

Human transport to Mars and deep-space explorations demand the development of new
materials with extraordinarily high performance-to-mass ratios. Promising candidates to fulfill …