Most solid materials we rely on, from steel, to plastics and ceramics, are designed to have specific properties. Whether a material is soft and flexible, or stiff and tough depends on how molecules ...

Some solid materials can cool down or heat up when pressure is applied or released. This behavior enables cooling and heating ...

Electric vehicles have advanced rapidly over the past decade, but battery technology remains the ...

A new AI-driven technique spots the telltale Raman signal of liquid-like ion motion—helping scientists rapidly identify ...

Researchers developed a stretchable polymer-based solid electrolyte that could enable safer, flexible solid-state batteries ...

Solid-state batteries could be safer and more energy-dense than today’s lithium-ion technology, but finding materials that allow ions to move quickly through solid electrolytes has been difficult.

A class of materials that consist almost entirely of air, yet rival or exceed the mechanical performance of steel by weight, has moved from laboratory curiosity to active engineering research over the ...

Solid-state batteries charge in a fraction of the time, run cooler, and pack more energy into less space than traditional lithium-ion versions. A new review from the University of California, ...

Research in mechanics of solids mainly includes fundamental theory (elasticity, plasticity, variational principles, fatigue and fracture of materials and structures,and inelastic constitutive ...

A team of Chinese researchers has developed a flexible composite solid electrolyte that delivers ...

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