A newly developed, highly conductive copper wire could find applications in the electric grid, as well as in homes and businesses. The finding defies what's been thought about how metals conduct ...

Copper's role in clean energy initiatives. Issues with copper mining. Possible alternative materials to copper. Copper and the circular economy. Most circuit designers probably aren’t thinking about, ...

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and coordination polymers have emerged as a versatile class of materials for achieving high proton conductivity, a key attribute for applications in fuel cells, sensors ...

While metallic conductivity in MOFs has been predicted theoretically, it has so far only been put into practice in exceptional cases – and never before in thin-film form required for technical ...

New research from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in collaboration with The Ohio State University ...

QUT researchers have identified why some materials can block heat more effectively, which is a key feature for energy conversion, insulation and gas storage.

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Recently, the team led by Chen Lin and Feng Jing from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Kunming University of Science and Technology, ...

RICHLAND, Wash.—A common carbon compound is enabling remarkable performance enhancements when mixed in just the right proportion with copper to make electrical wires. It’s a phenomenon that defies ...

AI-guided synthesis yields a highly conductive MOF thin film, overcoming conductivity limits and unlocking new potential in electronics and energy storage. (Nanowerk News) Metal-organic frameworks ...