Normally, when liquids solidify, their molecules become locked in place, making it much harder for ions to move and leading ...

Ions influence conductivity and mobility in molecular liquid crystals, affecting electrical behavior, stability, and performance in both established and emerging technologies. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The ...

Lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) remain the most widely used rechargeable batteries worldwide, due to their light weight, high energy densities and their short charging times. Energy engineers have been ...

Scientists have created a new family of organic materials that stay conductive in the solid state. The new materials conduct ions equally well as liquids, liquid crystals, and solids, with no steep ...

As part of the goal of tackling climate change, more and more people are using electric vehicles, which produce just a fraction of the carbon dioxide emissions as their gasoline-powered counterparts.

Whether it is determining the origin of pollutants, characterizing contaminants in food, imaging individual biological cells or putting a date to historical objects, scientists use ion beams to help ...

We're part of an international team of scientists behind the creation of a new family of organic materials that can conduct ions - atoms or molecules ...

Discover how scientists created a new family of organic materials that conduct ions equally well as liquids, liquid crystals or solids.