Packing the ions: Discovery boosts supercapacitor energy storage
Friday, June 17, 2011 - 09:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Flat is in the eye of the beholder. When you're talking about nanomaterials, however, that eye is pretty much useless unless it's looking through an electron microscope or at a computer visualization. Yet the pits and ridges on a seemingly flat surface -- so small they are invisible without such tools -- can give the material astonishing abilities. The trick for researchers interested in taking advantage of these abilities lies in understanding and, eventually, predicting how the microscopic topography of a surface can translate into transformative technologies.