Materials Science and Engineering

This prototype lithium ion battery contains a silicon electrode protected with a coating of self-healing polymer. The cables and clips in the background are part of an apparatus for testing the batte

Nov 15, 2013

Stanford engineers and SLAC scientists invent self-healing battery electrode

Energy

This bristly, bumpy membrane designed by Stanford engineers is the centerpiece of the most powerful, coolest-running solid oxide fuel cell of its size. | Reprinted with permission from An, J.; Kim,

Oct 21, 2013

Stanford engineers develop fuel cell that can deliver record power-per-square inch at record-low temperatures

Energy, Materials

Oct 21, 2013

IBM/SLAC team controls switching behavior of promising electronic material

Materials

The tubular growth depicted here is a type of microbe that can produce electricity. Its wire-like tendrils are attached to a carbon filament. This image is taken with a scanning electron microscope.

Sep 16, 2013

Stanford scientists use ‘wired microbes’ to generate electricity from sewage

Environment, Materials

These X-ray images reveal the microscopic structure of two semiconducting plastic polymers. The bottom image, with several big crystals stacked in a row, is from a highly ordered polymer sample. The

Aug 5, 2013

A dash of chaos boosts the efficiency of plastic solar cells, Stanford scientists say

Energy, Materials

Middle school teachers Maryam Raymond, left, Miguel Aznar, Sujatha Raghu and Vibha Walia discuss the results of a crayon etching activity which demonstrates the top down process used in nanofabricati

Jul 31, 2013

Stanford nanotechnology experts share ideas with California teachers

Technology & Society

The disc-like synthetic nanoscavengers collected magnetically. | Image: Mingliang Zhang, Stanford School of Engineering

May 15, 2013

New Stanford Nanoscavengers Could Usher In Next Generation Water Purification

Environment, Health

The nanoscale artificial “atoms” that constitute the metamaterial prism shown here were designed to exhibit a “negative index of refraction,” which skews the light to the left, different from

May 6, 2013

Stanford Engineers’ New Metamaterial Doubles Up on Invisibility

Materials

San Francisco artist Kate Nichols creates structurally colored artwork using Surface Plasmon Resonances, the same phenomenon described by Scholl and Dionne. This image is a selected view from Nichols

Mar 21, 2012

Plasmons resonate in atomic-scale metal particles