These are ripples of electron oscillations that travel along the surface of metals, like waves on water, when light interacts with the metal ... These patterns or spin textures can be ...

The team's metallic surfaces retained properties ... There's the shiny, light-scattering texture of blue morpho butterfly wings, the rough, drag-reducing texture of shark skin and the sticky ...

‘The texture is inspired by liquid metal,’ explains Tannous. She studied product design and applied arts, but was originally a goldsmith, which is where she gets her passion and expert ...

Researchers have demonstrated a new type of metal so light it can float on water. The radical new material, called a metal matrix composite, was developed with the US Army. A boat made of such ...

A recent study by industry partner Thermo Fisher Scientific and Professor Shirley Meng’s Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion, published in Joule, found that modifying the texture of metal can ...