Iron nitrides are nothing new. Nitriding processes, such as gas nitriding by exposing heated steel to ammonia, have been used for steel finishing for more than a century.

The new nitrides research follows several years of investigating metastable materials and the potential to use them in various technologies, including semiconductors.

Nitrides represent one such space, where stringent synthesis constraints have limited the exploration of this important class of functional materials. Here, we employ a suite of computational ...

Nitrides thrive despite challenges. 28 Jan 2009. Tough challenges still have to be solved, nitride guru tells a packed audience at Photonics West. By Richard Stevenson in San Jose, California. Klaus ...

‌GaN and Nitrides. GaN and related alloys (AlN, InN and its alloys) are transforming the world, and are especially well known for applications in light emitters, such as in blue light emitting diodes ...

Metal nitrides such as titanium nitride, which offer both high conductivity and capacitance, are a promising alternative, but they tend to oxidize in watery environments that limits their lifetime ...

Posted: May 21, 2018: Framework diversity of carbon nitrides offers rich platform for single atom catalysis (Nanowerk News) The development and understanding of efficient catalysts based on isolated ...

Chemists have successfully synthesized Ruddlesden-Popper nitrides for the first time, opening the door to new materials with unique properties. LMU chemists have successfully synthesized ...

The development and understanding of efficient catalysts based on isolated metal centers stabilized on suitable hosts is a challenging task that has sparked the imagination of researchers worldwide.

Key Takeaways About MXenes. Definition: MXenes are two-dimensional materials made from transition metal carbides and nitrides, first discovered in 2011 Origin: They are produced by selectively ...