Negative / Null Result Report2013
Fabrication of alginate–gelatin crosslinked hydrogel microcapsules and evaluation of the microstructure and physico-chemical properties
Journal of Materials Chemistry B
Failure-mode index
Negative results in Materials Science
37 indexed negative results, null findings, and replication failures in Materials Science. Each entry is a real published study whose primary finding was negative — learn what already failed before you repeat it.
Most-cited failures in Materials Science
Negative / Null Result Report2022
Oxygen Vacancy‐Induced Dielectric Polarization Prevails in the Electromagnetic Wave‐Absorbing Mechanism for Mn‐Based MOFs‐Derived Composites
Advanced Functional Materials
Negative / Null Result Report2015
Role of the surface effect on the structural, electronic and mechanical properties of the carbide MXenes
Europhysics Letters (EPL)
Negative / Null Result Report2012
Phase behaviour and complex coacervation of aqueous polypeptide solutions
Soft Matter
Negative / Null Result Report2012
Needleless Melt‐Electrospinning of Polypropylene Nanofibres
Journal of Nanomaterials
Negative / Null Result Report2016
On the Origin of Surface Traps in Colloidal II–VI Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Chemistry of Materials
Negative / Null Result Report2018
Amendment of Agricultural Soil with Metal Nanoparticles: Effects on Soil Enzyme Activity and Microbial Community Composition
Environmental Science & Technology
Negative / Null Result Report2015
Significant effect of stacking on the electronic and optical properties of few-layer black phosphorus
Physical Review B
Negative / Null Result Report2010
Significant Differences in the Hydrolysis Behavior of Amorphous and Crystalline Portions within Microcrystalline Cellulose in Hot-Compressed Water
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Negative / Null Result Report2012
A Theoretical and Computational Analysis of Linear Free Energy Relations for the Estimation of Activation Energies
ACS Catalysis
Negative / Null Result Report2011
Poly-3-Hydroxybutyrate Metabolism in the Type II Methanotroph Methylocystis parvus OBBP
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Negative / Null Result Report2016
Young’s equation revisited
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
Negative / Null Result Report2014
ZnO nanoparticles and root colonization by a beneficial pseudomonad influence essential metal responses in bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Nanotoxicology
Negative / Null Result Report2016
Why do we observe significant differences between measured and ‘back-calculated’ properties of natural fibres?
Cellulose
Negative / Null Result Report2010
A randomized study of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin versus continuous-infusion doxorubicin in elderly patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: the GRAALL-SA1 study
Haematologica
Negative / Null Result Report2025
Regulating nanomedicines: challenges, opportunities, and the path forward
Nanomedicine
Negative / Null Result Report2019
A Microfluidic Tumor‐on‐a‐Chip for Assessing Multifunctional Liposomes' Tumor Targeting and Anticancer Efficacy
Advanced Healthcare Materials
Negative / Null Result Report2019
Crystallization kinetics of amorphous calcium carbonate in confinement
Chemical Science
Negative / Null Result Report2019
Micelle carriers based on dendritic macromolecules containing bis-MPA and glycine for antimalarial drug delivery
Biomaterials Science
Negative / Null Result Report2019
The significant effect of size and concentrations of iron oxide nanoparticles on magnetic resonance imaging contrast enhancement
Results in Physics
Negative / Null Result Report2019
Nascent particle sizes and degrees of entanglement are responsible for the significant differences in impact strength of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene
Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics
Negative / Null Result Report2018
Enhanced Differentiation Potential of Primary Human Endometrial Cells Cultured on 3D Scaffolds
Biomacromolecules
Negative / Null Result Report2017
Photoluminescence from colloidal silicon nanoparticles: significant effect of surface
Nanotechnology Reviews
Negative / Null Result Report2012
Significant effect of spin flip on the oxygen atom transfer reaction from (oxo)manganese(v) corroles to thioanisole: insights from density functional calculations
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Negative / Null Result Report2013
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv3406 Is a Type II Alkyl Sulfatase Capable of Sulfate Scavenging
PLoS ONE
Negative / Null Result Report2026
Innovative Strategies to Overcome Stability Challenges of Single-Atom Nanozymes
Nano-Micro Letters
Negative / Null Result Report2024
Solar methane pyrolysis in a liquid metal bubble column reactor: Effect of medium type and gas injection configuration
Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
Negative / Null Result Report2026
Fast Dissolving Resveratrol–Polyvinylpyrrolidone Nanofibrous Films Fabricated in Bulk Using a Special Hole Electrospinning Technique
Polymers
Negative / Null Result Report2026
Electrospun PLA/PVP K90 Biphasic-Release Sublingual Film for Motion Sickness Treatment
Biomolecules
Negative / Null Result Report2020
Significant effect on annealing temperature and enhancement on structural, optical and electrical properties of zinc oxide nanowires
Results in Physics
Negative / Null Result Report2025
Understanding shell coating effects to overcome quenching in single anisotropic upconversion nanoparticles
Nature Communications
Negative / Null Result Report2025
Machine Learning Methodologies Applied to Magnetocaloric Perovskites Discovery
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
Negative / Null Result Report2025
A 3D spheroid model for assessing nanocarrier-based drug delivery to solid tumors
npj Biomedical Innovations.
Negative / Null Result Report2025
Using Solid-State NMR to Understand the Structure of Plant Cellulose
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Negative / Null Result Report2013
The significant effect of the phase composition on the oxygen reduction reaction activity of a layered oxide cathode
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Negative / Null Result Report2025
Benchmarking Large Language Models for Polymer Property Predictions
Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Negative / Null Result Report2020