Newly-published 'contact lens technologies of the future' paper reviews innovative uses for disease detection and therapy, drug delivery, vision enhancement and more.
Mar 29th, 2021
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Scientists have succeeded in imaging so-called surface phonons in three dimensions for the first time. The research success could accelerate the development of new, efficient nanotechnologies.
Mar 29th, 2021
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Study finds the wettability of porous electrode surfaces is key to making efficient water-splitting or carbon-capturing systems.
Mar 26th, 2021
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Researchers have demonstrated that stretching shape-memory polymers embedded with clusters of gold nanoparticles alters their plasmon-coupling, giving rise to desirable optical properties.
Mar 26th, 2021
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Researchers have improved the deformability of the sensor structure by designing a flexible electrode with a surface micropillared structure with a large aspect ratio that is easy to buckle and lose stability.
Mar 26th, 2021
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Single-stranded DNA as supramolecular template for highly organized palladium nanowires.
Mar 26th, 2021
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A recent study reports the measurement of topological invariants in artificial graphene.
Mar 26th, 2021
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An atomically precise surface probe helped researchers discover that a catalyst can be activated by tuning the composition of just one atomic surface layer.
Mar 26th, 2021
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Scientists discovered that a superconductor with atomic-scale thickness can retain its superconductivity even when a strong magnetic field is applied to it.
Mar 26th, 2021
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Researchers have developed a better material to improve connectivity while maintaining recyclability and low cost.
Mar 26th, 2021
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Scientists have developed a method to use lasers to control the movement of nanodiamonds with fluorescent centers.
Mar 26th, 2021
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Researchers developed a stretchable wideband dipole antenna system capable of wirelessly transmitting data that is collected from health-monitoring sensors.
Mar 26th, 2021
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Scientists found new magnetised nanoparticle can be used in combination with other therapies, such as magnetic heat therapy, to potentially treat brain cancer.
Mar 26th, 2021
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The results have important implications for today's TV and display screens and for future technologies where light takes the place of electrons and fluids.
Mar 25th, 2021
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Scientists combined several electron microscopy techniques to map out the phonon-polariton excitations across the surface of magnesium oxide nanostructures with high spatial, spectral, and angular resolution. The reconstruction of the surface excitation maps in three dimensions will be useful for understanding and optimizing the properties of the nanostructured materials for advanced functionality.
Mar 25th, 2021
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An atomically defined interlayer embedded into a quantum dot emits single photons at room temperature and allows tuning a wavelength in discrete quantized jumps.
Mar 25th, 2021
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