Nanoparticles take a fantastic, magnetic voyage
Tiny robots powered by magnetic fields could help drug-delivery nanoparticles reach their targets.
Apr 27th, 2019
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Chemists manipulate the quantum states of gold nanoclusters
Scientists have found a way to control the lifetime of the quantum states of gold nanoclusters by three orders of magnitude, which could lead to improvements in solar cell and photocatalysis technologies.
Apr 26th, 2019
Read moreFlexible circuits for 3D printing
Researchers have developed a process suitable for 3D printing that can be used to produce transparent and mechanically flexible electronic circuits. The technique can enable new applications such as printable light-emitting diodes, solar cells or tools with integrated circuits.
Apr 26th, 2019
Read moreWe accidentally created a new wonder material that could revolutionise batteries and electronics
Researchers have created phosphorene nanoribbons by accident - a material made from one of the universe's basic building blocks, but that has the potential to revolutionise a wide range of technologies.
Apr 26th, 2019
Read moreMikado inside a nano box: Bertrand's paradox revisited
When you shake a box filled with Mikado sticks, will you get a uniform spreading of the sticks inside the box? This question touches Bertrands paradox, a classic in mathematics. For designing nano mikado boxes for photonics purposes, scientists wanted to be able to determine the free space between the sticks.
Apr 26th, 2019
Read more3D printing micro-electromechanical switches
Researchers have demonstrated the facile fabrication of two-terminal micro-electromechanical (MEM) switches using a commercially available fused deposition modeling (FDM)-based 3D printer.
Apr 26th, 2019
Read moreScientists propose new method for studying hydrodynamic behavior of electrons in graphene
By studying how electrons in two-dimensional graphene can literally act like a liquid, researchers have paved the way for further research into a material that has the potential to enable future electronic computing devices that outpace silicon transistors.
Apr 25th, 2019
Read moreCrack propagation is asymmetric in polar materials
Researchers report how, due to flexoelectricity, cracks in ferroelectrics (switchable polar materials) propagate more easily in the polar direction than in the opposite.
Apr 25th, 2019
Read moreCapturing the behavior of single-atom catalysts on the move
Scientists precisely control where single-atom catalysts sit on their support structures, and show how changing their position affects their reactivity.
Apr 25th, 2019
Read moreUnprecedented insight into two-dimensional magnets using diamond quantum sensors
For the first time, physicists have succeeded in measuring the magnetic properties of atomically thin van der Waals materials on the nanoscale.
Apr 25th, 2019
Read moreNew lens system for brighter, sharper diffraction images
Researchers designed, implemented, and applied a new and improved focusing system for electron diffraction measurements.
Apr 25th, 2019
Read moreDNA as you've never seen it before, thanks to a new nanotechnology imaging method
Nanochannel technology allows scientists to conduct an experiment never attempted before: map all the locations where DNA replication begins simultaneously on millions of single DNA fibers.
Apr 25th, 2019
Read moreA close look at lithium batteries
Fluorescence probe shows the distribution of active lithium species on lithium metal anodes.
Apr 25th, 2019
Read moreNanostructures from hair to aid biomedical engineering
Researchers have explored the hierarchical micro-/nanostructures from human hair and isolated these structures as a new kind of biomaterial.
Apr 25th, 2019
Read moreGraphene nanomaterial used to create LEDs that emit UV light
Researchers succeeded in creating light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, from a graphene nanomaterial that emits ultraviolet light.
Apr 24th, 2019
Read moreGraphene quantum dots could yield treatment for traumatic injuries
Graphene quantum dots drawn from common coal may be the basis for an effective antioxidant for people who suffer traumatic brain injuries, strokes or heart attacks.
Apr 24th, 2019
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