A promising capture method for concentrated solar power plants, called volumetric absorption, uses the material both to capture and transport concentrated solar energy. Nanofluids - suspensions of nanoparticles in fluids - have great potential as volumetric solar absorbers.
Aug 31st, 2014
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A team of UCLA researchers has received a $2-million, four-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Frontiers in Research and Innovation to explore new approaches to assembling nanoscale materials for use in a variety of manufacturing and research applications.
Aug 31st, 2014
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A new $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation's prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program will enable a professor of physics to study how DNA travels through carbon nanotubes.
Aug 31st, 2014
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Researchers used X-ray scattering during a process called molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) to observe the behavior of atoms as a type of material known as layered oxides were being formed. These observations were then used as data for computational predictions of new materials, leading to insights on how to best combine atoms to form new, stable structures.
Aug 29th, 2014
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Interfaces within materials can be patterned as a means of controlling the properties of composites.
Aug 29th, 2014
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Bend them, stretch them, twist them, fold them: modern materials that are light, flexible and highly conductive have extraordinary technological potential, whether as artificial skin or electronic paper. Making such concepts affordable enough for general use remains a challenge but a new way of working with copper nanowires and a PVA 'nano glue' could be a game-changer.
Aug 29th, 2014
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Researchers at FAU work on safety checks for minute particles.
Aug 29th, 2014
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New method gives carbon nanotubes the desired structure.
Aug 29th, 2014
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Pauling's Rules describe the principles governing the structure of complex ionic crystals. These rules essentially describe how the arrangement of atoms in a crystal is critically dependent on the size of the atoms, their charge and type of bonding. According to scientists, similar rules can be applied to prepare ionic colloidal crystals consisting of oppositely charged proteins and virus particles.
Aug 29th, 2014
Read moreResearchers have produced nanoparticles surrounded by a group of smaller nanoparticles like a planet orbited by satellites. They equipped larger gold nanoparticles with special star-shaped polymers, which in turn bind to smaller gold nanoparticles.
Aug 29th, 2014
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Researchers have developed what they call a simple, one-step method to grow nanowires of germanium from an aqueous solution. Their process could make it more feasible to use germanium in lithium ion batteries.
Aug 29th, 2014
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An oscillator once used to build early computers could become a core part of quantum computers.
Aug 29th, 2014
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Selective enrichment of one of the mirror-image forms of corannulene molecules could lead to exciting new possibilities in nanotechnology.
Aug 29th, 2014
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One of the most promising technologies for future quantum circuits are photonic circuits, i.e. circuits based on light (photons) instead of electrons (electronic circuits). First, it is necessary to create a stream of single photons and control their direction. Researchers around the world have made all sorts of attempts to achieve this, but now scientists have succeeded in creating a steady stream of photons emitted one at a time and in a particular direction.
Aug 29th, 2014
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A so-called bioparallel chemistry approach is successfully used to image and activate an essential metabolism compound inside a cell.
Aug 29th, 2014
Read moreNew technology for the materials production method essential to the organic electronics field.
Aug 29th, 2014
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