The Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Photovoltaics Group of the NIMS, Global Research Center for Environment and Energy based on Nanomaterials Science (GREEN), elucidated the relationship between the photocurrent and the peculiar changes in the absorption structure occurring in the vicinity of the molecular-electrode interface in dye-sensitized solar cells, by conducting a soft X-ray radiation experiment.
Nov 11th, 2013
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Iran's proposal to the Nanotechnology International Standardization Committee (ISO/TC229) was approved in the final stage of voting (DTS stage) and will be published in the near future.
Nov 11th, 2013
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Physikern der Uni Jena um Prof. Szameit und Prof. Dr. Stefan Nolte ist es jetzt mit einem internationalen Team gelungen, das Verhalten von Elektronen in Graphen umfassend zu charakterisieren. Die Forscher stellen experimentelle Daten vor, anhand derer sich die elektronischen Eigenschaften insbesondere in den Randstrukturen des Graphen-Kristalls exakt simulieren lassen.
Nov 11th, 2013
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The system can construct its own network of tracks spanning tens of micrometres in length, transport cargo across the network and even dismantle the tracks.
Nov 10th, 2013
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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) issued new recommendations for controlling worker exposures to engineered nanomaterials during the manufacture and industrial use of those materials.
Nov 9th, 2013
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The nanostructure-controlled high-strength bainitic steel, where the thickness of bainitic ferrite platelets is controlled between 20 and 50 nm.
Nov 9th, 2013
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Researchers created a novel 'nanogrid', a large net consisting of metal grids made of a copper tungsten oxide, that, when activated by sunlight, can break down oil from a spill, leaving only biodegradable compounds behind.
Nov 8th, 2013
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Aluminum nitride semiconductors synthesized at significantly reduced temperatures.
Nov 8th, 2013
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By realizing an artificial quantum system, physicists at Heidelberg University have simulated key processes of photosynthesis on a quantum level with high spatial and temporal resolution.
Nov 8th, 2013
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Nanotechnology researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) and the Republic of Korea's national metrology institute - the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) - have recently developed a unique nanoscale measurement technique and used it to observe structural disorder in graphene that is fabricated on a silicon carbide substrate.
Nov 8th, 2013
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Arizona State University is teaming up with seven other research universities to establish a new Science and Technology Center (STC), sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), with an initial five-year, $25-million grant (extendable for another five years).
Nov 8th, 2013
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Scientists have moved a step closer to creating custom medical treatment plans based on a patient's DNA, pinpointing the root of a patient's illness and making sure treatment will not cause a fatal allergic reaction.
Nov 7th, 2013
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Using inexpensive materials configured and tuned to capture microwave signals, researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have designed a power-harvesting device with efficiency similar to that of modern solar panels.
Nov 7th, 2013
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Efficient travel for higher modes.
Nov 7th, 2013
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Graphene has been the subject of a scientific explosion since the ground-breaking experiments on this novel material less than 10 years ago.
Nov 7th, 2013
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Researchers at the University of Iowa have created a bio patch to regenerate missing or damaged bone by putting DNA into a nano-sized particle that delivers bone-producing instructions directly into cells.
Nov 7th, 2013
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