Researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology and the Physics Department of Sapienza University of Rome have discovered a technique to 'draw' superconducting shapes using an X-ray beam. This ability to create and control tiny superconducting structures has implications for a completely new generation of electronic devices.
Aug 22nd, 2011
Read moreYoshiyuki Miyamoto from the Dynamic Process Simulation Group at the the Nanosystem Research Institute of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), has performed the first-principles simulations that consistently treat from optical excitation to electron-hole splitting in a photovoltaic material formed by molecules having different electron affinities.
Aug 22nd, 2011
Read moreThe LOASIS program at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has already demonstrated high-quality beams up to a billion electron volts in a mere 3.3 centimeters; the BELLA project will reach 10 billion electron volts in a single meter.
Aug 22nd, 2011
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Rice University researchers have created a solid-state, nanotube-based supercapacitor that promises to combine the best qualities of high-energy batteries and fast-charging capacitors in a device suitable for extreme environments.
Aug 22nd, 2011
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Surprisingly, transmitting information-rich photons thousands of miles through fiber-optic cable is far easier than reliably sending them just a few nanometers through a computer circuit. However, it may soon be possible to steer these particles of light accurately through microchips thanks to new research.
Aug 22nd, 2011
Read moreDiscovery may be key to solar energy and smart glass technologies.
Aug 22nd, 2011
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A team led by Dinglin Jiang at the National Institutes of Natural Sciences in Okazaki has introduced a new material with outstanding supercapacitor properties.
Aug 22nd, 2011
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HZB scientists observe how a material at room temperature exhibits a unique property - a 'multiferroic' material with potential uses for cheap and quick data storage.
Aug 22nd, 2011
Read moreDownload a new white paper on the potential of incorporating benign chemistry practices.
Aug 22nd, 2011
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Forscher haben gezeigt, dass Spinstroeme mit Schallwellen erzeugt werden koennen. Weiterhin fanden sie, dass Spinstroeme auf isolierenden nichtmagnetischen Substraten auch durch einen weiteren Effekt, den sogenannten langreichweitigen Spin-Seebeck-Effekt erzeugt werden koennen.
Aug 22nd, 2011
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A stored electrostatic pattern can be used to direct the self-organization of polymer thin films for use in advanced polymer devices.
Aug 22nd, 2011
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Filling a nanoporous gold material with an electrolyte allows its strength and durability to be controlled using an electric field.
Aug 22nd, 2011
Read moreThe ObservatoryNANO project has released its latest briefing: 'Nanotechnologies for Secure Communications'.
Aug 22nd, 2011
Read moreResearchers have found a way to grow semiconductor nanowires out, not up, on a surface, providing, for the first time, the much-needed guidance to produce relatively long, orderly, aligned structures.
Aug 22nd, 2011
Read moreThe observation and manipulation of single molecules by scanning tunneling microscopy is opening new frontiers in nanoscience.
Aug 20th, 2011
Read moreThis edition focuses on nanoscience, with an emphasis on LEEM (low-energy electron microscopy), PEEM (photoelectron emission microscopy), and related methods.
Aug 19th, 2011
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