Chemists create organic molecules in a rainbow of colors
The molecules, known as acenes, could be useful as organic light-emitting diodes or solar cells, among other possible applications.
Dec 6th, 2023
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Precise control of colloids through magnetism possible
The simultaneous and independent transport of colloidal particles over magnetic patterns can be of great use in various fields of science and technology to produce customised materials, improve biomedical applications, perform laboratory tests or investigate fundamental scientific questions.
Dec 6th, 2023
Read moreAtomically precise assembly of 2D materials paves way for next-generation electronics (w/video)
Researchers have made a breakthrough in the transfer of 2D crystals, paving the way for their commercialization in next-generation electronics. This ground-breaking technique utilizes a fully inorganic stamp to create the cleanest and most uniform 2D material stacks to date.
Dec 5th, 2023
Read moreNanomaterial with 'light switch' kills Gram-negative or Gram-positive bacteria
Researchers have created a versatile bactericidal nanomaterial with a photochemical 'light switch' to selectively target and combat different bacterial infections, including multi-drug resistant strains like MRSA.
Dec 5th, 2023
Read moreNew material replicates the structural design of colored bird feathers
Researchers have developed a new material that replicates the structure responsible for the blue feathers of the North American song bird, among many other birds. It also has other striking advantages.
Dec 5th, 2023
Read moreTiny electromagnets made of graphene
Researchers fired short terahertz pulses at micrometer-sized discs of graphene, which briefly turned them into surprisingly strong magnets. This discovery may prove useful for developing future magnetic switches and storage devices.
Dec 5th, 2023
Read moreWatching electrons at work
Scientists have taken snapshots of the crystal structure of perovskite nanocrystals as it was deformed by excited electrons. To their surprise, the deformation straightened out the skewed crystal structure rather than making it more disordered.
Dec 5th, 2023
Read moreLimestone putty nanogenerator harvests energy from everyday motion to power small devices
Researchers have created a new kind of triboelectric nanogenerator that produces electricity through the use of limestone putty, promising a considerable cost savings over conventional manufacturing methods.
Dec 5th, 2023
Read moreA technique with the potential to enhance optical data storage capacity in diamonds
Physicists store many different images at the same place in a diamond by using a laser of a slightly different color to store different information into different atoms in the same microscopic spots.
Dec 5th, 2023
Read moreGraphene discs generate picosecond-switchable magnetic fields
Researchers developed graphene discs that generate magnetic fields 10,000x Earth's - switchable in picoseconds. By stirring electrons with light, discs produce swirling plasmons acting as nanomagnets toggled in trillionths of a second, enabling dynamic control from quantum dots to magnetocaloric materials.
Dec 4th, 2023
Read moreLow-cost microscope projection photolithography system for high-resolution fabrication
Researchers have developed a low-cost and user-friendly fabrication technique, called UV-LED-based microscope projection photolithography, for rapid high-resolution manufacturing of optical elements within seconds. This approach transfers structure patterns on a photomask to a photoresist-coated substrate under UV illumination.
Dec 4th, 2023
Read moreTechnique could help tap 2D van der Waals ferroelectrics for use in next-generation electronics
Scientists mapped out the structural features of a 2D ferroelectric material made of tin and selenium atoms, showing how domains - areas of the material in which molecules are identically oriented - impact the behavior of the material.
Dec 4th, 2023
Read morePlacing nanoparticles in the palm of your hand
An innovative way to teach nanoscience, using 3D-printed models that make the unseen visible.
Dec 4th, 2023
Read moreBreakthroughs in nanosized contrast agents and drug carriers through self-folding molecules
Self-folding polymers containing gadolinium forming nanosized complexes could be the key to enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and next-generation drug delivery.
Dec 4th, 2023
Read moreSuperconducting nanowires detect single protein ions
Due to their high energy sensitivity, superconducting nanowire detectors achieve almost 100% quantum efficiency and exceed the detection efficiency of conventional ion detectors at low energies by a factor of up to a 1,000. In contrast to conventional detectors, they can also distinguish macromolecules by their impact energy.
Dec 4th, 2023
Read moreBrainstorming nanomaterials with a domain-specific chatbot
By leveraging a document-retrieval method, this chatbot is knowledgeable in areas of nanomaterial science that other bots are not.
Dec 2nd, 2023
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