Physicists' study demonstrates silicon's energy-harvesting power
Thermoelectric nanoblades could reshape how circuits are cooled, provide better way for converting waste heat.
Aug 26th, 2019
Read moreThermoelectric nanoblades could reshape how circuits are cooled, provide better way for converting waste heat.
Aug 26th, 2019
Read moreFor the first time, scientists have derived analytically how corkscrew-shaped nano-antennas interact with light. The mathematical tool can be used to calculate the geometry that a nano-antenna must have for specific applications in sensor technology or information technology.
Aug 23rd, 2019
Read moreIn a new study, researchers modeled a method to manipulate nanoparticles as an alternative mode of propulsion for tiny spacecraft that require very small levels of thrust.
Aug 23rd, 2019
Read moreFor the first time, researchers have managed to view previously inaccessible details of certain chemical processes. They have shown there are significant discrete stages to these processes which build on our knowledge of chemical synthesis.
Aug 23rd, 2019
Read moreScientists show that individual magnetic skyrmions with a diameter of only a few nanometres can be stabilised in magnetic metal films even without an external magnetic field.
Aug 23rd, 2019
Read moreResearchers used a specific kind of photoluminescence spectroscopy, a way to detect light, to characterize the semiconductors. The emitted light energy was used as an indicator of the crystal's quality.
Aug 23rd, 2019
Read moreScientists find a simple method for producing atomically thin layers of oxidized borophene, a promising 2D boron-based nanomaterial that could serve in a variety of fields.
Aug 23rd, 2019
Read moreChemists use fluorescence of molecular motors to sense conditions.
Aug 22nd, 2019
Read moreBy using nanocapsules, scientists and industrial partners are developing innovative garments and skin products that provide thermal comfort, and anti-ageing and antimicrobial properties.
Aug 22nd, 2019
Read moreScientists determine the first structure of a cell's rotary engine using state-of-art microscopy.
Aug 22nd, 2019
Read moreExperiments yield conductivity measurements between two identical carbon nanotubes.
Aug 22nd, 2019
Read moreScientists discovered a new imaging method - nanoscale nucleation kinetic mapping - which allows direct imaging of nucleation events at a solid-liquid interface.
Aug 22nd, 2019
Read moreWearing a flower brooch that blooms before your eyes sounds like magic. Researchers have made it real with MXenes and robotic muscles.
Aug 22nd, 2019
Read moreResearchers have developed a new method to synthesize 2D materials that are thought to be impossible or, at least, unobtainable by current technologies.
Aug 22nd, 2019
Read moreProperties of complex materials are often determined by the interplay of several electron properties. Scientists have now succeeded in disentangling this mess.
Aug 22nd, 2019
Read moreResearchers are investigating the dynamics of magnetic skyrmions with the eventual goal of developing spintronic devices.
Aug 22nd, 2019
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