Scientists chemically treated the surface of wire-looking nanostructures made of zinc oxide to apply a uniform coating of titanium dioxide; these semiconducting nanowires could be used as high-activity catalysts for solar fuel production.
Jul 8th, 2019
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Researchers have developed a new nanotheranostic system that overcomes several problems with previous approaches.
Jul 8th, 2019
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Researchers have discovered a way of making semiconducting, photoluminescent nanotubes form spontaneously in liquid solutions. The tubes, which consist of several walls that are perfectly uniform and just a few atoms thick, display optical properties that make them perfect for use as fluorophores or photocatalysts.
Jul 8th, 2019
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The sophisticated technology that powers face recognition in many modern smartphones someday could receive a high-tech upgrade that sounds - and looks - surprisingly low-tech.
Jul 8th, 2019
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In work that upends materials design, researchers have demonstrated with computer simulations that they can design a crystal and work backward to the particle shape that will self-assemble to create it.
Jul 8th, 2019
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Researchers discover monolayer with exciting properties in organic semiconducting films.
Jul 8th, 2019
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Researchers use a state-of-the-art electron microscope, the UltraSTEM, to manipulate strongly bound materials with atomic precision. Since the instruments used are fully computerized, it is possible to show in a simulation how researchers actually use them. This allows for compelling and largely realistic presentations of the most recent research in materials science.
Jul 8th, 2019
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The fabrication of electronic devices from exfoliated 2D materials can be tricky. Researchers have engineered a solution that consist on the after-fabrication tailoring of MoS2-FET transistors using pulsed-focused electron beam induced etching.
Jul 8th, 2019
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A window film with a specially designed molecule could be capable of taking the edge off the worst midday heat and instead distributing it evenly from morning to evening.
Jul 8th, 2019
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Direct conversion of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide to multi-layer graphene using copper-palladium alloys.
Jul 8th, 2019
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Scientists have found that the oxygen interstitials in single-layer tungsten diselenide enable it to function as single photon emitters for quantum optical applications.
Jul 8th, 2019
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More efficient, longer-lasting machine and vehicle components, improved medical implants and novel fluid control technologies are just a few of the potential applications emerging from a project inspired by the unique ways in which the skins of some animals interact with water.
Jul 5th, 2019
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Self-assembling materials can form patterns that might be useful in optical devices.
Jul 5th, 2019
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Portable polarization-sensitive camera could be used in machine vision, autonomous vehicles, security, atmospheric chemistry and more.
Jul 5th, 2019
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Physicists were able to demonstrate how electronic energies in organic semiconductor films can be tuned by electrostatic forces.
Jul 4th, 2019
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In a step toward molecular storage systems that could hold vast amounts of data in tiny spaces, researchers have shown it's possible to store image files in solutions of common biological small molecules.
Jul 4th, 2019
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