Researchers introduce novel method to grow elastic diamonds
A study has unveiled that brittle diamonds can be bent and stretched elastically when made into ultrafine needles.
May 27th, 2018
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Shine bright like a nanoaggregate
Highly luminescent inks made from copper-iodine hybrid clusters with aggregation-induced emission.
May 25th, 2018
Read moreAn elastic fiber filled with electrodes set to revolutionize smart clothes
The fibers can detect even the slightest pressure and strain and can withstand deformation of close to 500% before recovering their initial shape.
May 25th, 2018
Read moreRare element to provide better material for high-speed electronics
Researchers have discovered a new two-dimensional material, derived from the rare element tellurium, to make transistors that carry a current better throughout a computer chip.
May 24th, 2018
Read moreBattling brain cancer with nanotechnology
Nanoparticles carrying two drugs can cross the blood-brain barrier and shrink glioblastoma tumors.
May 24th, 2018
Read moreWood to supercapacitors
Sustainable highly conductive electrode materials from ultrathin carbon nanofiber aerogels derived from nanofibrillated cellulose.
May 24th, 2018
Read moreMicroscopy advance reveals unexpected role for water in energy storage material
A material with atomically thin layers of water holds promise for energy storage technologies, and researchers have now discovered that the water is performing a different role than anyone anticipated.
May 24th, 2018
Read moreAntiferromagnetic materials allow for processing at terahertz speeds
Increased data volume and writing speed in a new antiferromagnetic-based memory.
May 24th, 2018
Read moreA thermal diode based on nanoscale thermal radiation
Researchers explore rectification in the near-field, where heat fluxes are much larger than those in the far-field and can exceed the blackbody limit of far-field thermal radiation, and demonstrate that rectification coefficients between VO2 and doped Si can exceed 50% in the near-field for moderate temperature differences.
May 24th, 2018
Read moreCould a particle accelerator using laser-driven implosion become a reality?
Scientists have discovered a novel particle acceleration mechanism called 'Micro-bubble implosion,' in which super-high energy hydrogen ions (relativistic protons) are emitted at the moment when bubbles shrink to atomic size through the irradiation of hydrides with micron-sized spherical bubbles by ultraintense laser pulses.
May 24th, 2018
Read moreRecombinant E. coli as a biofactory for the biosynthesis of diverse nanomaterials
A metabolic research group has developed a recombinant E. coli strain that biosynthesizes 60 different nanomaterials covering 35 elements on the periodic table.
May 24th, 2018
Read moreElectron tomography technique leads to 3-D reconstructions at the nanoscale
A new transmission electron microscopy technique determines three-dimensional position of individual atoms.
May 24th, 2018
Read moreSilicon breakthrough could make key microwave technology much cheaper and better
Researchers using powerful supercomputers have found a way to generate microwaves with inexpensive silicon, a breakthrough that could dramatically cut costs and improve devices such as sensors in self-driving vehicles.
May 24th, 2018
Read moreSwitching with molecules
Molecular switch will facilitate the development of pioneering electro-optical devices.
May 24th, 2018
Read moreScientists crack code to cheap, small carbon nanotubes
Imagine a box you plug into the wall that cleans your toxic air and pays you cash. That's essentially what researchers produced after discovering the blueprint for turning the carbon dioxide into carbon nanotubes with small diameters.
May 24th, 2018
Read moreSupertetrahedra Lego for future batteries
New sodium-based all-solid-state batteries could enable future energy storage devices using only the easy-to-access, cheap and earth abundant elements sodium, silicon and phosphorous (Na, Si and P). By shaping them into sodium phosphidosilicates containing large supertetrahedral entities, scientists generated solid electrolytes with very high ionic conductivity.
May 23rd, 2018
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