Research grant to study multifunctional nanoporous ceramics
Office of Naval Research awards grant to study fundamental toughening mechanisms of novel ceramic composites and their use as alternative materials.
May 31st, 2017
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Graphene chills out
Flat sheets of carbon, and other two-dimensional materials, lose heat more easily when encased.
May 31st, 2017
Read moreNew plasmonic sensor improves early cancer detection
A new plasmonic sensor will serve as a reliable early detection of biomarkers for many forms of cancer and eventually other diseases.
May 30th, 2017
Read moreCopper embedded in carbon nano-spikes can turn carbon dioxide into ethanol
Scientists found that tiny spikes of carbon combined with copper particles convert carbon dioxide into ethanol fuel. The catalysts take a waste product of coal used in power plants and other hydrocarbon combustion reactions, in the presence of electrical energy, and create liquid fuel.
May 30th, 2017
Read moreReusable sponge for mitigating oil spills
A new foam called the Oleo Sponge was invented that not only easily adsorbs oil from water but is also reusable and can pull dispersed oil from an entire water column, not just the surface.
May 30th, 2017
Read moreA low-tech, solution-based route to high-performance carbon nanotube thin films
This novel method produces a film with millions of carbon nanotubes aligned and tightly packed, like water pipes on a flatbed truck. The tubes are orders of magnitude better aligned than previously possible.
May 30th, 2017
Read moreNearly ideal performing regions in perovskite films could boost solar cells
Nanoscale images yield surprise that could push solar cell efficiency to 31 percent.
May 30th, 2017
Read moreSeeing below the surface of solar cells
Method could help scientists learn new ways to boost photovoltaic efficiency.
May 30th, 2017
Read moreScientists see electron bottleneck in simulated battery
Scientists have discovered how interactions between electrons and ions slow the performance of electrodes made with vanadium pentoxide.
May 30th, 2017
Read moreChanging the nature of optics in one step
A new one-step method directs the self-assembly of metallic gold pillars into a special oxide using pulsed laser deposition.
May 30th, 2017
Read moreScientists detect light-matter interaction in single layer of atoms
Discovery could lead to advances in 2-D materials, controlling light.
May 30th, 2017
Read moreThe synchronized dance of skyrmion spins
Researchers used computer simulations to further probe the behaviors of skyrmions, gaining insight that can help scientists and engineers better study the quasi-particles in experiments.
May 30th, 2017
Read moreTricking molecules into creating new nano-shapes
Scientists have devised materials that can create complex three-dimensional structures. They did it by exploiting how molecules self-assemble, spontaneously packing into nano-sized shapes.
May 30th, 2017
Read moreMagnetoelectric memory cell increases energy efficiency for data storage
Researchers developed a magnetoelectric random access memory cell based on the stress-mediated magnetoelectric effect that promises extremely low bit-reading and low bit-writing energies.
May 30th, 2017
Read moreResearchers measure the coherence length in glasses using a supercomputer
The use of the JANUS supercomputer has enabled researchers to reproduce the experimental protocol of equilibrium dynamics in spin glasses.
May 30th, 2017
Read moreNanosubmarine with self-destroying activity
Self-destroyed redox-sensitive stomatocyte nanomotor delivers and releases drugs for cells.
May 30th, 2017
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