Interfaces between different materials and their properties are of key importance for modern technology. Physicists have developed a new method, which allows them to have an extremely precise glance at these interfaces and to model their properties.
Sep 16th, 2016
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Inspired by the anatomy of insects, an interdisciplinary research team has come up with a novel way to quickly and accurately detect dangerous airborne chemicals.
Sep 16th, 2016
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Visualization was enabled by designing a new artificial magnetic material. The finding means remarkable possibilities to materials research.
Sep 16th, 2016
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An international research team has used a 'thermal metamaterial' to control the emission of radiation at high temperatures, an advance that could bring devices able to efficiently harvest waste heat from power plants and factories.
Sep 16th, 2016
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Materials scientists have developed a new strategy for crafting one-dimensional nanorods from a wide range of precursor materials. Based on a cellulose backbone, the system relies on the growth of block copolymer 'arms' that help create a compartment to serve as a nanometer-scale chemical reactor. The outer blocks of the arms prevent aggregation of the nanorods.
Sep 16th, 2016
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Scientists are giving new meaning to the phrase 'turning rust into gold' - and making the use of gold in research settings and industrial applications far more affordable.
Sep 16th, 2016
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Researchers have levitated a tiny nanodiamond particle with a laser in a vacuum chamber, using the technique for the first time to detect and measure its 'torsional vibration', an advance that could bring new types of sensors and studies in quantum mechanics.
Sep 16th, 2016
Read moreScientists successfully developed a synthetic polymer that can transport a drug into lung cancer cells without going inside of normal lung cells.
Sep 15th, 2016
Read moreResearchers have developed a new way to simultaneously shape and surface treat plastic components. The new method can reduce the manufacturing cost of medical devices, such as diagnostic tools for various diseases.
Sep 15th, 2016
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Particles that carry three or more drugs hold potential for targeted cancer therapy.
Sep 15th, 2016
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Physicists are at an advanced stage of developing alternative touchscreen technology to overcome the shortfall in the traditional display, phone and tablet material that relies on electrodes made from indium tin oxide (ITO).
Sep 14th, 2016
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Researchers have uncovered remarkable behavior that could advance microprocessors beyond today's silicon-based chips.
Sep 14th, 2016
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Chemists have determined that a fluid that behaves similarly to water in our day-to-day lives becomes as heavy as honey when trapped in a nanocage of a porous solid, offering new insights into how matter behaves in the nanoscale world.
Sep 14th, 2016
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An international team of physicists has observed spontaneous mechanical buckling in freestanding graphene using scanning tunneling microscopy, indicating it has potential to be a new electronic power source.
Sep 14th, 2016
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Researchers have developed a new sensor that is capable of detecting multiple proteins and enzymes in a small volume of blood, which could significantly speed up diagnostic healthcare processes.
Sep 14th, 2016
Read moreDie vielfaeltigen Aktivitaeten zur Nanotechnologie werden ressortuebergreifend gebuendelt und auf die zentralen gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen wie Klimawandel, Energiewende, Digitalisierung, Gesundheit, Mobilitaet und Industrie 4.0 ausgerichtet.
Sep 14th, 2016
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