New searchable EU database contains 300 nanomaterials linked to hazard data
It is now possible to search for over 300 nanomaterials found in the EU and link them to hazard data.
Jul 9th, 2019
Read moreIt is now possible to search for over 300 nanomaterials found in the EU and link them to hazard data.
Jul 9th, 2019
Read moreA new technique squeezes quantum dots to emit single photons with precisely the same color and with positions that can be less than a millionth of a meter apart.
Jul 8th, 2019
Read moreDevelopment of 3D electrochemical model to improve battery energy density and efficiency of electric vehicles.
Jul 8th, 2019
Read moreA new breakthrough has the potential to improve sensors used to test for diseases and detect doping in sports.
Jul 8th, 2019
Read moreBy using the wave nature of heat in holey nanostructures heat conduction can be reduced by over hundredfold.
Jul 8th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have discovered 'greener' nanocrystals that can be manipulated to produce high-quality pictures and lighting in electronic devices such as televisions.
Jul 8th, 2019
Read moreA research collaboration combines theory and experimental expertise, discovering new magnetic properties of two-dimensional Fe3GeTe2 (FGT) towards spintronic applications promising faster, more efficient computing.
Jul 8th, 2019
Read moreScientists 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
Read moreResearchers have developed a new nanotheranostic system that overcomes several problems with previous approaches.
Jul 8th, 2019
Read moreResearchers 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreIn 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
Read moreResearchers discover monolayer with exciting properties in organic semiconducting films.
Jul 8th, 2019
Read moreResearchers 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreA 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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