Electrically controlled glasses with continuously adjustable transparency, new polarisation filters, and even chemosensors capable of detecting single molecules of specific chemicals could be fabricated thanks to a new polymer unprecedentedly combining optical and electrical properties.
Apr 17th, 2014
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Researchers have shown the ability to grow high quality, single-layer materials one on top of the other using chemical vapor deposition. This highly scalable technique, often used in the semiconductor industry, can produce new materials with unique properties that could be applied to solar cells, ultracapacitors for energy storage, or advanced transistors for energy efficient electronics, among many other applications.
Apr 16th, 2014
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Researchers made a set of multicolor barcodes with different combinations of red, green or blue fluorescent dots on either end of a tiny lanthanide-containing microrod using an inexpensive process.
Apr 16th, 2014
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Efficient conversion from magnetic storage to light is key.
Apr 16th, 2014
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Researchers have achieved the first successful atomic-level observation of growing strontium titanate thin films.
Apr 16th, 2014
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X-rays reveal how rapidly vanishing 'charge stripes' may be behind laser-induced high-temperature superconductivity.
Apr 16th, 2014
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Scientists create a novel way to do time-lapse studies of crystallization that will lead to better flexible electronic displays, circuits, and possibly more effective drugs.
Apr 16th, 2014
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The University of Chicago's Institute for Molecular Engineering will build a major new facility for nanoscale fabrication within the William Eckhardt Research Center, supported by a $15 million gift from the Pritzker Foundation.
Apr 16th, 2014
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A new version of 'spaser' technology being investigated could mean that mobile phones become so small, efficient, and flexible they could be printed on clothing.
Apr 16th, 2014
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A good connection between carbon-based materials and external metallic leads is of major importance in nanodevice performance, an aspect where an important step has been surmounted by researchers by studying contacts of carbon nanostructures with atoms of different chemical nature.
Apr 16th, 2014
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A new Oxford spin-out firm is targeting the difficult challenge of manufacturing fullerenes, known as 'bucky-balls' because of their spherical shape, a type of carbon nanomaterial which, like graphene and carbon nanotubes, has unique physical properties leading to applications in areas as diverse as energy and medicine.
Apr 16th, 2014
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A quasiparticle called an exciton - responsible for the transfer of energy within devices such as solar cells, LEDs, and semiconductor circuits - has been understood theoretically for decades. But exciton movement within materials has never been directly observed.
Apr 16th, 2014
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Physicists image the atomic structure of surfaces covered by a viscous liquid. This technique can help to improve fuel cells.
Apr 16th, 2014
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The Nanophotonics Group of the Laser Zentrum Hannover has developed a method to print nanoparticles made of different materials with controlled, reproducible sizes and to precisely deposit these particles on a receiver substrate. As a result, for the first time, the scientists succeeded in generating and positioning perfectly round silicon nanoparticles with a diameter of 165 nm.
Apr 16th, 2014
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Research into using metamaterials in optics has already produced the possibility of an invisibility cloak. To take these ideas further into allied areas of advanced materials GBP 2.5 million is being invested by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Apr 16th, 2014
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New journal covers a wide range of responsible innovation topics such as the broader and more subtle issues of the moral, cultural, political, religious, democratic and sustainability implications of innovation and research.
Apr 15th, 2014
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