Newly discovered mechanism propels micromotors
Tiny clusters of particles zip forward, spin, or circle depending on their shape.
Oct 15th, 2013
Read moreTiny clusters of particles zip forward, spin, or circle depending on their shape.
Oct 15th, 2013
Read moreRIKEN, the University of Tokyo and NIMS revealed that the size and helicity of a skyrmion, a magnetic structure consisting of electron spins arranged in a vortex shape, can be controlled by changing the concentration ratio of manganese and iron in Mn1-xFexGe.
Oct 15th, 2013
Read moreThe American Physical Society has awarded Rice University researchers Naomi Halas and Peter Nordlander the 2014 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids in recognition of their groundbreaking research in nanophotonics.
Oct 14th, 2013
Read moreLynn Davis, Ph.D., director of the Nano-enabled Devices Program at RTI International, won the 1906 Award from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
Oct 14th, 2013
Read moreMapping of the chemical contents and their spatial distribution in a complex biological environment such as cells can be achieved by a new imaging modality: time-lens based hyperspectral stimulated Raman scattering.
Oct 14th, 2013
Read moreResearchers are aiming to use ocean waves to produce energy by making use of contact electrification between a patterned plastic nanoarray and water. They have introduced an inexpensive and simple prototype of a triboelectric nanogenerator that could be used to produce energy and as a chemical or temperature sensor.
Oct 14th, 2013
Read moreResearchers around Dr. Michael Hirtz from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Dr. Aravind Vijayaraghavan from the University of Manchester have developed a new method to produce artificial membranes: Using a nanoscaled tip, they write tailored patches of phospholipid membrane onto a graphene substrate.
Oct 14th, 2013
Read moreScientists of Kiel University unravel widespread natural adhesion system.
Oct 14th, 2013
Read moreFree Guidebook to the UK's World Class Micro and Nanotechnology (MNT) Sector.
Oct 12th, 2013
Read moreResearchers in the United States and China have teamed to develop a speedway for future devices, an exotic type of electrical conductor called a topological insulator (TI). In a new paper in the journal AIP Advances, the international collaborators report that they grew two types of TI materials inside an ultra-high vacuum chamber on both smooth and rough surfaces and then evaluated their abilities to transport electrons.
Oct 11th, 2013
Read moreResearchers have developed a material that can be used for the controlled release of a substance when subjected to cyclic mechanical loading.
Oct 11th, 2013
Read moreA researcher at the University of Rochester has developed a process to grow highly customizable coatings of foam-like polymers.
Oct 11th, 2013
Read moreThe Graphene Flagship - one of Europe's first ten-year, 1,000 million Euro flagships in Future and Emerging Technologies - was launched during a ceremony in Gothenburg today.
Oct 11th, 2013
Read moreBoston College chemists produce power boost critical to novel energy harvesting applications.
Oct 11th, 2013
Read moreNew work opens the fascinating prospects of single-molecule microscopy and spectroscopy on a smart phone. One can now speculate on the possible applications of such a portable imaging device and on the perspectives it may open in different fields of science and technology.
Oct 11th, 2013
Read moreResearchers fabricate all-carbon nanotube thin-film transistors on flexible substrates through CVD and transfer methods.
Oct 11th, 2013
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