Electronic components built from single molecules using chemical synthesis could pave the way for smaller, faster and more green and sustainable electronic devices. Now for the first time, a transistor made from just one molecular monolayer has been made to work where it really counts. On a computer chip.
Jun 20th, 2013
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Neuroscientists may soon be modern-day harpooners, snaring individual brain-cell signals instead of whales with tiny spears made of carbon nanotubes.
Jun 20th, 2013
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Researchers used graphene nanosheets to design and fabricate electroconductive fibers in which the amount of conductivity can be adjusted.
Jun 19th, 2013
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Industrial palladium-copper catalysts change their structures before they get to work, already during the activation process. As a result, the reaction is catalysed by a catalyst that is different from the one originally prepared for it.
Jun 19th, 2013
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The smaller components become, the more difficult it is to create patterns in an economical and reproducible way, according to an interdisciplinary team of Penn State researchers who, using sound waves, can place nanowires in repeatable patterns for potential use in a variety of sensors, optoelectronics and nanoscale circuits.
Jun 19th, 2013
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A sliver of wood coated with tin could make a tiny, long-lasting, efficient and environmentally friendly battery.
Jun 19th, 2013
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Researchers combine glycomics - the study of sugars in organisms - with biochip sensors based on nanoparticles and nanotubes.
Jun 19th, 2013
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Scientists using inelastic neutron scattering at the ILL have for the very first time given a complete description of a one-dimensional spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet as realized in nature in copper sulphate.
Jun 19th, 2013
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Magnetic materials that change their properties when heated could pack more data on to hard drives.
Jun 19th, 2013
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A low-cost molecule boosts the stability and amplification characteristics of solution-based polymer semiconductors.
Jun 19th, 2013
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Insights into self-assembled, multicomponent nanostructures on nanowires provide an innovative fabrication approach for high-performance devices.
Jun 19th, 2013
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Researchers succeeded in increasing the stability of oregano oil, as a sample of essential oils, during the processing and conservation.
Jun 19th, 2013
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Novel application of 3-D printing could enable the development of miniaturized medical implants, compact electronics, tiny robots, and more.
Jun 18th, 2013
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Scientists apply drug-design lessons to production of industrial minerals.
Jun 18th, 2013
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Researchers at the University of New South Wales have proposed a new way to distinguish between quantum bits that are placed only a few nanometres apart in a silicon chip, taking them a step closer to the construction of a large-scale quantum computer.
Jun 18th, 2013
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A million electric cars could be on roads across North America before the end of the decade with the help of research by the United States Department of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of Waterloo.
Jun 18th, 2013
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