MXene sensor detects very low air humidity
Researchers have developed a new MXene sensor that detects even the smallest amounts of water molecules that sink to its surface.
Oct 19th, 2021
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New technique paves the way for perfect perovskites
Although perovskites offer great potential for greatly expanding solar power, they have yet to be commercialized because their reliable synthesis and long-term stability has long challenged scientists.
Oct 19th, 2021
Read moreActive droploids - self-propelling droplets
Physicists examined a special system of colloidal particles that they activated using laser light. The researchers discovered that self-propelling droplets, which they have named 'droploids', formed which contain the particles as an internal motor.
Oct 19th, 2021
Read moreTargeting cancer at the nanoscale
Researchers create gold nanoparticles studded with a radioactive isotope that remain localized inside cancer cells, which can enable targeted radiotherapy for tumors with reduced damage to healthy organs.
Oct 19th, 2021
Read moreGraphene's magic act relies on a small twist
Research into stacked sheets of graphene is like the Wild West, complete with the lure of striking gold and the uncertainty of uncharted territory.
Oct 19th, 2021
Read moreResearchers determine optimum pressure to improve the performance of lithium metal batteries
A team of materials scientists and chemists has determined the proper stack pressure that lithium metal batteries need to be subjected to during battery operation in order to produce optimal performance.
Oct 19th, 2021
Read moreNew nanowire architectures boost computers' processing power
Researchers are developing new kinds of transistors based on nanowires for use in next-generation quantum computers.
Oct 19th, 2021
Read more3D imaging study reveals how atoms are packed in amorphous materials
New research could revise a 70-year-old model of how the fundamental building blocks of substances are assembled.
Oct 18th, 2021
Read moreCatalyst advance improves natural gas cleaning technology
A newly developed catalyst with unique, atomic-sized 'rafts' does a better job than current technology for cleaning up emissions from natural gas engines.
Oct 18th, 2021
Read moreMolecules in an egg carton: How water surfaces can be used to produce functional materials
Scientists have used lasers to investigate how water surfaces can be used as a template for the regular arrangement of molecules in production of high-quality monolayers and what physicochemical mechanisms underlie this.
Oct 15th, 2021
Read moreThe nanotechnology approach to global infectious disease
Injectable nanocarriers have the potential improve antiretroviral drug efficacy in the fight against infectious diseases.
Oct 15th, 2021
Read moreTuning transparency and opacity
Making a dark human hair transparent, or even an opaque bar of silicon: this optical 'sorcery' is possible by manipulating the incident light. This new phenomenon is called 'mutual extinction and transparency'. Until now only existing in theory, photonics researchers demonstrated the effect with experiments.
Oct 15th, 2021
Read moreNanoscale lattices flow from 3D printer
Engineers are creating nanostructures of silica with a sophisticated 3D printer, demonstrating a method to make micro-scale electronic, mechanical and photonic devices from the bottom up.
Oct 15th, 2021
Read morePorous material created from greenhouse gas CO2 to store CO2
Researchers created a material capable of storing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide with one of the main ingredients being carbon dioxide itself.
Oct 15th, 2021
Read moreA new strategy for interfacial modification of organic solar cells
Researchers have proposed a new strategy to investigate the regulation of nanoscale surface energy distribution at the interface layer of organic solar cells.
Oct 15th, 2021
Read moreMaking progress towards quantum technologies based on magnetic molecules
An international research team has achieved spin-electric control in molecular nanomagnets. This fact offers great advantages when preparing quantum devices based on magnetic molecules.
Oct 15th, 2021
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