One of the Starting Grants awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) in its latest funding round has gone to Professor Achim Hartschuh, who works at the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacology at LMU Munich. Hartschuh receives the award for a project entitled "New tools for nanoscale optical spectroscopy - Functional imaging of single nanostructures using antennas".
Jul 25th, 2011
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Ferromagnetic iron germanide nanowires grown on graphene could serve as spin injection contacts for graphene-based spintronics.
Jul 25th, 2011
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Charge transfer between metal and growing carbon structures directs the growth of carbon nanotubes and their electronic properties.
Jul 25th, 2011
Read moreMIT researchers have found a way to improve the energy density of a type of battery known as lithium-air (or lithium-oxygen) batteries, producing a device that could potentially pack several times more energy per pound than the lithium-ion batteries that now dominate the market for rechargeable devices in everything from cellphones to cars.
Jul 25th, 2011
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Glucose meters aren't just for diabetics anymore. Thanks to University of Illinois chemists, they can be used as simple, portable, inexpensive meters for a number of target molecules in blood, serum, water or food.
Jul 24th, 2011
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Latex paints and drug suspensions such as insulin or amoxicillin that do not need to be shaken or stirred may be possible thanks to a new understanding of how particles separate in liquids, according to Penn State chemical engineers, who have developed a method for predicting the way colloidal components separate based on energy.
Jul 24th, 2011
Read moreThe academics, who discovered the world's thinnest material at The University of Manchester in 2004, have revealed more about its electronic properties.
Jul 24th, 2011
Read moreIn an advance that could open new avenues for solar cells, lasers, metamaterials and more, researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated the first optoelectronically active 3-D photonic crystal.
Jul 24th, 2011
Read moreResearchers at the SPring-8 Photon Science Research Division are developing a range of imaging tools to reveal the remarkable mechanism of bacterial locomotion.
Jul 23rd, 2011
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A designer metamaterial has shown it can engineer emitted "blackbody" radiation with an efficiency beyond the natural limits imposed by the material's temperature.
Jul 23rd, 2011
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Renaissance architects demonstrated their understanding of geometry and physics when they built whispering galleries into their cathedrals. These circular chambers were designed to amplify and direct sound waves so that, when standing in the right spot, a whisper could be heard from across the room. Now, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have applied the same principle on the nanoscale to drastically reduce emission lifetime, a key property of semiconductors, which can lead to the development of new ultrafast photonic devices.
Jul 22nd, 2011
Read moreResearchers from UCLA and Japan have designed a synthetic synapse for use in computing equipment that mimics the function of synapses in the human brain.
Jul 22nd, 2011
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University of Wisconsin-Madison materials science and engineering researchers have introduced innovations that could make possible a wide range of new crystalline materials. They describe a new approach for using thin sheets of semiconductor known as nanomembranes.
Jul 22nd, 2011
Read moreThe annual Commercialization of Micro-Nano Systems Conference (COMS 2011) being held Aug 28-31 in Greensboro, is again shaping up to be a who's who of the micro-nano technology (MNT) community, bringing together leaders in North Carolina with those from around the globe.
Jul 21st, 2011
Read moreModified metals that change colour in the presence of particular gases could warn consumers if packaged food has been exposed to air or if there's a carbon monoxide leak at home. This finding could potentially influence the production of both industrial and commercial air quality sensors.
Jul 21st, 2011
Read moreResearchers design a self-assembling material that can house other molecules.
Jul 21st, 2011
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