Inspired by drying clothes outside under solar irradiation, researchers have demonstrated a novel biface evaporator using an ultrablack copper-based metal?organic framework (MOF) foam with pine needle-like hierarchical structures as the photothermal material.
Feb 20th, 2022
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WaveMode is the fastest force curve-based imaging mode with application to all samples and all environments and is available exclusively on the DriveAFM.
Feb 20th, 2022
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Researchers discuss how battery-powered smart dust applications can be realized in the sub-millimeter-scale and present the world's smallest battery by far as an application-oriented prototype.
Feb 19th, 2022
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This new material is easily tunable, that is, it can be switched between two different states by changing the temperature. This means the material can work as an optical filter, absorbing different frequencies of light depending on whether it's in a gelled state or not.
Feb 19th, 2022
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Chemists developed a simple method to make aluminum nanoparticles that split water and generate hydrogen gas rapidly under ambient conditions.
Feb 18th, 2022
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Researchers report a new class of additive-free inks that exploit the unique ability of 2D nanosheets to form percolating networks, accommodating a given solvent.
Feb 18th, 2022
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Researchers say specialized printing, fabrication could carve out niche in e-clothing for athletics, healthcare.
Feb 17th, 2022
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Researchers have developed an imaging method that provides an unprecedented look at a molecule as it spins and rolls through liquid, providing the most comprehensive picture yet of molecular dynamics collected using optical microscopes.
Feb 17th, 2022
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Using artificial intelligence to analyse vast amounts of data in atomic-scale images, researchers answered long-standing questions about an emerging type of rechargeable battery posing competition to lithium-ion chemistry.
Feb 17th, 2022
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Compact, inexpensive tunable lenses could be useful for portable medical diagnostics, miniature cameras and more.
Feb 17th, 2022
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New findings enable first direct, real-time images of radiation-sensitive soft nanomaterials in organic solvents.
Feb 17th, 2022
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Researchers have developed optical nanoantennas that can be turned on/off and gradually tuned by applying electrical potentials. The study opens for applications including dynamic flat metaoptics and tuneable smart materials.
Feb 17th, 2022
Read moreResearchers have used molecular modelling methods to investigate the movement of nano-sized plastics in membrane structures. The results indicate that for some microplastics, passive transport through the cell membrane may be a significant gateway into the cell.
Feb 17th, 2022
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Scientists have discovered an abnormally strong absorption of light in magnetised graphene. The effect appears upon the conversion of normal electromagnetic waves into ultra-slow surface waves running along graphene.
Feb 17th, 2022
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This promising process works by modifying the internal structure of a material, called graphene oxide, to make it more conducive to regenerating bone tissue.
Feb 16th, 2022
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A pH-sensitive drug delivery system in T cells using C-terminal dendrimers with Phenylalanine.
Feb 16th, 2022
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