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Modeling tomorrow's battery materials

Microstructural models help to discover and investigate new electrode materials.

May 23, 2024 Read more

Researchers develop a novel strategy for growing two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides

This approach provides a promising method for phase engineering of 2D TMDs and fabricating 2D heterostructure devices.

May 23, 2024 Read more

Could corrosion actually be helpful? New 3D printing technique might turn oxidation into an advantage

New research explores using boron nitride nanotubes in 3D printed aluminum to create metals that self-strengthen under oxidation, enhancing durability.

May 23, 2024 Read more

Quantum photonic technologies set to be more reliable with new interferometer

Researchers design a new device using an ultra-thin metasurface for efficient, single-pass measurements in quantum photon sources.

May 23, 2024 Read more

Nanostrings that can vibrate forever (kind of)

Researchers have engineered string-like resonators capable of vibrating longer at ambient temperature than any previously known solid-state object. Their study pushes the edge of nanotechnology and machine learning to make some of the world's most sensitive mechanical sensors.

May 22, 2024 Read more

Controlling the chaos of active fluids

Physicists have developed design rules that take advantage of topological defects to control self-sustained chaotic flows in active fluids. This framework, for now developed as a theoretical model, provides a path for the engineering of self-powered fluids with tunable flows.

May 22, 2024 Read more

Flexible, biodegradable bioelectronic paper for personalized wireless stimulation implants

Novel nanoscale materials enable customizable, biodegradable bioelectronic implants through simple methods like rolling, cutting, and folding.

May 22, 2024 Read more

Ultra-flexible electronic slime takes cues from shape-shifting amoeba

Scientists have developed a highly deformable, adhesive electronic hydrogel inspired by amoebas that could enable customizable epidermal electronics.

May 22, 2024 Read more

New crystal production method could enhance quantum computers and electronics

Researchers describe a new method to make very thin crystals of the element bismuth - a process that may aid the manufacturing of cheap flexible electronics an everyday reality.

May 22, 2024 Read more

Researchers develop a MOF detector for continuously monitoring toxic gases

The material could be made as a thin coating to analyze air quality in industrial or home settings over time.

May 22, 2024 Read more

Transforming CO2 emissions into valuable products may be less costly with new technology

New research suggests that converting CO2 into valuable products might be cheaper using bacteria-coated electrodes, which eliminate costly gas separation steps.

May 21, 2024 Read more

Powering wearable devices with high-performing carbon nanotube yarns

For generating electricity from body heat, researchers have developed a carbon nanotube yarn with highly aligned CNT bundles and heat inhibiting molecules.

May 21, 2024 Read more

Metamaterials achieve control of polarized light for molecular identification

L-shaped metamaterials enable researchers to identify and sort specific molecules based on how they interact with differently directed light.

May 21, 2024 Read more

Printed organic transistors achieve record performance and 3D circuit density

Researchers printed high-performance organic transistor arrays and logic circuits with an amorphous polymer semiconductor, achieving 100% yield, excellent uniformity, and the highest reported density of 100 printed transistors per square centimeter.

May 21, 2024 Read more

AI chips could get a sense of time

Timekeeping in the brain is done with neurons that relax at different rates after receiving a signal; now memristors - hardware analogues of neurons - can do that too.

May 20, 2024 Read more

Breakthrough development that may facilitate the use of graphene nanoribbons in nanoelectronics

Researchers present a new method for growing ultra-long and ultra-narrow strips of graphene, which exhibit semiconducting properties that can be harnessed by the nanoelectronics industry.

May 20, 2024 Read more