Nanomechanics warm up engines for the Nanocar Race II, the world's smallest car race
In the Nanocar Race, the vehicles are molecules driven by the tip of scanning tunnelling microscope on a gold surface track.
Nov 17th, 2021
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Invention lets people pay for purchases with a high-five
Innovative fabric enables digital communication between wearers, nearby devices.
Nov 17th, 2021
Read moreNew technology kills dangerous bacteria that hide inside human cells with nanoparticles
New research shows that tiny capsules called polymersomes could be used to carry bug-killing antibiotics right to the site where the bacteria grow inside the cells.
Nov 16th, 2021
Read moreNew research reveals the easy tunability of a perovskite material
Researchers demonstrate how fabrication of thin films of a particular perovskite in different environments leads to altered electronic properties. This flexibility allows for the development of films with tunable electronic properties, opening doors to a wide variety of next generation electronic devices.
Nov 16th, 2021
Read moreVirtual fluid for the description of interfacial effects in metallic materials
Scientists present a new simulation method for describing the attachment of a liquid to a surface.
Nov 16th, 2021
Read moreMolecular snakes become ladders - potential building blocks for electronics
Scientists create novel molecules that serve as ziplines for energy. Such polymers can potentially be used to design new displays based on organic light-emitting diodes, or for solar cells.
Nov 16th, 2021
Read moreCloser to a simple and efficient method of quantum encryption with quantum dots
Scientists have developed a system that uses fluorescent crystals. A laser beam shone at these quantum dots causes them to fluoresce and emit a stream of single photons.
Nov 16th, 2021
Read moreNanoscale 'computer' controls function of protein, influences cell behavior
Researchers have produced a nanocomputing agent that can control the function of a particular protein that is involved in cell movement and cancer metastasis. The research paves the way for the construction of complex nanoscale computers for the prevention and treatment of cancer and other diseases.
Nov 16th, 2021
Read moreA nanoantenna for long-distance, ultra-secure communication
Researchers have improved the transfer efficiency between quantum information carriers, in a manner that's based on well-established nanoscience and is compatible with upcoming advanced communication technologies.
Nov 16th, 2021
Read moreUltra-large single-crystal WS2 monolayer
New technique opens a possibility to replace silicon with 2D materials in semiconducting technology.
Nov 15th, 2021
Read moreUltrafast charging of batteries using fully new anode material
By using a fully new material, nickel niobate, for the anode of lithium-ion batteries, the charging speed can be improved by ten times. This is possible without the risk of damaging the anode material, causing battery breakdown or reducing its lifetime.
Nov 15th, 2021
Read moreNew nanocoating strategy improves performance of neural electrodes
Researchers propose a new coating strategy that can improve the performance of neural electrodes.
Nov 15th, 2021
Read moreDielectric metasurface and plasmonic nanodisk support efficient terahertz photoconductive antenna
By taking advantage of dielectric metasurfaces and plasmonic nanostructures, researchers propose a terahertz photoconductive antenna.
Nov 15th, 2021
Read moreResearchers synthesize bilayer borophene
Scientists report the synthesis of large-size, single-crystalline bilayer borophene on the Cu(111) surface by molecular beam epitaxy.
Nov 15th, 2021
Read moreResearchers propose new compact 2D serpentine optical phased array
This novel design uses a straight grating antenna, which allowed a small amount of light to scatter out of the plane at the designed angle, while the rest could also pass through. The grating was made of silicon waveguides coated with silicon dioxide.
Nov 15th, 2021
Read moreDevelopment of multimodal real-time methods for in-line nanomaterial characterization
The project NanoQI will be the first consortium to optimize and multimodally combine X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) and X-ray reflectometry (XRR) with novel hyperspectral imaging (HSI) technology to provide industry access to real-time assessment of nano-dimensions, structure and morphology of thin film nanomaterials, as well as correlative imaging of their homogeneity and defects.
Nov 15th, 2021
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