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Researchers show a new way to induce useful defects using invisible material properties

Researchers demonstrate a metamaterial that can change its functionality on its own depending on the power level of the input.

December 23, 2022 Read more

Shrinking hydrogels enlarge nanofabrication options

Researchers have developed a strategy for creating ultrahigh-resolution, complex 3D nanostructures out of various materials.

December 23, 2022 Read more

Collective circular dichroism by chiral plasmonic nanoparticles

Researchers developed a new method to determine and quantify the molecular chirality even at low concentration.

December 22, 2022 Read more

Optomechanics simulates graphene lattices

Scientists have overcome the scaling challenges of quantum optomechanical systems and realized the first superconducting circuit optomechanical graphene lattice.

December 22, 2022 Read more

Deconvoluting the data: Charge density distributions of electric double layers

Expanding on their recently developed electrochemical 3D atomic force microscopy (EC-3D-AFM) technique, researchers have derived the depth profile of the charge density of electric double layers.

December 22, 2022 Read more

Seven years of carbon-based electrochemical catalysts: Where we are and where we need to go

The abundant carbon on Earth might offer a rich, renewable resource for clean, sustainable energy. The technology - called carbon-based electrochemical catalysis - that could make green energy conversion possible exists but is not ready for broad application.

December 22, 2022 Read more

Engineers develop new microscale 3D printer for multi-level anticounterfeiting labels

Engineers have developed a high-precision 3D printing method that can produce new polarisation-encoded 3D anticounterfeiting labels.

December 22, 2022 Read more

Scientists turn single molecule clockwise or counterclockwise on demand (w/video)

Controlling the rotation of this molecule could lead to new technologies for microelectronics, quantum computing and more.

December 22, 2022 Read more

At the edge of graphene-based electronics

Team develops graphene-based nanoelectronics platform.

December 22, 2022 Read more

Nanoantennas directing a bright future

Titanium oxides found to significantly increase efficiency and photoluminescence.

December 21, 2022 Read more

A rough start can lead to a strong bond

Researchers developed a cheap and simple process to create nanoscale structures on the surface of galvanized steel, which is commonly used in the automotive industry, that provided a more conducive interface for attaching injection-molded polymers.

December 21, 2022 Read more

Ammonium is the secret ingredient in stable, efficient and scalable perovskite solar cells

A new pathway to creating durable, efficient perovskite photovoltaics at industrial scale has been demonstrated through the first effective use of lead acetate as a precursor in making formamidinium-caesium perovskite solar cells.

December 21, 2022 Read more

Making the unimaginable possible in materials discovery

Scientists find way to make new materials for batteries, magnets and microelectronics.

December 21, 2022 Read more

With light into the nanoworld: How optical microscopes allow detailed investigations of nanoparticles

To make the investigation of nanoparticles with light possible, scientists are combining Nobel Prize-winning methods with modern computer processes.

December 21, 2022 Read more

How science behind epidemics helped physicists to develop state-of-the-art conductive paint

Physicists find first evidence that the process of 'explosive percolation' - seen in the transmission of viruses - can occur in the development of nanomaterial networks.

December 20, 2022 Read more

Single-chain polymer nanoparticles could provide a promising approach in the battle against malaria

For the treatment, researchers created nanoparticles that each consist of a single polymer chain to which they could link a drug.

December 20, 2022 Read more