Engineers design carbon nanostructure stronger than diamonds
Novel plate-cell architecture reaches theoretical limit of performance.
Apr 13th, 2020
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Graphene heterostructures with black phosphorus, arsenic layers enable new infrared detectors
Scientists have calculated the parameters of photodetectors comprised by layers of graphene and a combination of black phosphorus and black arsenic. These sensors are able to detect radiation with energy less than the band gap of the constituent layers without graphene.
Apr 13th, 2020
Read moreCarbonHagen goes online during the lock-down
The organizers revive Carbonhagen as a Zoom online forum during the COVID-19 lock-down.
Apr 13th, 2020
Read moreRemote control of hormone release with magnetic nanoparticles
Researchers have developed magnetic nanoparticles that can stimulate the adrenal gland to produce stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol.
Apr 13th, 2020
Read moreSingle-electron pumping in a ZnO single-nanobelt transistor
Single electron pumping devices with high efficiency and controllability at room temperature play an essential role in implement spin-based quantum computing and quantum information processing. Researchers have now built single-electron transistors based on single indium-doped ZnO nanobelts.
Apr 10th, 2020
Read moreA new strategy to create 2D magnetic order
Scientists discovered the spin-valve magnetoresistance at the ferromagnetic SrRuO3 grain boundary owing to the nature of non-magnetic metallic grain boundary revealed by electron microscopy and first principles calculations, providing a new strategy to create the low-dimensional magnetic order via defect engineering.
Apr 10th, 2020
Read moreHair surface engineering to be advanced by nano vehicles
A nanotechnology that can help both drug delivery and hair cosmetics industry.
Apr 10th, 2020
Read moreWorld's most complex microparticle: A synthetic that outdoes nature's intricacy
Synthetic microparticles more intricate than some of the most complicated ones found in nature have been produced by an international team. They also investigated how that intricacy arises and devised a way to measure it.
Apr 10th, 2020
Read moreElectric jolt to nanocarbon makes better water purifier
Nanocarbons for purifying water get a lot more efficient by exposing a precursor mixture to high voltage.
Apr 10th, 2020
Read moreSuccessful development of photovoltaic commercialization technology with improved quantum dot efficiency
A technology to further accelerate the commercialization of Colloidal Quantum Dot Photovoltaic devices, which are expected to be next-generation photovoltaic devices, has been developed.
Apr 10th, 2020
Read moreTiny 'cages' show how glass goes from liquid to solid
A new clue may get researchers closer to cracking the physics mystery of why glass looks and behaves the way it does.
Apr 9th, 2020
Read moreSliding walls - a new paradigm for microfluidic devices
Researchers propose a new paradigm for actuation in microfluidic devices based on rigid or semi-rigid walls with transversal dimensions of hundreds of micrometres that are able to slide within a microfluidic chip and to intersect microchannels with hand-driven or translation stage-based actuation.
Apr 9th, 2020
Read moreScientists capture 3D images of nanoparticles, atom by atom, with unprecedented precision
Scientists have developed a technique that produces atomic-scale 3D images of nanoparticles tumbling in liquid between sheets of graphene, the thinnest material possible.
Apr 9th, 2020
Read moreNanoparticles offer large potential for brain cancer treatment
Scientists describe a small carbon nanoparticle engineered by the two labs that could both deliver chemotherapy drugs across the blood-brain barrier and mark tumor cells with fluorescence in mice. What's more, this nanoparticle is incredibly simple - made up of only one single compound.
Apr 8th, 2020
Read moreResearchers present revolutionary light-emitting silicon
Researchers have developed an alloy with silicon that can emit light.
Apr 8th, 2020
Read moreNew 'refrigerator' super-cools molecules to nanokelvin temperatures
Technique may enable molecule-based quantum computing.
Apr 8th, 2020
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