New breakthrough in battery charging technology
A team of researchers has developed a single-unit, photo-rechargeable portable power source based on high-efficiency silicon solar cells and lithium-ion batteries.
Apr 24th, 2017
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Freezing lithium batteries may make them safer and bendable
Engineers use ice-templating to control electrolyte structure in lithium batteries; solid-state is non-flammable, non-toxic and flexible with longer battery life.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreSelf-assembled nanostructures can be selectively controlled
DNA self-assembly allows the unprecedented control of the optical properties of plasmonic metamolecules.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreWorking on the magnetic memory of the future
In his work, Geoffrey Beach combines the deep, theoretical understanding of a physicist with an engineer's passion for building and refining the devices needed to carry out his investigations.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreGraphene holds up under high pressure
Used in filtration membranes, ultrathin material could help make desalination more productive.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreThin diamond crystal reflects many colors of light in all directions
Physicists and mathematicians have discovered by advanced calculations that a thin diamond-like photonic nanostructure reflects a surprisingly broad range of colors of light omnidirectionally.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreTiny cages could keep vaccines safe at high temperatures
Scientists have created a technique which can keep proteins intact at high temperatures up to 100 C, by encasing them in silica cages.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreRevealing polymeric fluids behavior at the microscopic scale
A team of researchers is focussing their efforts on using microfluidics as a tool to reveal the laws and principles ruling the behavior of complex fluids at the microscopic scale. Then in a second phase, they make use of these discoveries to provide direct applications in healthcare and biotechnology.
Apr 24th, 2017
Read moreNew study reveals the mystery behind the formation of hollowed nanoparticles during metal oxidation
If carefully controlled, the same process that creates rust - metal oxidation - could offer scientists ways to advance state-of-the-art battery or drug delivery technologies.
Apr 22nd, 2017
Read moreNovel nanotube structure strengthens thin films for flexible electronics
Reflecting the structure of composites found in nature and the ancient world, researchers have synthesized thin carbon nanotube textiles that exhibit both high electrical conductivity and a level of toughness that is about fifty times higher than copper films, currently used in electronics.
Apr 21st, 2017
Read moreTwo-dimensional melting of hard spheres experimentally unravelled after 60 years
First definitive experimental evidence of two-dimensional melting of hard spheres.
Apr 21st, 2017
Read moreGraphene/CNT sensor could aid in detecting nuclear threats
A novel detector could dramatically change the manner and accuracy with which we are able to detect nuclear threats.
Apr 21st, 2017
Read moreNew approach may accelerate design of high-power batteries
Researchers describe a mathematical model for designing new materials for storing electricity. The model could be a huge benefit to chemists and materials scientists, who traditionally rely on trial and error to create new materials for batteries and capacitors.
Apr 21st, 2017
Read moreResearchers develop 20 times faster biosensor
Researchers have developed a biosensor platform which has 20 times faster detection capability than the existing biosensors using magnetic patterns resembling a spider web.
Apr 21st, 2017
Read moreMolecular libraries for organic light-emitting diodes
By means of a new screening process, it is now possible to identify more quickly lead structures with superior luminescence and charge-transport properties.
Apr 21st, 2017
Read moreElectrochemical performance of lithium-ion capacitors
Pre-lithiated multiwalled carbon nanotubes and activated carbon materials were used as anode and cathode respectively for Lithium-ion capacitors (LICs). The pre-lithiatiation was performed using internal short circuit approach. The LIC showed excellent supercapacitor performance.
Apr 21st, 2017
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