A research team has created a thermoelectric device using cutting edge thermoelectric conversion technology. The new technology, known as the spin Seebeck effect, has conversion efficiency 10 times higher than the conventional method.
Apr 25th, 2016
Read moreAnti-adhesive patches that are developed from naturally occurring biomaterials can prevent destructive bacterial biofilm from forming on metal surfaces when they are immersed in water and other damp environments.
Apr 25th, 2016
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Physicists discover a promising route for combined optical and solid state-based quantum information processing.
Apr 25th, 2016
Read morePhysicists are the first to demonstrate using non-polarized light to produce a spin voltage in a metal.
Apr 25th, 2016
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An international research team describes the methods of winding up molecules into screw-shaped structures. With the aid of artificial molecules, the researchers imitated the principles underlying the assigning a specific function to biomolecules in nature.
Apr 25th, 2016
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Researchers found a way to make micro-scale, liquid-metal particles that can be used for heat-free soldering plus the fabricating, repairing and processing of metals - all at room temperature.
Apr 25th, 2016
Read moreA workshop organized last year by the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd has resulted in an article that describes aerosol generation and exposure tools that can be used to predict toxicity in human lungs following inhalation of nanomaterials.
Apr 25th, 2016
Read moreSeveral international scientists from over 30 universities and institutes teamed to investigate to what extent quantum simulations of material properties agree when they are performed by different researchers and with different software.
Apr 25th, 2016
Read moreRadiation pressure is produced by the momentum carried by light, and it plays a crucial role in a variety of systems, from atomic to astronomical scales.
Apr 25th, 2016
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Researchers demonstrate that rectification ratios of greater than 250 at biases of 0.5 V are achievable at the two-molecule limit for donor-acceptor bilayers of pentacene on C60 on Cu using scanning tunneling spectroscopy and microscopy.
Apr 22nd, 2016
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Scientists studying an exotic material have found a potential application for its unusual properties, a discovery that could improve devices found in most digital electronics.
Apr 22nd, 2016
Read moreThe discovery could be used to make infrared color televisions.
Apr 22nd, 2016
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Neutron scattering and computational modeling have revealed unique and unexpected behavior of water molecules under extreme confinement that is unmatched by any known gas, liquid or solid states.
Apr 22nd, 2016
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Researchers have uncovered a way to overcome a principal obstacle in using two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors in electronic and optoelectronic devices.
Apr 22nd, 2016
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Researchers were able for the first time to observe the defects as these formed during deposition and under what conditions they self-healed by using in-situ X-ray diffraction and fluorescence analysis.
Apr 22nd, 2016
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Scientists have developed a photo-switchable molecule as a basis of an oxygen-independent method.
Apr 22nd, 2016
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