Researchers have developed a microfluidic system for synthesizing perovskite quantum dots across the entire spectrum of visible light. The system drastically reduces manufacturing costs, can be tuned on demand to any color and allows for real-time process monitoring to ensure quality control.
Mar 15th, 2019
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Researchers have developed a new biological sensor that could help clinicians better diagnose cancer and epilepsy.
Mar 15th, 2019
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A study has found that a number of 2D materials can not only withstand being sent into space, but potentially thrive in the harsh conditions.
Mar 15th, 2019
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Understanding how crystals grow impacts broad areas of materials science, from developing better microelectronics to discovering new materials. At the atomic level, crystals can grow in several different ways, and scientists have recently discovered an intriguing behavior associated with a common way that crystals grow.
Mar 15th, 2019
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Selection of an optimum structure from approximately eight billion candidates may make society more energy efficient.
Mar 15th, 2019
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Nanoscientists discover new mechanism to cleave cellulose effectively and in an environmentally friendly way.
Mar 14th, 2019
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Engineers combine hydrogels that are both highly water absorbent and can release water upon heating to create unique material that captures moisture and returns it as clean water.
Mar 14th, 2019
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New NSF grant to support efforts to create large-scale nanostructures from very small nanocrystals.
Mar 14th, 2019
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At relatively balmy temperatures, heat behaves like sound when moving through graphite, study reports.
Mar 14th, 2019
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Researchers take cues from nature to form living materials with unprecedented control and versatility.
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Biowaste in the form of chicken eggshells has proved to be very effective for energy storage.
Mar 14th, 2019
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Strong enough not only for use in impact protection systems in cars, but able to absorb the shock waves produced by a detonation. Those are just some of the properties shown by the metallic foams.
Mar 14th, 2019
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Researchers have developed a film that gives touchscreens a third dimension. The thin and extremely lightweight silicone film can adopt a variety of positions and shapes and can be made to execute a single pulse, a pushing motion, a sudden jolt or a prolonged vibration at a specific location on the screen.
Mar 14th, 2019
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Researchers have built a set of magnetic 'tweezers' that can position a nanoscale bead inside a human cell with unprecedented precision. The nano-bot has already been used to study the properties of cancer cells, and could lead to enhanced diagnosis and treatment.
Mar 13th, 2019
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An international research team has developed a new method of synthesizing miniature light sources. It is based on a special laser which produces millions of nanolasers from a perovskite film in a few minutes.
Mar 13th, 2019
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Nanostructures made of carbon are extremely versatile: they can absorb ions in batteries and supercapacitors, store gases, and desalinate water. How well they cope with the task at hand depends largely on the structural features of the nanopores. A new study has now shown that structural changes that occur due to morphology transition with increasing temperature of the synthesis can also be measured directly -- using small-angle X-ray scattering.
Mar 13th, 2019
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