Scientists have demonstrated infrared imaging of an organic semiconductor known for its electronics capabilities, revealing key nanoscale details about the nature of its crystal shapes and orientations, and defects that also affect its performance.
Oct 14th, 2016
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Method for moving fluids on a surface may find uses in condensers, microfluidics, and de-icing.
Oct 14th, 2016
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Less than a micrometre thin, bendable and giving all the colours that a regular LED display does, it still needs ten times less energy than a Kindle tablet.
Oct 14th, 2016
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In a new paper, researchers describe in great detail how to fabricate and use transparent graphene neural electrode arrays in applications in electrophysiology, fluorescent microscopy, optical coherence tomography, and optogenetics.
Oct 13th, 2016
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Silver nanoparticles have a wide array of uses, one of which is to treat drinking water for harmful bacteria and viruses. But do silver nanoparticles also kill off potentially beneficial bacteria or cause other harmful effects to water-based ecosystems? A new paper says that is not the case.
Oct 13th, 2016
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Scientists have managed to characterize theoretically the behavior of water in close vicinity to a superhydrophobic surface. Not only that, but also they have verified the analytical theory by experiment with an unprecedented precision.
Oct 13th, 2016
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Researchers have demonstrated a method to fabricate electronic devices by using DNA. The DNA itself has no part in the electrical function, but acts as a scaffold for forming a linear, pearl-necklace-like nanostructure consisting of three gold nanoparticles.
Oct 13th, 2016
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Bioengineers demonstrated the capabilities of a biosensor they designed to reliably detect and quantify glucose in human sweat.
Oct 13th, 2016
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New research provides the basis for new electromechanical designs using 2D-nanocellulose. In a longer-term perspective, the reinterpretation of electrical features for hydrogen bonds here introduced could pave the way in the understanding of life-essential molecules and events.
Oct 13th, 2016
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Researchers are creating a new approach to reconstruct 3-D full-color holographic images by using just one layer of nanoscale metallic film. This work has a huge potential to change our daily lives by equipping our cell phones with 3-D floating displays and printing 3-D security marking onto credit cards.
Oct 13th, 2016
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Study shows particle collisions may explain overheated circuits, improve thermoelectric devices.
Oct 13th, 2016
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In a new twist to waste-to-fuel technology, scientists have developed an electrochemical process that uses tiny spikes of carbon and copper to turn carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into ethanol.
Oct 13th, 2016
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Researchers have found a way to significantly improve computer performance. They propose the use of the so-called T-waves, or terahertz radiation as a means of resetting computer memory cells. This process is several thousand times faster than the magnetic-field-induced switching.
Oct 12th, 2016
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A new method of engineering polymer brush patterns promises to cut down processing time while adding versatility in design.
Oct 12th, 2016
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Electropolymerizable functional and cross-linking monomers were used to prepare conducting molecularly imprinted polymer film with improved surface area with the help of a sacrificial metal-organic framework (MOF).
Oct 12th, 2016
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Molecular sized machines could in the future be used to control important mechanisms in the body. In a recent study, researchers show how a nanoballoon comprising a single carbon molecule ten thousand times thinner than a human hair can be controlled electrostatically to switch between an inflated and a collapsed state.
Oct 12th, 2016
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