Laser-induced graphene gets tough, with help
Researchers combine conductive foam with other materials for capable new composites.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreResearchers combine conductive foam with other materials for capable new composites.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have found that certain ultra-thin magnetic materials can switch from insulator to conductor under high pressure, a phenomenon that could be used in the development of next-generation electronics and memory storage devices.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreResearchers are working to solve one of technology's biggest puzzles: how to build next-generation batteries that could power a green revolution.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreNew system of 'strain engineering' can change a material's optical, electrical, and thermal properties.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreResearchers use a narrow light beam in hyperbolic metamaterials to 'fingerprint' and obtain spatial and material information about nanometer-scale objects -- allowing identification without complete images.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreSuper-strong but lightweight, AA 7075 now could be more widely used in automobiles and other manufacturing thanks to nanotechnology research.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreNew theory and understanding of how liquid nano-jets breakup into droplets.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreThe ability of carbon nanotubes to filter sodium while still allowing water to pass through can depend on many factors, including their diameters and the interactions of electrically charged atoms on their rims.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read morePhysicists have irradiated buckyballs with infrared femtosecond laser pulses. Under the influence of the intense light the form of the macromolecules was changed from round to elongated.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreScientists have developed a machine learning approach that can predict changes to the properties of materials from straining the material.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreChemical and topographical single-cell imaging at nanoscale resolution by near-field desorption mass spectrometry.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreScientists have discovered the mechanism involved when transition metal dichalcogenides on metallic substrates transform from the semiconducting 1H-phase to the quasi-metallic 1T'-phase.
Feb 12th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have demonstrated a new hardware platform based on isolated electron spins in a two-dimensional material. The electrons are trapped by defects in sheets of hexagonal boron nitride, a one-atom-thick semiconductor material, and the researchers were able to optically detect the system's quantum states.
Feb 11th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have imaged a battery as it was quickly charged and discharged, allowing for the observation of lithium plating behavior that can inhibit the battery's long-term function.
Feb 11th, 2019
Read moreOne of the key building blocks of flexible photonic circuits and ultra-thin optics are metasurfaces. Engineers have now discovered a simple way of making these surfaces in just a few minutes -- without needing a clean room -- using a method already employed in manufacturing.
Feb 11th, 2019
Read moreQuantum interference effects can cause substantial variation in the conductance properties of molecule-scale devices. By controlling the quantum interference, researchers showed that electrical conductance of a single molecule can be fine-tuned over two orders of magnitude.
Feb 11th, 2019
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