Making a solar energy conversion breakthrough with help from a ferroelectrics pioneer
Research teams shows how a ferroelectric insulator can surpass shockley-queisser limit.
Aug 8th, 2016
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Prototype chip could help make quantum computing practical
Built-in optics could enable chips that use trapped ions as quantum bits.
Aug 8th, 2016
Read moreTailored AFM probes created via 3-D direct laser writing
Researchers report using 3-D direct laser writing based on two-photon polymerization as a tool to fabricate custom-made probes for atomic force microscopy.
Aug 8th, 2016
Read moreLiquid light switch could enable more powerful electronics
Researchers have built a miniature electro-optical switch which can change the spin of a liquid form of light by applying electric fields to a semiconductor device a millionth of a metre in size.
Aug 8th, 2016
Read moreLithium-ion batteries: Capacity might be increased by 6 times
The capacity of lithium-ion batteries might be increased by six times by using anodes made of silicon instead of graphite. Scientists have observed for the first time in detail how lithium ions migrate into thin films of silicon. It was shown that extremely thin layers of silicon would be sufficient to achieve the maximal load of lithium.
Aug 8th, 2016
Read moreSelf-cleaning, anti-reflective, microorganism-resistant coatings
Researchers are modifying surface properties of materials to obtain specific properties at a lower cost.
Aug 8th, 2016
Read moreSmarter self-assembly opens new pathways for nanotechnology
Scientists discover a way to create billionth-of-a-meter structures that snap together in complex patterns with unprecedented efficiency.
Aug 8th, 2016
Read moreA pioneering patent for free-floating graphene production technology
A novel process for producing single layer graphene sheets leverages the diamagnetism properties of graphene to synthesize defect-free monolayer graphene as a free-floating structure.
Aug 8th, 2016
Read moreProtein cages for designing various catalytic reactions
Researchers have developed a new strategy in which two different organometallic iridium and palladium metal complexes are immobilized into a single protein cage of apo-ferritin to construct a protein-based microcompartment.
Aug 8th, 2016
Read moreResearchers combine simulation, experiment for nanoscale 3-D printing (w/video)
Researchers have used focused electron beam induced deposition, or FEBID, to essentially 3-D print at the nanoscale.
Aug 5th, 2016
Read moreMetal-organic frameworks found to exist in nature
A surprising discovery by scientists in Canada and Russia reveals that MOFs also exist in nature - albeit in the form of rare minerals found so far only in Siberian coal mines.
Aug 5th, 2016
Read moreNew project to develop new device that delivers photo-induced cancer therapy
Physicists are leading a project to develop a new multifunctional platform that can integrate imaging and photo-induced cancer therapy in a single, portable device.
Aug 5th, 2016
Read moreFive nanotechnology research projects that could deliver big results
From energy efficiency to carbon capture, nanotechnology researchers are on it.
Aug 5th, 2016
Read moreDiscovery yields self-healing diamond-like carbon coating
Researchers discovered an ultra-durable, self-lubricating tribofilm.
Aug 5th, 2016
Read moreRecord-breaking logic gate 'another important milestone' on road to quantum computers
Researchers have achieved a quantum logic gate with record-breaking 99.9% precision, reaching the benchmark required theoretically to build a quantum computer.
Aug 5th, 2016
Read moreScientists discover light could exist in a previously unknown form
New research suggests that it is possible to create a new form of light by binding light to a single electron, combining the properties of both.
Aug 5th, 2016
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