Laser-induced ripples could enhance solar cell efficiency
Laser processing produces deep ripples in silicon over a wide area - something that could enhance solar cell efficiency.
Posted: Jan 14th, 2015
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Tumor micro-environment is a rough neighborhood for nanoparticle cancer drugs
Researchers look at area around tumors to help personalize treatment for triple-negative breast cancer.
Posted: Jan 13th, 2015
Read moreEngineers develop graphene-based biosensor that works in three ways at once
Engineers have now devised a new kind of graphene-based biosensor that works in three ways at once. Because proteins trigger three different types of signals, the sensor can triangulate this information to produce more sensitive and accurate results.
Posted: Jan 13th, 2015
Read moreNanopore device allows for manipulation of differentiating stem cells
The device makes it possible for gentle electroporation of adherent cells.
Posted: Jan 13th, 2015
Read moreProject to transform food waste into graphene and renewable hydrogen
The Centre for Process Innovation is leading a European collaborative project that aims to transform food waste into a sustainable source of significant economic added value, namely graphene and renewable hydrogen.
Posted: Jan 13th, 2015
Read moreFlexible nanogenerators for energy harvesting applications
New research helps pave the way toward highly energy-efficient zinc oxide-based micro energy harvesting devices with applications in portable communications, healthcare and environmental monitoring, and more.
Posted: Jan 13th, 2015
Read morePhotonic crystal nanolaser biosensor simplifies DNA detection
New device offers a simpler and potentially less expensive way to detect DNA and other biomolecules through changes in surface charge density or solution pH.
Posted: Jan 13th, 2015
Read morePhysicists create superatom
Under appropriate conditions, a cloud of several hundred atoms can behave like a single atom, virtually developing super-power. Upon excitation with an ultraviolet laser into highly excited states, the atoms start to interact with each other.
Posted: Jan 13th, 2015
Read moreNovel multiferroic materials and devices integrated with silicon chips
A research team has made two advances in multiferroic materials, including the ability to integrate them on a silicon chip, which will allow the development of new electronic memory devices. The researchers have already created prototypes of the devices and are in the process of testing them.
Posted: Jan 13th, 2015
Read moreBiomedicine: Worth its weight in nanogold
In order to harness nanogold's potential, researchers have to make sense of its structures and behaviours, which are in many ways completely different from those of typical chunks of gold.
Posted: Jan 13th, 2015
Read more'NanoVelcro' and temperature control used to extract tumor cells from blood
An international group of scientists has developed a new method for effectively extracting and analyzing cancer cells circulating in patients' blood.
Posted: Jan 13th, 2015
Read morePenn State Center for Nanoscience awarded $15 million research grant
The Penn State Center for Nanoscale Science, a National Science Foundation Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), has been awarded a six-year, $15 million grant to continue its research and education program in the development and application of nanoscale materials.
Posted: Jan 12th, 2015
Read moreNew catalyst process uses light, not metal, for rapid polymerization
Researchers develop a metal-free atom transfer radical polymerization process that uses an organic-based photocatalyst.
Posted: Jan 12th, 2015
Read moreProgress review in the materials science of silicene
Silicene is the thinnest form of silicon. It is metallic, has graphene-like mobile carriers and can behave like a semiconductor. The material could lead to even smaller electronics but challenges remain.
Posted: Jan 12th, 2015
Read moreSolar cells - Maximum efficiency, minimum materials and complexity
Silicon-based thin-film solar cell with a supplementary organic layer can utilise infrared light as well.
Posted: Jan 12th, 2015
Read moreWater, water, everywhere - Controlling the properties of nanomaterials
Scientists are learning how the properties of water molecules on the surface of metal oxides can be used to better control these minerals and use them to make products such as more efficient semiconductors for organic light emitting diodes and solar cells, safer vehicle glass in fog and frost, and more environmentally friendly chemical sensors for industrial applications.
Posted: Jan 12th, 2015
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