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Can objects feel one another before touching?

Scientists have found out the mechanisms whereby two objects feel each other before 'touching' and the characteristics of the contact between their first atoms.

Mar 22nd, 2018

Scientists control molecular alignment on a graphene surface

Researchers have developed a simple way to align molecules in one direction on a flat graphene surface. Efficiently controlling molecular alignment is expected to lead to significant progress in surface chemistry and molecular engineering, as well as materials science.

Mar 22nd, 2018

Researchers discover new accuracies in cancer-fighting, nanomedicine drug delivery

A promising discovery for advanced cancer therapy reveals that the efficiency of drug delivery in DNA nanostructures depends on their shapes.

Mar 21st, 2018

Design approach developed for important new catalysts for energy conversion and storage

New method could aid in design of pharmaceuticals and optical and data storage materials.

Mar 21st, 2018

Designing a new material for improved ultrasound

Development of a theoretical basis for ultrahigh piezoelectricity in ferroelectric materials led to a new material with twice the piezo response of any existing commercial ferroelectric ceramics.

Mar 21st, 2018

Researchers explore enzymetic activities based on nanocomplex sensors

A team of researchers compared the susceptibility of different triangle silver nanoprisms (TSNPRs) towards H2O2 and elucidated the influence of capping agents and structural size on the etching process, with the aim of optimizing TSNPRs for H2O2 etching-based biosensors, such as glucose and glucose oxidase.

Mar 21st, 2018

Nanomaterials hold promise for producing hydrogen from water

Scientists use hollow gold-silver nanoshells to boost the efficiency of photocatalysts, where the combined nanocomposite materials generate hydrogen from water, powered only by sunlight.

Mar 21st, 2018

Nanocrystalline graphite enables new class of harsh environment electronics

Researchers have demonstrated reliable operation of microelectromechanical relays by coating the contacts with nanocrystalline layers of graphite, to enable ultra-low-power electronics for harsh environments.

Mar 21st, 2018

Cellulose nanofibers won from elephant and cow manure for sustainably making paper

It's likely not the first thing you think of when you see elephant dung, but this material turns out to be an excellent source of cellulose for paper manufacturing in countries where trees are scarce, scientists report.

Mar 21st, 2018

2D materials for aerosolizable nanoelectronics

Tiny floating robots could be useful in all kinds of ways, for example, to probe the human gut for disease or to search the environment for pollutants. In a step toward such devices, researchers describe a new marriage of materials, combining ultrathin 2-D electronics with miniature particles to create microscopic machines.

Mar 21st, 2018

What plants can teach us about oil spill clean-up, microfluidics

Nature-inspired 3-D printed solutions to solve perhaps one of the worst manmade dilemmas.

Mar 20th, 2018

Researchers improve fabrication process of nanostructures for electronic devices

Use of indium gallium phosphide with I-MacEtch processing shows promise for more cost effective fabrication and increased performance in devices from photonics to telecommunications.

Mar 20th, 2018

Smallest ever sieve separates atoms

Researchers have discovered that the naturally occurring gaps between individual layers of two-dimensional materials can be used as a sieve to separate different atoms.

Mar 20th, 2018

Physicists discover new quantum electronic material

With an atomic structure resembling a Japanese basketweaving pattern, 'kagome metal' exhibits exotic, quantum behavior.

Mar 20th, 2018

Scientists invented method of catching bacteria with 'photonic hook'

An international research team discovered a new type of curved light beams, dubbed a 'photonic hook'. Photonic hooks are unique, as their radius of curvature is two times smaller than their wavelength. This is the smallest curvature radius of electromagnetic waves ever recorded.

Mar 19th, 2018

A new kind of quantum bits in two dimensions

Combining two ultra-thin material layers yields new possibilities for quantum electronics.

Mar 19th, 2018

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