New research yields super-strong aluminum alloy
Researchers have demonstrated how to create a super-strong aluminum alloy that rivals the strength of stainless steel, an advance with potential industrial applications.
Jan 26th, 2018
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Quantum race accelerates development of silicon quantum chip
Researchers showed that quantum information of an electron spin can be transported to a photon, in a silicon quantum chip. This is important in order to connect quantum bits across the chip and allowing to scale up to large numbers of qubits.
Jan 25th, 2018
Read moreResearchers combine spintronics and nanophotonics in 2D material
The discovery brings the worlds of spintronics and nanophotonics closer together and might lead to the development of an energy-efficient way of processing data, in data centres, for example.
Jan 25th, 2018
Read more'Nanobulb' helps see subwavelength-size objects with ordinary microscope
Scientists have proven that a silicon-gold nanoparticle can act as an effective source of white light when agitated by a pulse laser in IR band.
Jan 25th, 2018
Read moreShape-shifting organic crystals use memory to improve plastic electronics
Researchers have identified a mechanism that triggers shape-memory phenomena in organic crystals used in plastic electronics.
Jan 25th, 2018
Read moreNovel methods of synthesizing quantum dot materials
Scientists are optimizing nanostructures for energy devices such as solar cells.
Jan 25th, 2018
Read moreWorld's smallest sensor measures growth force of plants, animals and humans
Researchers have experimented with a combination of laser technology and chemical knowledge, coming up with a sensor consisting of one single molecule that is a few hundred times more accurate than existing devices used to measure nano-forces on the molecular level.
Jan 25th, 2018
Read moreFrom quasiparticles to highly sensitive sensors
A new ERC grant allows a chemist to deal with ultrafast time- and space-resolved dynamics in molecular-plasmonic hybrid systems.
Jan 25th, 2018
Read morePrediction of titanic nitride proved unsinkable
Long sought-after form of cubic, semiconducting titanium nitride synthesized.
Jan 25th, 2018
Read moreA simple new approach to plastic solar cells
Researchers intelligently design new highly efficient organic solar cells based on amorphous electronic materials with potential for easy printing.
Jan 25th, 2018
Read moreDevelopment of self-crack-healing ceramics capable of quick full strength recovery
Using clues provided by bone healing mechanisms, researchers added a healing activator to crystalline grain boundaries, enabling the ceramic to fully heal cracks in as little as one minute at 1,000 C, the operating temperature of an aircraft engine.
Jan 25th, 2018
Read moreRecycling and reusing worn cathodes to make new lithium ion batteries
Nanoengineers have developed an energy-efficient recycling process that restores used cathodes from spent lithium ion batteries and makes them work just as good as new.
Jan 25th, 2018
Read moreNew technology standard could shape the future of electronics design
Scientists have discovered a way of enhancing the capabilities of an emerging nanotechnology that could open the door to a new generation of electronics.
Jan 25th, 2018
Read moreSilicon nanoblock arrays create vivid colors with subwavelength resolution
Researchers demonstrate a silicon metamaterial surface that will allow for color printing with diffraction-limited resolution.
Jan 25th, 2018
Read moreTrack-walking molecular motors
Physicists have developed new self-directed molecular motors for nanoscale applications.
Jan 25th, 2018
Read morePearly material for bendable heating elements
Scientists demonstrate a hybrid material consisting of imitation pearl combined with silver nanowires that works as a heater, with the added benefit of high flexibility, suggesting a potential role in wearable devices.
Jan 24th, 2018
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