Faster, greener way of producing carbon spheres
A fast, green and one-step method for producing porous carbon spheres, which are a vital component for carbon capture technology and for new ways of storing renewable energy.
Dec 28th, 2020
Read more
Nanotechnology News – Latest Headlines
Shapeshifting crystals - Varying stability in different forms of gallium selenide monolayers
The gallium selenide monolayer has been recently discovered to have an alternative crystal structure and has diverse potential applications in electronics. Understanding its properties is crucial to understand its functions.
Dec 28th, 2020
Read moreChemists convert plastic bottle waste into MOF-based insecticide sorbent
Scientists propose a method to create a metal-organic framework sorbent for imidacloprid insecticide removal from water.
Dec 28th, 2020
Read moreHigh-speed atomic force microscopy takes on intrinsically disordered proteins
Pioneering high-speed atomic force microscope technology has now shed light on the structure and dynamics of some of life's most ubiquitous and inscrutable molecules - intrinsically disordered proteins.
Dec 28th, 2020
Read moreExperiment takes 'snapshots' of light, stops light, uses light to change properties of matter
Researchers performed an ultrafast microscopy experiment, where they trapped green light pulses of 20 fs duration as composite light-electron density fluctuation waves and imaged their propagation on a silver surface at the speed of light.
Dec 25th, 2020
Read moreQuantum nanodevice can be both a heat engine and a fridge at the same time
The device is one of the first to test how quantum effects, which govern the behavior of particles on the smallest scale, might one day be exploited to enhance the performance of nanotechnologies.
Dec 25th, 2020
Read moreA very special (and tiny) Christmas tree
The structure and all details are made of polymer hardened by the scanning of a focused laser beam.
Dec 24th, 2020
Read moreAtomic-scale nanowires can now be produced at scale
Researchers have discovered a way to make self-assembled nanowires of transition metal chalcogenides at scale using chemical vapor deposition. By changing the substrate where the wires form, they can tune how these wires are arranged, from aligned configurations of atomically thin sheets to random networks of bundles.
Dec 24th, 2020
Read moreTheory describes quantum phenomenon in nanomaterials
Theoretical physicists have developed mathematical formulas that describe a physical phenomenon happening within quantum dots and other nanosized materials. The formulas could be applied to further theoretical research about the physics of quantum dots, ultra-cold atomic gasses, and quarks.
Dec 23rd, 2020
Read moreRecord-setting thermoelectric figure of merit achieved for metal oxides
Scientists have developed a layered cobalt oxide with a record-setting thermoelectric figure of merit, which can be used to enhance thermoelectric power generation.
Dec 23rd, 2020
Read moreJapanese art technique can be used to create 3D microstructures and nanotools
Engineers are using ideas taken from paper-folding practices to create a sophisticated alternative to 3D printing.
Dec 22nd, 2020
Read moreNew electron microscopy technique offers first look at previously hidden processes
Researchers can now fill in missing information about nanoscale polymerization and 'smart' materials for medicine and the environment.
Dec 22nd, 2020
Read moreChemists synthesize 'flat' silicon compounds
Chemists have synthesized extremely unusual compounds. Their central building block is a silicon atom. Different from usual, however, is the arrangement of the four bonding partners of the atom, which are not in the form of a tetrahedron around it, but flat like a trapezoid.
Dec 22nd, 2020
Read moreNew imaging method views soil carbon at near-atomic scales
A new study describes a breakthrough method for imaging the physical and chemical interactions that sequester carbon in soil at near atomic scales, with some surprising results.
Dec 22nd, 2020
Read more'Soft' nanoparticles give plasmons new potential
Scientists show how coated nanoantennas retain energy to potentially catalyze chemical reactions.
Dec 22nd, 2020
Read moreA 10-second COVID-19 antibody test with 3D-printed high-performance sensors
Researchers have developed one of the fastest known COVID-19 antibody tests. The test results are available in 10 to 15 seconds and detect the presence of two of the antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.
Dec 22nd, 2020
Read more
Subscribe to our Nanotechnology Research News feed