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Self-cleaning surfaces - The importance of a single groove (w/video)

An innovative algorithm exposes the energy pathways that cause super-repellent surfaces to stop working.

Sep 10th, 2014

Graphene gets a cousin in the shape of germanene

A team of European researchers has become one of the first groups to successfully synthesize the 2D material germanene.

Sep 10th, 2014

Silicene research challenges the limitations of nanotechnology

Exploring the next generation of computing materials.

Sep 9th, 2014

Two-dimensional electron liquids

Using an overlying bath of ionic liquid, a piece of superconductor - divided by an insulating strip - supports narrow tunnels which permit currents to flow between.

Sep 9th, 2014

Macro funds for nanomaterials

Akron researcher reaches $10 million mark in research funding.

Sep 9th, 2014

Applications for the RUSNANOPRIZE indications for technological breakthroughs

The Expert Group of the RUSNANOPRIZE International Nanotechnology Prize has started evaluating the 2014 applications. Winners of the Prize will be announced on October 15, 2014 in Moscow.

Sep 9th, 2014

'Solid' light could compute previously unsolvable problems

Researchers have begun crystallizing light as part of an effort to answer fundamental questions about the physics of matter. As part of an effort to develop exotic materials such as room-temperature superconductors, the researchers have locked together photons, the basic element of light, so that they become fixed in place.

Sep 9th, 2014

Pesky insect inspires practical nanopatterning technology

Inspired by the compound eyes of common fly, researchers determine how to make miniature omnidirectional sources of light and optical sensors.

Sep 9th, 2014

Artificial membranes on silicon

Artificial membranes mimicking those found in living organisms have many potential applications ranging from detecting bacterial contaminants in food to toxic pollution in the environment to dangerous diseases in people. Now a group of scientists has developed a way to create these delicate, ultra-thin constructs through a 'dry' process, by evaporating two commercial, off-the-shelf chemicals onto silicon surfaces.

Sep 9th, 2014

X-ray imaging paves way for novel solar cell production

3D microscope investigates flexible polymer tandem solar cells.

Sep 9th, 2014

Buckyballs and diamondoids join forces in nanoelectronics

Researchers have married two unconventional forms of carbon to make a molecule that conducts electricity in only one direction. This tiny electronic component, known as a rectifier, could play a key role in shrinking chip components down to the size of molecules to enable faster, more powerful devices.

Sep 9th, 2014

A single molecule diode opens up a new era for sustainable and miniature electronics

Scientists have studied the electronic characteristics of a newly synthesized molecule, composed of two forms of carbon: a fullerene (C60) and a nano-aggregate of diamond. This study reveals exceptional electronic properties for this molecule, given it conducts electrical power into one direction but not into the opposite sense.

Sep 9th, 2014