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Electrocatalyst nanostructures key to improved fuel cells, electrolyzers

Scientists' simulations have unraveled the mystery of a new electrocatalyst that may solve a significant problem associated with fuel cells and electrolyzers.

Jun 5th, 2017

Revolutionary new materials for troubled carbon times: Super filters the world can afford

Researchers develop a material that will potentially revolutionize carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.

Jun 5th, 2017

Engineer unveils new spin on future of transistors with novel design

All-carbon, spintronic proposal could lead to smaller, better performing structures in electronics.

Jun 5th, 2017

The first low-cost system for splitting carbon dioxide

Scientists have developed an Earth-abundant catalyst based on copper-oxide nanowires modified with tin oxide. A solar-driven system set up using this catalyst was able to split CO2 with an efficiency of 13.4%.

Jun 5th, 2017

Seeing the invisible with a graphene-CMOS integrated device

Flagship researchers integrate graphene and quantum dots with CMOS technology to create an array of photodetectors, producing a high resolution image sensor.

Jun 5th, 2017

Design and fabrication of 3D-printed stretchable tactile sensors

Researchers demonstrate the design and fabrication of stretchable tactile sensors that are 3D printed under ambient conditions via a combination of nanocomposite ink optimization, 3D imaging, and multimaterial 3D printing.

Jun 5th, 2017

Deploying therapeutic nano-payloads to cells

Researchers create a huge variety of programmed three-dimensional shapes out of single strands of synthetic DNA, a process known as DNA origami. These nanoparticles may ultimately be deployed as structural scaffolds to deliver vaccines, drugs, or even gene-editing tools such as CRISPR-Cas9 to specific parts of the body, he says.

Jun 5th, 2017

Making flexible electronics with nanowire networks

If flexible smartphones, e-paper and a new generation of smart watches are to succeed, they can't use existing touchscreen technology.

Jun 5th, 2017

New microscopy technique for nanomechanical subsurface imaging

Nondestructive scanning near-field thickness resonance acoustic microscopy (SNTRAM) with sharp phase contrast and mechanical sensitivity provides a wide range of applications in nanomechanical imaging of semiconductor structures and a wide range of other materials.

Jun 4th, 2017

Overcoming hysteresis in carbon nanotube field effect transistors

Researchers present a facile approach to overcoming hysteresis to less than 0.5% of the gate-source voltage sweep range: rather than to eliminate traps, they aim to reduce the effect that traps have on the CNTs.

Jun 3rd, 2017

Strong hydrogels that respond to force, heat and light

Novel hydrogels not only exhibited remarkable optical response from pale yellow to purple color and from green to red fluorescence under external stimuli of force, heat, and UV light, but also simply reversed its color back to the original one by white light.

Jun 3rd, 2017

New ceramic nanofiber 'sponges' could be used for flexible insulation, water purification

Researchers have found a way to make ultralight sponge-like materials from nanoscale ceramic fibers. The highly porous, compressible and heat-resistant sponges could have numerous uses, from water purification devices to flexible insulating materials.