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Researchers engineer new pathways for self-assembled nanostructures

Self-assembly is driven mainly by the system's desire to minimize its energy and achieve equilibrium, but kinetic effects can also play a strong role. Typically, these effects are viewed as complications to be overcome, but a collaboration of researchers has recently shown that these effects can be exploited to engineer a nanostructure in a polymer thin film.

Apr 11th, 2018

Sensing interactions between molecules

Nanoscientists have developed an atomically defined probe tip with extraordinary stability which enables them to image molecular structures by atomic force microscopy.

Apr 11th, 2018

World's first biosensor chips based on copper and graphene oxide

Researchers have developed biosensor chips of unprecedented sensitivity, which are based on copper instead of the conventionally used gold.

Apr 11th, 2018

Smart printing: power generating films and luminescent glass

New inks for inkjet printers make it possible to print organic displays or solar cells on film and glass for the use in architecture, the textile industry and many other industries.

Apr 11th, 2018

Nanoparticles for lung cancer pass next test

Non-small cell lung cancer nanoparticles pass the next stage of development in preclinical test.

Apr 11th, 2018

Cheaper, less toxic and recyclable light absorbers for hydrogen production

Achieving artificial photosynthesis in solution remains limited by the use of costly and toxic metal-based compounds to harvest light. Researchers propose an efficient alternative using semiconductor nanocrystals (also called quantum dots) based on cheaper and less toxic elements, such as copper, indium and sulfur.

Apr 10th, 2018

Tubular science improves polymer solar cells

Novel engineered polymers assemble buckyballs into columns using a conventional coating process.

Apr 10th, 2018

Superacids are good medicine for super thin semiconductors

Scientists demonstrated that powerful acids heal certain structural defects in synthetic films.

Apr 10th, 2018

How to turn light Into atomic vibrations

Converting laser light into nuclear vibrations is key to switching a material?s properties on and off for future electronics.

Apr 10th, 2018

Machine learning offers new way of designing chiral crystals

Engineers and chemists successfully used the same technology at the core of facial recognition to design chiral crystals. This is the first study reporting the use of this technology, called logistic regression analysis, to predict which chemical groups are best for making chiral molecules.