Physicists studied an artificial structure composed of alternating layers of ferromagnetic and superconducting materials. Charge density waves induced by the interfaces were found to extend deeply into the superconducting regions, indicating new ways to manipulate superconductivity.
Jun 21st, 2016
Read more
Researchers use simulations to identify previously undiscovered semiconductors with promising attributes for optical and electronic applications. A nitride among those proposed has been successfully fabricated using high-pressure synthesis and is found to emit red light.
Jun 21st, 2016
Read more
Tetrahedral spins challenge third law of thermodynamics.
Jun 21st, 2016
Read more
Made-to-order nanocages open possibilities of shipping cargo into living cells, building small chemical reactors.
Jun 21st, 2016
Read more
Researchers took a counterintuitive approach by taking advantage of optical distortions that they typically try to eliminate.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read more
Platform designed to deliver nanotherapy effective in preclinical models of metastatic anaplastic thyroid cancer.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read more
Researchers have discovered a new way to optimize electron transfer in semi-conductors used in solar fuel solutions.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read more
DNA nanowire improved by altering sequences.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read more
A Franco-Japanese research group has developed a new 'brute force' technique to test thousands of biochemical reactions at once and quickly home in on the range of conditions where they work best.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read more
Scientists have been able to understand and manipulate DNA to more finely tune the flow of electricity through it.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read more
Researchers have fabricated a solution-processed, semi-transparent solar cell based on AgBiS2 nanocrystals, a material that consists of non-toxic, earth-abundant elements, produced in ambient conditions at low temperatures.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read more
The flexible photovoltaics could power wearable electronics.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read more
Using numerical modelling, researchers from Russia, the US, and China have discovered previously unknown features of rutile TiO2, which is a promising photocatalyst.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read more
Researchers have shown that a carefully chosen blend of a small photoswitchable molecule and a semiconducting polymer can be used to fabricate high-performance memory devices that can be written and erased by light.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read moreResearchers develop an organic nanofiber based artificial synapse that emulates both important functions and energy consumption of biological ones: Implication of potential use in artificial intelligence computing.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read more
Researchers have demonstrated magnetic actuation of microfluidic water droplets using miniature EPMs and oil-based ferrofluids.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read more
Subscribe to our Nanotechnology Research News feed