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Chromium-centered cycloparaphenylene rings for making functionalized nanocarbons

Chemists have synthesized novel transition metal-complexed cycloparaphenylenes (CPPs) that enable selective monofunctionalization of CPPs for the first time, opening doors to the construction of unprecedented nanocarbons.

Jan 26th, 2015

Graphene enables electrical control of energy flow from light emitters

Scientists from Europe's Graphene Flagship have demonstrated active, in-situ electrical control of energy flow from erbium ions into photons and surface plasmons.

Jan 26th, 2015

Improvements in transistors will make flexible plastic computers a reality

Researchers at Japan's National Institute for Materials Science revealed that improvements should soon be expected in the manufacture of transistors that can be used, for example, to make flexible, paper-thin computer screens.

Jan 23rd, 2015

Diaper compound may expand power of microscopes

Expansion microscopy is a process that enlarges cell structures, allowing scientists to take nanoscale pictures of healthy and disease tissue throughout the body using common microscopes.

Jan 23rd, 2015

The latest fashion: Graphene edges can be tailor-made

Theory shows it should be possible to tune material's properties.

Jan 23rd, 2015

Silver nanowires demonstrate unexpected self-healing mechanism

Researchers found that silver nanowires can withstand strong cyclic loads, which is a key attribute needed for flexible electronics.

Jan 23rd, 2015

SUN organizes successful 1st Sustainable Nanotechnology School

The SUN project has successfully hosted the first Sustainable Nanotechnology School, with over 70 participants coming from all over Europe, United States and Brazil and 21 speakers chosen among the most prominent experts on environmental, health and safety (EHS) implications and sustainable applications of nanomaterials.

Jan 23rd, 2015

New technique helps probe performance of organic solar cell materials

The researchers have used the technique to determine that materials with a highly organized structure at the nanoscale are not more efficient at creating free electrons than poorly organized structures - a finding which will help guide future research and development efforts.

Jan 23rd, 2015

Nanotechnology changes behavior of materials used in solar cells

Engineers have developed a technique to increase the performance and electrical conductivity of thin films that make up solar cell materials using nanotechnology.

Jan 23rd, 2015

Scientists 'bend' elastic waves with new metamaterials that could have commercial applications

Materials could benefit imaging and military enhancements such as elastic cloaking.

Jan 23rd, 2015

Exotic, giantic molecules fit inside each other like Russian nesting dolls

Scientists have experimentally observed for the first time a phenomenon in ultracold, three-atom molecules predicted by Russian theoretical physicsist Vitaly Efimov in 1970.

Jan 22nd, 2015

Is glass a true solid?

Does glass ever stop flowing? Researchers have combined computer simulation and information theory, originally invented for telephone communication and cryptography, to answer this puzzling question.

Jan 22nd, 2015

Size matters: The importance of building small things

Strong materials, such as concrete, are usually heavy, and lightweight materials, such as rubber (for latex gloves) and paper, are usually weak and susceptible to tearing and damage. Julia R. Greer, professor of materials science and mechanics at Caltech is helping to break that linkage.