Imaging ferroelectric domains
Researchers have used Bragg projection ptychography, or BPP, for imaging local polarization in ferroelectric thin films.
Posted: Jan 31st, 2014
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Conflicting opinions about the risks of antibacterial silver
Silver is used increasingly often as a bacterial agent in clothing and hygiene products, but there are conflicting opinions as to its effects on people and the environment. According to researchers at Chalmers and Gothenburg University, the use of environmental assessment methods could clarify the points of this debate.
Posted: Jan 31st, 2014
Read moreQuicker method paves the way for atomic-level design
A new X-ray method will enable the development of more efficient catalysts. The method opens up new opportunities to work on atomic level in a number of areas of materials science. Researchers from Lund University are among those behind the new method.
Posted: Jan 31st, 2014
Read moreMultiplex detection of silver and molybdenum nanoparticles
Researchers investigated the oxidative response of both Ag and Mo nanoparticles by using differential pulse voltammetry. After identifying the individual responses, the two materials were combined on a single electrode for simultaneous detection.
Posted: Jan 31st, 2014
Read moreAn nanoscale electrical switch for magnetism
Ultrathin platinum films become magnetic when subjected to an electric field.
Posted: Jan 31st, 2014
Read moreResearchers time plasmon-generated electrons moving from nanorods to graphene
Plasmonic nanoparticles developed at Rice University are becoming known for their ability to turn light into heat, but how to use them to generate electricity is not nearly as well understood. Scientists at Rice are working on that, too. They suggest that the extraction of electrons generated by surface plasmons in metal nanoparticles may be optimized.
Posted: Jan 30th, 2014
Read moreFaster X-ray technology paves the way for better catalysts
Researchers observe a catalyst surface at work with atomic resolution.
Posted: Jan 30th, 2014
Read moreIntegration brings quantum computer a step closer
An international research group led by the University of Bristol has made an important advance towards a quantum computer by shrinking down key components and integrating them onto a silicon microchip.
Posted: Jan 30th, 2014
Read moreSelf-aligning DNA wires for application in nanoelectronics
Researchers have come up with a simple strategy which combines DNA origami with self-organized pattern formation.
Posted: Jan 30th, 2014
Read moreNanotechnology in a nutshell: From simple to complex systems
A new high-level book for professionals providing an overview of nanotechnologies now and their applications in a broad variety of fields, including information and communication technologies, environmental sciences and engineering, societal life, and medicine, with provision of customized treatments.
Posted: Jan 30th, 2014
Read moreA disk brake for molecules
Using centrifugal force to decelerate particles creates new opportunities for chemistry and quantum information processing.
Posted: Jan 30th, 2014
Read moreScientists discover long-awaited synthetic particle
Researchers at Aalto University and Amherst College have now created and photographed synthetic magnetic monopoles under laboratory conditions. These observations lay the foundation for the underlying structure of the natural magnetic monopole - the detection of which would be a revolutionary event comparable to the discovery of the electron.
Posted: Jan 30th, 2014
Read morePhoton recoil provides new insight into matter
New method of precision spectroscopy allows unprecedented accuracy.
Posted: Jan 30th, 2014
Read moreMaking color - When two red photons make a blue photon
Here's a question: Can scientists generate any color of light? The answer is not really, but the invention of the laser in 1960 opened new doors for this endeavor.
Posted: Jan 30th, 2014
Read moreGraphene composite leads to breakthrough in rechargeable battery applications
Researchers demonstrate that a composite paper - made of interleaved molybdenum disulfide and graphene nanosheets - can be both an active material to efficiently store sodium atoms and a flexible current collector. The newly developed composite paper can be used as a negative electrode in sodium-ion batteries.
Posted: Jan 29th, 2014
Read moreSelf-cleaning solar panel coating optimizes energy collection, reduces costs
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is developing a low-cost, transparent, anti-soiling (or self-cleaning) coating for solar reflectors to optimize energy efficiency while lowering operating and maintenance costs and avoiding negative environmental impacts.
Posted: Jan 29th, 2014
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