Researchers report on advances in three key areas - flexible electrodes, flexible encapsulation methods, and flexible substrates - that make commercial use of flexible lighting technology more feasible and closer to implementation.
Sep 4th, 2015
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Researchers develop printed electronics made of compostable natural materials and processes for industrial production.
Sep 4th, 2015
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Magnetic and ferroelectric metal: the two faces of tomorrow's materials.
Sep 4th, 2015
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The edges of thin films could provide an ideal laboratory for studying the behavior of electron spins.
Sep 4th, 2015
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Using computational and experimental methods, researchers at Caltech have developed a technique for creating so-called protein-DNA nanowires - a hybrid biomaterial that could have important applications.
Sep 3rd, 2015
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A new study presents evidence for a long-sought phenomenon - first theorized in the 1960s and predicted to be found in crystals in 1983 - called the 'chiral anomaly' in a metallic compound of sodium and bismuth. The additional finding of an increase in conductivity in the material may suggest ways to improve electrical conductance and minimize energy consumption in future electronic devices.
Sep 3rd, 2015
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A new could offer a simple way to improve the efficiency of electronic devices such as light-emitting diodes, optical fibers and solar cells. It also could have important theoretical implications for understanding the still surprisingly mysterious materials called glasses.
Sep 3rd, 2015
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Self-cleaning windows, stain-resistant automobile interiors, graffiti-proof walls - there is a long list of things that we wish could have a surface to which dirt wouldn't stick.
Sep 3rd, 2015
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We invariably imagine electronic devices to be made from silicon chips, with which computers store and process information as binary digits (zeros and ones) represented by tiny electrical charges. But it need not be this way: among the alternatives to silicon are organic mediums such as DNA.
Sep 3rd, 2015
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Rhave discovered unique behaviors of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (HANPs) that show promise as a phosphorus nanofertilizer and could be used to help slow the release of phosphorous in soils.
Sep 3rd, 2015
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Researchers characterize individual defects inside a bulk insulator using scanning tunneling microscopy.
Sep 3rd, 2015
Read moreThe Lloyd's Register Foundation has awarded grants totalling GBP 9 million to three international consortia in the field of nanotechnology. These grants support research and doctoral training that will support the Foundation's aims to advance engineering-related education and research and support work that enhances safety of life at sea, on land and in the air.
Sep 3rd, 2015
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Researchers have shown that a new device concept - a 'squishy' transistor - can overcome the predicted power bottleneck caused by CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) technology reaching its fundamental limits.
Sep 3rd, 2015
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This new spectroscopy method is two-dimensional: It measures the response of the molecule to simultaneous illumination with two different wavelengths.
Sep 3rd, 2015
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It has long been accepted that such a thin layer of lubrication between sliding surfaces alternates along with the cycles of sticking and slipping; it starts as a solid, turns to liquid in the slipping phase and then back to a solid when the surfaces stick once again. But a recent paper suggests this model is incorrect.
Sep 3rd, 2015
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New family of luminescent materials could find broad uses in chemical and biological detectors.
Sep 3rd, 2015
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