Morphing material has mighty potential (w/video)
Composite invented at Rice may find use in bioscaffolds, optics, drugs.
Posted: Dec 9th, 2013
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Making solar cells thin, efficient and flexible with a nanoimprinting technique
Researchers may be one step closer to tapping into the full potential of solar cells. The team found a way to create large sheets of nanotextured, silicon micro-cell arrays that hold the promise of making solar cells lightweight, more efficient, bendable and easy to mass produce.
Posted: Dec 9th, 2013
Read moreScientists scale terahertz peaks in nanotubes
Researchers find plasmonic root of terahertz signals in some carbon nanotubes.
Posted: Dec 9th, 2013
Read moreTriboelectric generators capture wasted power (w/video)
With one stomp of his foot, Zhong Lin Wang illuminates a thousand LED bulbs - with no batteries or power cord. The current comes from essentially the same source as that tiny spark that jumps from a fingertip to a doorknob when you walk across carpet on a cold, dry day. Wang and his research team have learned to harvest this power and put it to work.
Posted: Dec 9th, 2013
Read morePolymers can be semimetals
Polymers can behave like insulators, semiconductors and metals - as well as semimetals. Twenty researchers, under the leadership of Xavier Crispin, Docent in organic electronics at Linköping University, are behind the breakthrough.
Posted: Dec 9th, 2013
Read morePioneering path to electrical conductivity in 'tinker toy' materials
Sandia National Laboratories researchers have devised a novel way to realize electrical conductivity in metal-organic framework (MOF) materials, a development that could have profound implications for the future of electronics, sensors, energy conversion and energy storage.
Posted: Dec 9th, 2013
Read moreOptical techniques for accurately determining the toxicity of nanomaterials
EPFL researchers have developed a method for accurately determining the toxicity of nanomaterials. By using optical techniques, they are able to measure the concentration of the oxidizing substances produced by a damaged cell. Furthermore, this research also offers a new way to know more about the mechanisms of oxidative stress.
Posted: Dec 9th, 2013
Read moreNanofibers from ecycled plastic prove effective in killing drug-resistant fungi
Researchers have discovered a new, potentially life-saving application for polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which is widely used to make plastic bottles. They have successfully converted PET into a non-toxic biocompatible material with superior fungal killing properties.
Posted: Dec 9th, 2013
Read moreDrug-dispensing contact lens delivers glaucoma medication continuously for a month
Researchers are one step closer to an eye drop-free reality with the development of a drug-eluting contact lens designed for prolonged delivery of latanoprost, a common drug used for the treatment of glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide.
Posted: Dec 9th, 2013
Read moreElectrical control of single atom magnets
The energy needed to change the magnetic orientation of a single atom - which determines its magnetic stability and therefore its usefulness in a variety of future device applications - can be modified by varying the atom's electrical coupling to nearby metals.
Posted: Dec 8th, 2013
Read moreGraphene: Growing giants
Huge grains of copper promote better graphene growth.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2013
Read moreCoal yields plenty of graphene quantum dots
Scientists find simple method for producing dots in bulk from coal, coke.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2013
Read moreCasimir Force reduction through nanostructuring
By nanostructuring one of two interacting metal surfaces at scales below the plasma wavelength, a new regime in the Casimir force was observed by researchers.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2013
Read moreHollow nanoneedle bioprobe: Innovative analytical tool for the life sciences and biotechnology
An innovative probe for atomic force microscope (AFM) that is integrated with a sharp-tipped hollow silicon dioxide (SiO2) nanoneedle instead of a conventional solid tip.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2013
Read moreNanoscale photonic integrated circuit using surface plasmon polaritons on silicon
Many researchers are developing photonic devices employing surface plasmon polaritons for applications to photonic integrated circuits.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2013
Read moreCharacterizing solar cells with nanoscale precision using a low-energy electron beam
Researchers have demonstrated a new low energy electron beam technique and used it to probe the nanoscale electronic properties of grain boundaries and grain interiors in cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells. Their results suggest that controlling material properties near the grain boundaries could provide a path for increasing the efficiency of such solar cells.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2013
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