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Spray-on electric rainbows: Making safer electrochromic inks

An innovation with water allows electrochromic conjugated polymer films to be applied more safely.

Aug 16th, 2017

Boron nitride foam soaks up carbon dioxide

Materials scientists have created a light foam from two-dimensional sheets of hexagonal-boron nitride (h-BN) that absorbs carbon dioxide.

Aug 16th, 2017

Candy cane supercapacitor could enable fast charging of mobile phones

Supercapacitors promise recharging of phones and other devices in seconds and minutes as opposed to hours for batteries. But current technologies are not usually flexible, have insufficient capacities, and for many their performance quickly degrades with charging cycles. Researchers now have found a way to improve all three problems in one stroke.

Aug 16th, 2017

Gold shines through properties of nanobio sensors

Researchers have shown that the fluorescence is an intrinsic property of the gold nanoparticles themselves.

Aug 16th, 2017

Nanoengineers show how micromotors treat a bacterial infection in the stomach

These micromotors swim rapidly throughout the stomach while neutralizing gastric acid and then release their cargo of antibiotics at the desired pH.

Aug 16th, 2017

Research team images tiny quasicrystals as they form

For the first time, researchers see a quasicrystal structure in nanoparticles, which had never been seen before.

Aug 16th, 2017

Defeating cyberattacks on 3-D printers

Researchers develop three methods to defend against sneaky attacks.

Aug 16th, 2017

Nanotechnology gives green energy a green color

Research have created green solar panels using soft imprint lithography to print an array of nanocylinders that scatter green light.

Aug 15th, 2017

Reactions in nanocontainers - towards the world's smallest coaxial cable

This miniscule wire - comprising a carbon nanotube located inside a boron nitride nanotube - can be produced on a preparative scale and may represent an important step towards the miniaturisation of electronic devices.

Aug 15th, 2017

Killing bacteria by hacking plastics with silver nanoparticles and electricity

Researchers have developed an innovative way of hacking conducting plastics so as to prevent bacterial growth using silver nanoparticles and a small electrical current.

Aug 15th, 2017

Polystyrene makes next-generation of solar panels even cheaper

Scientists are using polystyrene particles rather than expensive polymers to make the next generation of solar cells, which are used to make solar panels, more stable and even cheaper.

Aug 15th, 2017

Atomically thin layers bring spintronics closer to applications

Researchers have created a graphene-based device, in which electron spins can be injected and detected with unprecedented efficiency. The result is a hundredfold increase of the spin signal, big enough to be used in real life applications, such as new spin transistors and spin-based logic.