Nothing boring about the thinnest boron ever
Researchers made a sheet of boron only one atom thick with the potential to change solar panels, computers, and more.
Jun 12th, 2017
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Quantum theory for manipulating nanomagnets
Researchers have created a theory that predicts the properties of nanomagnets manipulated with electric currents. This theory is useful for future quantum technologies.
Jun 12th, 2017
Read moreSuperconducting ferromagnetic nanodiamond films
Scientists report on the investigation of the interplay between ferromagnetism and electrical transport in hydrogenated and heavily boron-doped nanodiamond films.
Jun 11th, 2017
Read moreNew type of engineered carbon nanomaterial is capable of changing shapes and colors
Researchers have presented a unique design and synthesis of hybrid carbon nanosheets, which show a strong solvatochromic behavior with wide color tunability ranging from blue to orange and even to white in various solvents.
Jun 10th, 2017
Read morePiezoelectric nanomaterials for bio-interface applications
Nanostructured piezoelectric interfaces own the actual potential to offer beneficial environments for cell and tissue stimulation, and, at the same time, they introduce new scenarios into nanomedicine, where nanomaterials, owing to their 'smart' properties, are exploited as active devices rather than as passive structural units or carriers for medications.
Jun 10th, 2017
Read moreNovel techniques examine solar cells with nanoscale precision
The new techniques, which investigated a common type of solar cell made of the semiconductor material cadmium telluride, promise to aid scientists in better understanding the microscopic structure of solar cells and may ultimately suggest ways to boost the efficiency at which they convert sunlight to electricity.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreBatteries from scrap metal
Direct conversion of rusty stainless steel mesh into stable, low-cost electrodes for potassium-ion batteries.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreNew form of carbon that's hard as a rock, yet elastic, like rubber
A team of scientists has developed a form of ultrastrong, lightweight carbon that is also elastic and electrically conductive. A material with such a unique combination of properties could serve a wide variety of applications from aerospace engineering to military armor.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreGraphene electrodes offer new functionalities in molecular electronic nanodevices
The results could be exploited to develop smaller, higher-performance devices for use in a range of applications including molecular sensing, flexible electronics, and energy conversion and storage, as well as robust measurement setups for resistance standards.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreBlood test uses nanotechnology to predict aggressive prostate cancer accurately
Clinical data suggests that up to 40 percent of men could avoid painful biopsies and overtreatment.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreChemists bring mixed folded proteins to life with nanoparticles
Scientists have found a way to recover a protein structure after its chemical denaturation. The method is based on electrostatic interaction between folded, or denatured, proteins and alumina nanoparticles, which unwrap them.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreMussels add muscle to biocompatible nanofibers
Chemists develop hydrogel strings using compound found in sea creatures.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreThe first nano-sized superelastic alloy
Researchers have explored superelasticity properties on a nanometric scale based on shearing an alloy's pillars down to nanometric size.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreA general strategy for reprogrammable assembly molecular motors on solid surfaces
A new study demonstrates that molecular motors with disulfide bonds can be assembled on solid surfaces modified by disulfide bonds, regardless of their chemical composition and microstructure.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreDeveloping high-performance broadband graphene-based photodetectors
Researchers report a van der Waals heterostructure photodetector consisting of graphene and its fluorine-functionalized derivative that enhances the photoresponse of graphene with broadband sensitivity. The proposed scheme in this work paves the way toward implemention of high-performance broadband graphene-based photodetectors.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreNext-gen computers for aerospace applications will aid nanotechnologies
The develop next generation computers for aerospace applications will aid the development of nanotechnologies that could have wide uses in sensing, health and communications.
Jun 9th, 2017
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