Researchers report the manufacture of a highly porous antireflection coatings with high TiO2-nanoparticle loading that combines excellent optical antireflectivity with efficient photocatalytic activity.
Posted: Oct 22nd, 2013
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Graphene FET Flagship is an ambitious European project to move graphene out of academic labs and into society, where its applications are expected to have a strong technological and economic impact. Jani Kivioja, a Finnish scientist, is leading the industrial activities within the project. His group looks to solve scientific challenges in order to transform the converging Internet and communications industry.
Posted: Oct 22nd, 2013
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A surprising enhancement was observed in this size regime when two different materials (silver and gold) were interfaced. Through theoretical modeling and quantum-mechanical calculations, quantum effects were determined to be responsible for this enhancement by creating a stronger condition for a "charge-transfer plasmon" resonance. The insight gained about this new mechanism may suggest general strategies for overcoming losses in plasmonic performance in the quantum size regime.
Posted: Oct 22nd, 2013
Read moreNumerical simulations designed to confirm the magnetic characteristics of 3D quantum materials largely match the theoretical predictions.
Posted: Oct 22nd, 2013
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New nanoparticles weaken tumor-cell defenses, then strike with chemotherapy drug.
Posted: Oct 22nd, 2013
Read moreResearchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered a way to effectively deliver staurosporine, a powerful anti-cancer compound that has vexed researchers for more than 30 years due to its instability in the blood and toxic nature in both healthy and cancerous cells.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2013
Read moreTunable electrical behavior not previously realized in conventional devices.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2013
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Active camouflage has taken a step forward at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), with a new coating that intrinsically conceals its own temperature to thermal cameras.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2013
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Faster, smaller and more energy-efficient - that is what computers of the future should be like. A new phenomenon stands to make a major contribution in this direction: It needs 100,000 times less current than existing technologies, and the number of atoms needed for a data bit could diminish significantly.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2013
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A new Department of Energy grant will fund research to advance an additive manufacturing technique for fabricating three-dimensional (3D) nanoscale structures from a variety of materials.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2013
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Surfaces with differently shaped nanoscale textures may yield improved materials for applications in transportation, energy, and diagnostics.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2013
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High power conversion of new solar cells that are thin, flexible, and transparent makes them ideal for a wealth of new applications.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2013
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Instead of having to use tons of crushing force and volcanic heat to forge diamonds, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a way to cheaply make nanodiamonds on a lab bench at atmospheric pressure and near room temperature.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2013
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Johns Hopkins researchers used suction to learn that individual "molecular muscles" within cells respond to different types of force, a finding that may explain how cells "feel" the environment and appropriately adapt their shapes and activities. A computer model the researchers developed also lets them predict what a cell will do in response to altered levels of those "muscles," a common occurrence in a variety of cancers.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2013
Read moreFlexible displays, cost-efficient solar cells for a new era of energy production, futuristic lighting at home - all require thin layers with specific properties. Scientists at the Leibniz Institute for New Materials are exploring new routes to such coatings in NanoSPEKT, a project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
Posted: Oct 21st, 2013
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Standardized technique opens remarkable opportunities for 'mix and match' materials fabrication
Posted: Oct 20th, 2013
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