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Direct radiolabeling of nanomaterials

Directly radiolabeled graphene materials without chelators are suitable for bioimaging applications.

Feb 9th, 2017

Meta-lenses bring benchtop performance to small, hand-held spectrometer

Game-changing nanostructure-based lenses allow smaller devices, increased functionality.

Feb 9th, 2017

Sorting machine for atoms

Physicists have cleared a further hurdle on the path to creating quantum computers: in a recent study, they present a method with which they can very quickly and precisely sort large numbers of atoms.

Feb 9th, 2017

Metamaterial: Medival mail armor inspires physicists

Scientists were inspired by medieval mail armor when producing a new metamaterial with novel properties. They succeeded in reversing the Hall coefficient of a material.

Feb 9th, 2017

In-cell molecular sieve from protein crystal

The exquisite design of natural proteins prompted scientists to exploit it in synthetic biology to engineer molecules that can self-assemble into nanoparticles with desired structure and that may be used for various purposes such as gas storage, enzyme catalysis, intracellular drug delivery, etc.

Feb 9th, 2017

Research reveals novel quantum state in strange insulating materials

Researchers have shown experimentally how a unique form of magnetism arises in an odd class of materials called Mott insulators.

Feb 9th, 2017

Researchers grow a versatile 2-dimensional material

Researchers produced a single, three-atom-thick layer of a unique two-dimensional material called tungsten ditelluride.

Feb 8th, 2017

Magnetic carbon with minute patterns

Researchers for the first time have produced micro- and nanostructured magnetic carbon.

Feb 8th, 2017

Large groups of photons on demand with holographic atomic memory

Holographic atomic memory is the first device able to generate single photons on demand in groups of several dozen or more.

Feb 8th, 2017

Flat lens opens a broad world of color

First metalens to work across a continuous bandwidth allows new control of light.

Feb 8th, 2017

An oxide semiconductor just single atom thick

A new study has introduced a novel method for fabrication of world's thinnest oxide semiconductor that is just one atom thick.

Feb 8th, 2017

Researchers engineer dream diodes with a graphene interlayer

A team of researchers has created a new technique that greatly enhances the performance of Schottky Diodes (metal-semiconductor junction) used in electronic devices.

Feb 8th, 2017

Lattice of nanotraps and line narrowing in Raman gas

Researchers show that subwavelength localization and line narrowing is possible in a very simple arrangement due to self-organization of Raman gas (molecular hydrogen) in a hollow photonic crystal fibre.