New method to detect prize particle for future quantum computing
Scientists uncover a new method to detect Majorana particles, a key element for a next-generation quantum computing platform.
Sep 10th, 2014
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A review about resistless nanofabrication by stencil lithography
This review on stencil lithography focuses on the particular interest and challenges when applying it to the scalable fabrication of nanoscale devices.
Sep 10th, 2014
Read moreNSF grant supports high-yield synthesis of nanorods
Ounce for ounce, gold nanorods that are commercially available cost about 7,000 times more than bulk gold, but that may change, thanks to an award-winning research program in the laboratory of Rice University chemist Eugene Zubarev.
Sep 10th, 2014
Read moreNanomedicine inventor awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
MIT's Sangeeta Bhatia combines clinical and engineering perspectives to tackle complex health challenges.
Sep 10th, 2014
Read moreIndustrial waste converted in nanocomposite coating for aircraft turbines
Engineers have developed nanostructured coatings capable of withstanding temperatures exceeding 1000 degrees Celsius, which are used in aviation turbine components.
Sep 10th, 2014
Read moreMolecular self-assembly controls graphene-edge configuration
Scientists have discovered a new bottom-up fabrication method that produces defect-free graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with periodic zigzag-edge regions. This method, which controls GNR growth direction and length distribution, is a stepping stone towards future graphene-device fabrication by self-assembly.
Sep 10th, 2014
Read moreElectroluminescence from a single polymer chain
Researchers have succeeded in detection and spectral characterization of electroluminescence (EL) emission from single polyfluorene chains. This first report on detection of EL from one chain of a conjugated polymer was made possible by isolating individual polyfluorene chains in vertical cylinders of a phase-separated block copolymer.
Sep 10th, 2014
Read moreMicrofluidics - Mixing through oscillations
A tiny device produces oscillatory flows that enhance the mixing of viscous fluids for chemical reactions.
Sep 10th, 2014
Read moreLab on a breathing chip
Human nasal epithelial cells, cultured on a microchip, react to air pollutants just like they would in the upper airway.
Sep 10th, 2014
Read moreSelf-cleaning surfaces - The importance of a single groove (w/video)
An innovative algorithm exposes the energy pathways that cause super-repellent surfaces to stop working.
Sep 10th, 2014
Read moreGraphene gets a cousin in the shape of germanene
A team of European researchers has become one of the first groups to successfully synthesize the 2D material germanene.
Sep 10th, 2014
Read moreSilicene research challenges the limitations of nanotechnology
Exploring the next generation of computing materials.
Sep 9th, 2014
Read moreTwo-dimensional electron liquids
Using an overlying bath of ionic liquid, a piece of superconductor - divided by an insulating strip - supports narrow tunnels which permit currents to flow between.
Sep 9th, 2014
Read moreMacro funds for nanomaterials
Akron researcher reaches $10 million mark in research funding.
Sep 9th, 2014
Read moreApplications for the RUSNANOPRIZE indications for technological breakthroughs
The Expert Group of the RUSNANOPRIZE International Nanotechnology Prize has started evaluating the 2014 applications. Winners of the Prize will be announced on October 15, 2014 in Moscow.
Sep 9th, 2014
Read more'Solid' light could compute previously unsolvable problems
Researchers have begun crystallizing light as part of an effort to answer fundamental questions about the physics of matter. As part of an effort to develop exotic materials such as room-temperature superconductors, the researchers have locked together photons, the basic element of light, so that they become fixed in place.
Sep 9th, 2014
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