Electrical currents can be now be switched on and off at the smallest conceivable scale enabling a new generation of 'green electronics' with the potential for great impact on the digital economy.
Oct 28th, 2016
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Scientists use 3D visualization to map striking and transformative nanoscale surface structures.
Oct 28th, 2016
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A signature of an exotic state of matter that remains disordered even at very low temperatures has been experimentally identified.
Oct 28th, 2016
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Researchers have developed new surface materials that are extremely difficult to wet both by water and oil. Because they don't need isolating air to stay trapped between the droplet and rough surface to prevent wetting, these surface materials work even when wet by another liquid.
Oct 28th, 2016
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Physicists have designed a light source that emits photon pairs. Two-photon sources are particularly well suited for tap-proof data encryption. The experiment's key ingredients: a semiconductor crystal and some sticky tape.
Oct 28th, 2016
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Engineers have developed a design for a functional nanoscale computing device. The concept involves a dense, three-dimensional circuit operating on an unconventional type of logic that could, theoretically, be packed into a block no bigger than 50 nanometers on any side.
Oct 27th, 2016
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Scientists have proven, for the first time, that introducing slight chemical modifications in DNA molecules may allow to introduce metallic ions in it, keeping its double-stranded structure and molecular recognition properties (for other DNA molecules, enzymes, proteins, etc.).
Oct 27th, 2016
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Physicists have studied carbon structures, obtained from the reduced graphene oxide. They the created a bolometer prototype on the basis of these structures.
Oct 27th, 2016
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An electric current will not only heat a hybrid metamaterial, but will also trigger it to change state and fade into the background like a chameleon in what may be the proof-of-concept of the first controllable metamaterial device, or metadevice, according to a team of engineers.
Oct 27th, 2016
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By creating atomic chains in a two-dimensional crystal, researchers believe they have found a way to control the direction of materials properties in two and three dimensional crystals with implications in sensing, optoelectronics and next-generation electronics applications.
Oct 27th, 2016
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Researchers have developed a new technique to provide cellular 'blueprints' that could help scientists interpret the results of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) mapping.
Oct 27th, 2016
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Some scientists have been exploring sugar alcohols as a possible material for making thermal storage work, but this direction has some limitations. One group of researchers wanted to investigate how mixing carbon nanotubes with sugar alcohols might affect their energy storage properties.
Oct 27th, 2016
Read moreThe intersection of nanotechnology and green chemistry presents an excellent opportunity to ensure that both fields can learn from each other.
Oct 27th, 2016
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A new prototype of a lithium-sulphur battery - which could have five times the energy density of a typical lithium-ion battery - overcomes one of the key hurdles preventing their commercial development by mimicking the structure of the cells which allow us to absorb nutrients.
Oct 26th, 2016
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Researchers are developing porous solids called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for the selective removal of various gases from gas mixtures.
Oct 26th, 2016
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The mechanism of sodium ion storage in an important two-dimensional material could be a simpler and less toxic route to cheaper batteries, a team researchers discovered.
Oct 26th, 2016
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