Scientists engineer tunable DNA for electronics applications
Scientists have been able to understand and manipulate DNA to more finely tune the flow of electricity through it.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read moreScientists have been able to understand and manipulate DNA to more finely tune the flow of electricity through it.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read moreResearchers have fabricated a solution-processed, semi-transparent solar cell based on AgBiS2 nanocrystals, a material that consists of non-toxic, earth-abundant elements, produced in ambient conditions at low temperatures.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read moreThe flexible photovoltaics could power wearable electronics.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read moreUsing numerical modelling, researchers from Russia, the US, and China have discovered previously unknown features of rutile TiO2, which is a promising photocatalyst.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read moreResearchers have shown that a carefully chosen blend of a small photoswitchable molecule and a semiconducting polymer can be used to fabricate high-performance memory devices that can be written and erased by light.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read moreResearchers develop an organic nanofiber based artificial synapse that emulates both important functions and energy consumption of biological ones: Implication of potential use in artificial intelligence computing.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read moreResearchers have demonstrated magnetic actuation of microfluidic water droplets using miniature EPMs and oil-based ferrofluids.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read moreScientists have introduced a new variety of nanocapsule: hollow carbon bubbles made from three to four graphitic layers of carbon atoms.
Jun 20th, 2016
Read moreTo accurately determine relative energies of the electrons and signatures of the spin-orbit interaction in an oxide material, researchers performed resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS). The results reveal divergent behavior than found from RIXS measurements in related iridates that are candidates for developing high-temperature superconductors.
Jun 19th, 2016
Read moreWith just the change of an atom, researchers have found it is possible to change a material's properties.
Jun 19th, 2016
Read moreOleophobic surfaces are microtextured with radial arrays of undercut stripes. When oil drops fall on these surfaces, drops move away from the landing point to the direction set by asymmetric geometrical patterning of the surface.
Jun 18th, 2016
Read moreThree-dimensional structure of nanocrystals in solution determined with atomic resolution using a new technique.
Jun 18th, 2016
Read moreThe Frederick National Lab has begun to assist several major pharmaceutical companies in adopting nanotechnologies in early stage drug development, when the approach is most efficient and cost-effective.
Jun 17th, 2016
Read moreNew method to fabricate graphene nanoribbon arrays on semiconductor wafers turns semimetal into semiconductor.
Jun 17th, 2016
Read moreA new tool now rests in the 3D printing toolbox. The electron beam in a scanning transmission electron microscope has been exquisitely controlled with specially programmed electronics to tunnel into non-crystalline material and construct 3D features that are in perfect alignment with the underlying substrate.
Jun 17th, 2016
Read morePatterned arrays of nanometer-sized connections in two-dimensional semiconductors could enable ultrathin integrated circuits for smartphones and solar cells.
Jun 17th, 2016
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