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Ruthenium nanoframes open the doors to better catalysts

The world is run by catalysts. They clean up after cars, help make fertilizers, and could be the key to better hydrogen fuel. Now, a team of chemists has found a better way to make metal nanoframe catalysts.

Apr 1st, 2016

Graphene layer could allow solar cells to generate power when it rains

Researchers have introduced a new approach for making an all-weather solar cell that is triggered by both sunlight and raindrops.

Apr 1st, 2016

Nantional Nanotechnology Initiative releases supplement to the President's 2017 budget

This Budget Supplement documents progress of these participating agencies in addressing the goals and objectives of the NNI.

Apr 1st, 2016

Ferroelectric localized field enhanced nanowire photodetectors

Researchers have designed a high-performance nanowire photodetector with side-gated structure by combining ferroelectric materials and nanowires, and the as-fabricated device can be employed to reduce the dark current and increase the sensitivity of the photodetectors.

Mar 31st, 2016

Improving CD-AFM measurements from the tip down

Researchers have created reference samples that allow tip calibration with an uncertainty of less than 1 nm.

Mar 31st, 2016

New potent nanodrug to combat antibiotic-resistant infections

Novel approach includes noninvasive light activation of gold nanoconstructs to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Mar 31st, 2016

Illuminating the inner 'machines' that give bacteria an energy boost

Researchers have tracked how microscopic organisms called cyanobacteria make use of internal protein 'machines' to boost their ability to convert carbon dioxide into sugar during photosynthesis.

Mar 31st, 2016

Flat boron is a superconductor

Scientists have determined that two-dimensional boron is a natural low-temperature superconductor. In fact, it may be the only 2-D material with such potential.

Mar 31st, 2016

New use for X-rays: A radar gun for unruly atoms

Using coherent X-rays, a new technique has been discovered for sensing motion and velocity of small groups of atoms. This advance gives an unprecedented, nanoscale view of disordered objects as they are being created - like the thin films used to make solar cells and LCD screens.

Mar 31st, 2016

Heat and light get larger at the nanoscale

Scientists demonstrate a strong, non-contact heat transfer channel using light with performances that could lead to high efficiency electricity generation.

Mar 31st, 2016

Broadening the bilayer

Researchers use Titan to understand new theories on the organization of human and animal cellular membranes.

Mar 31st, 2016

Nanostructures made from DNA: Daisy chain rotaxanes as molecular bearings

Scientists have used DNA molecules to make a nanoscale component that makes it possible for two individual parts to move relative to each other.

Mar 31st, 2016

Mechanical engineer builds 'ready-to-go' battery electrode with glass-ceramic

Researchers have developed a paperlike battery electrode using silicon oxycarbide glass and graphene.

Mar 31st, 2016

Scientists divide magnetic vortices into collectivists and individualists

In manganese monosilicide, microscopic magnetic vortices - skyrmions - may behave as 'collectivists' or 'individuals', i.e. they are able to create a single structure, or they can also split up individually. Studying the behaviour of skyrmions will help to create unique quantum devices based on new physical principles.

Mar 31st, 2016

Gatekeepers of cell membranes studied one at a time with revolutionary nanotechnology

All cells protect themselves from the environment using very thin but ultra-strong membranes. In order to let useful molecules (nutrients etc.) go through the membrane, cells use 'gatekeeper molecules' called transporters. Researchers found out that these gatekeepers can now be manipulated to work longer hours by turning on a molecular switch.

Mar 30th, 2016

Second quantum revolution a reality with chip-based atomic physics

Researchers have published research important for integrating Rydberg atoms into hybrid quantum systems and the fundamental study of atom-surface interactions, as well as applications for electrons bound to a 2D surface.

Mar 30th, 2016

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