Researchers have pioneered a new type of multilayered photoelectrode that boosts the ability of solar water-splitting to produce hydrogen. According to the research team, this special photoelectrode, inspired by the way plants convert sunlight into energy is capable of absorbing visible light from the sun, and then using it to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.
Feb 17th, 2016
Read moreDoped lithium titanate nanoparticles could be incorporated into Li-ion batteries used in, for example, electric or hybrid automotive applications.
Feb 17th, 2016
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The rearrangement of particles in materials during deformation, such as when a spoon is bent, doesn't occur independently, but rather resembles highly collective avalanches that span the entire material.
Feb 17th, 2016
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Researchers have developed a method to grow high-quality graphene on a silicon carbide crystal by controlling the number of graphene sheets.
Feb 16th, 2016
Read moreImagine a hand-held environmental sensor that can instantly test water for lead, E. coli, and pesticides all at the same time, or a biosensor that can perform a complete blood workup from just a single drop. That's the promise of nanoscale plasmonic interferometry, a technique that combines nanotechnology with plasmonics - the interaction between electrons in a metal and light.
Feb 16th, 2016
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The first visible attosecond pulses allow researchers to determine the delay with which electrons in atoms respond to the electromagnetic forces of light.
Feb 16th, 2016
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In what may provide a potential path to processing information in a quantum computer, researchers have switched an intrinsic property of electrons from an excited state to a relaxed state on demand using a device that served as a microwave 'tuning fork'.
Feb 15th, 2016
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Scientists have made a major step forward in the development of digital data storage that is capable of surviving for billions of years.
Feb 15th, 2016
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Working at the intersection of polymer chemistry, nanotechnology and biomedical science, researchers are creating novel 'smart' particles that will provide controlled delivery for therapeutic drugs.
Feb 15th, 2016
Read moreAn electrical engineer has developed a novel cancer cell detection method that will improve early diagnosis through a tool that tracks cellular behavior in real time using nanotextured walls that mimic layers of body tissue.
Feb 15th, 2016
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The semiconductor, made of the elements tin and oxygen, or tin monoxide, is a layer of 2D material only one atom thick, allowing electrical charges to move through it much faster than conventional 3D materials such as silicon.
Feb 15th, 2016
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Researchers have found out that the protein haemoglobin influences the aggregation of individual gold nanoparticles to form clumps.
Feb 15th, 2016
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While working to improve a tool that measures the pushes and pulls sensed by proteins in living cells, biophysicists at Johns Hopkins say they've discovered one reason spiders' silk is so elastic: Pieces of the silk's protein threads act like supersprings, stretching to five times their initial length.
Feb 15th, 2016
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Scientists have developed a new technology to detect disease biomarkers in the form of nucleic acids, the building blocks of all living organisms.
Feb 12th, 2016
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Heterostructures formed by different three-dimensional semiconductors form the foundation for modern electronic and photonic devices. Now, scientists have successfully combined two different ultrathin semiconductors - each just one layer of atoms thick - to make a new two-dimensional heterostructure with potential uses in clean energy and optically-active electronics.
Feb 12th, 2016
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The possibility of a highly viscous flow of electrons in metals was predicted several decades ago but despite numerous efforts never observed, until now.
Feb 12th, 2016
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