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Eco-friendly process that enables unprecedented spatial control over the electrical properties of graphene oxide

By using the probe of an atomic force microscope to trigger a local chemical reaction, researchers showed that electrically conductive features as small as four nanometers can be patterned into individual graphene oxide sheets.

Oct 14th, 2015

Nanoelectronics researchers employ supercomputer for an electrifying simulation speedup

Scientists are using America's fastest supercomputer to make huge gains in understanding the smallest electronic devices.

Oct 14th, 2015

Silver: The promising electrode winner for low-cost perovskite solar cells

A new study reveals a cause for the short lifetime of perovskite solar cells with silver electrodes.

Oct 14th, 2015

Researchers grow nanocircuitry with semiconducting graphene nanoribbons

In a development that could revolutionize electronic ciruitry, researchers have confirmed a new way to control the growth paths of graphene nanoribbons on the surface of a germainum crystal.

Oct 13th, 2015

Toward clearer, cheaper imaging of ultrafast phenomena

A new, all-optical method for compressing narrow electron pulses to a billionth of a billionth of a second could improve real-time movies of chemical reactions and other ultrafast processes.

Oct 13th, 2015

Building a better liposome

Computational models suggest new design for nanoparticles used in targeted drug delivery.

Oct 13th, 2015

A resonator for electrons

Resonators are an important tool in physics. The curved mirrors inside the resonators usually focus light waves that act, for instance, on atoms. Physicists have now managed to build a resonator for electrons and to direct the standing waves thus created onto an artificial atom.

Oct 13th, 2015

Quantum coherent-like state observed in a biological protein for the first time

So-called Froehlich condensation, a state in which protein molecules' vibrational modes coalesce at the lowest frequency, was first predicted almost five decades ago, but never experimentally demonstrated until now.

Oct 13th, 2015

Researchers create light emitting diodes from food and beverage waste

In addition to utilizing food and beverage waste that would otherwise decompose and be of no use, this development can also reduce potentially harmful waste from LEDs generally made from toxic elements.

Oct 13th, 2015

Breakthrough for iron based dyes can lead to cheaper and environmentally friendly solar energy applications

Researchers have found a new way to capture energy from sunlight by using molecules that contain iron. The hope is to develop efficient and environmentally friendly solar energy applications.

Oct 13th, 2015

Wyss Institute launches new company to provide inexpensive access to super-resolution microscopy

The new startup seeks to bring unprecedented resolution and multiplexing power to standard microscopes at very low cost, aiming to transform biomedical discovery and digital pathology.

Oct 13th, 2015

Grant for catalysis research on atomistic level

Researchers will produce a new research methodology that, on atomistic level, will enable customisation of the next generation of catalysts, which may become the cornerstones of future energy systems.

Oct 13th, 2015

Studies of individual nanoparticles can be the key to future catalysis

Studying catalytic processes on one single nanoparticle at a time, instead of on several billion simultaneously as has previously been the case, will create unique and more in-depth understanding of catalytic reactions on nanoparticles than previously possible - and it will at the same time lay the foundation for a new and sustainable energy technology and chemical synthesis.