Controlled dynamics of colloidal rods
Physicists from Bayreuth develop basic principles for mini-laboratories on chipsCredit: Image: Adrian Ernst. Colloidal particles have become increasingly important for ...
Tag: Molecular Physics
Liquid water at 170 degrees Celsius
X-ray laser reveals anomalous dynamics at ultra-fast heatingCredit: DESY, Britta Liebaug Using the X-ray laser European XFEL, a research team ...
Storing information and designing uncrackable codes with DNA
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State university For billions of years, Nature has used DNA like a molecular bank ...
CCNY engineer Xi Chen and partners create new shape-changing crystals
Credit: Image courtesy: Tong Wang Imagine harnessing evaporation as a source of energy or developing next generation actuators and artificial ...
New method to design diamond lattices and other crystals from microscopic building blocks
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University An impressive array of architectural forms can be produced from the popular ...
Single atom-thin platinum makes a great chemical sensor
Credit: JO Yxell/Chalmers University of Technology Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, together with colleagues from other universities, have ...
Boundaries no barrier for thermoelectricity
Rice researchers find potentially useful electrical phenomenon in gold nanowiresCredit: Natelson Research Group/Rice University Rice researchers find potentially useful electrical ...
Cholesterol’s effects on cellular membranes
Credit: Virginia Tech For more than a decade, scientists have accepted that cholesterol - a key component of cell membranes ...
How to have a blast like a black hole
Scientists at Osaka University use extremely intense laser pulses to create magnetized-plasma conditions comparable to those surrounding a black hole, ...
A spicy silver lining
Habanero peppers provide ecofriendly way to synthesize silver nanoparticlesCredit: SPIE Distinctive thermal and electrical characteristics make silver nanoparticles perfect for ...
Continuous and stable lasing achieved from low-cost perovskites at room temperature
Suppression of long-lived energetic states called triplet excitons shown to be key for preventing the "lasing death" that has been ...
Strong fields and ultrafast motions – how to generate and steer electrons in liquid water
Credit: MBI Water molecules undergo ultrafast dithering motions at room temperature and generate extremely strong electric fields in their environment. ...
Hindawi Limited announces open access partnership with SAGE Publishing
Three of SAGE Publishing's open access journals will publish with Hindawi under a new collaborative publishing agreementCredit: © Hindawi Limited ...
Planetary ball-milling helps protect our planet from plastics pollution
Researchers from Osaka University have developed eco-friendly polymer materials with extended functional lifespans that are self-healing, tough and recyclable, by ...