Pinpointing biomolecules with nanometer accuracy
Credit: Tokyo Tech It would be impossible to understand life without having a firm grasp on the microscopic interactions between ...
Tag: Molecular Physics
Bioprinting: Living cells in a 3D printer
With a new process developed at TU Wien (Vienna), living cells can be integrated into fine structures created in a ...
Schools of molecular ‘fish’ could improve display screens
Credit: Smalyukh lab Take a dive into what may be the world's smallest coral reef. Scientists at the University of ...
Controlling ion recognition in reactive host-guest systems
Credit: Kanazawa University Sometimes a molecule can only undergo a particular chemical reaction if it forms a so-called host-guest complex ...
Breaking water molecules apart to generate clean fuel: Investigating a promising material
Credit: Tokyo Tech In line with the increasing global concerns about the state of our planet, perfecting the technology for ...
Overlap allows nanoparticles to enhance light-based detection
Rice University scientists discover how plasmons amplify electroluminescenceCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 14, 2019) - Rice University scientists ...
Nanoscale manipulation of light leads to exciting new advancement
UNM researchers find decreasing the density of nanoparticles in ordered arrays produces exceptional field enhancementsCredit: University of New Mexico Department ...
Explained: The lifetime of an evaporating liquid drop
Credit: University of Warwick Liquids evaporating into vapour is a daily occurrence, and yet the time it takes a liquid ...
Electrochemistry to benefit photonics: Nanotubes can control laser pulses
Credit: Skoltech An international team of scientists led by researchers from the Laboratory of Nanomaterials at the Skoltech Center for ...
Masashi Watanabe elected to inaugural class of Microanalysis Society Fellows
Professional association honors electron microscopy expert and Lehigh University materials science and engineering professor for outstanding leadership and innovationCredit: Courtesy ...
Watching energy transport through biomimetic nanotubes
Credit: Dina Maniar Scientists from the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) and the University of Würzburg (Germany) have investigated a ...
Single-particle spectroscopy of CsPbBr3 perovskite reveals the origin low electrolumine
Credit: Tokyo Tech Metal halide perovskites have recently emerged as an exceptionally promising alternative material for next generation optoelectronic applications. ...
Forward or backward? New pathways for protons in water or methanol
Credit: MBI A collaborative ultrafast spectroscopy and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations study shows that proton vacancies in the form ...
A simple way to control swarming molecular machines
Credit: Daisuke I. et al., ACS Nano. October 4, 2019 The swarming behavior of about 100 million molecular machines can be ...
Modified quantum dots capture more energy from light and lose less to heat
Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers discover a new approach for capturing energy from light-generated, 'hot' electrons, avoiding wasteful heat lossCredit: ...
Pressure may be key to fighting climate change with thermoelectric generators
New way to use compression techniques to improves thermoelectric performance, bringing researchers closer to practical applications that could help fight ...
Next-generation single-photon source for quantum information science
Kwiat group achieves most efficient single-photon production everCredit: Siv Schwink/University of Illinois Department of Physics Over the last two decades, ...
New metasurface design can control optical fields in three dimensions
Credit: Alan Zhan/University of Washington A team led by scientists at the University of Washington has designed and tested a ...
The fast dance of electron spins
Chemists investigate the interactions of metal complexes and lightCredit: © Sebastian Mai When a molecule is hit by light, in ...
New research identifies the strengths and weaknesses of super material
Scientists from Aarhus University and the University of Cambridge are first to measure and set guidelines for bolted joints using ...