Weak force has strong impact on nanosheets
Rice lab finds van der Waals force can deform nanoscale silver for optics, catalytic useCredit: The Jones Lab/Rice University HOUSTON ...
Tag: Nanotechnology/Micromachines
New fullerene crystal production method 50 times faster than predecessor
Credit: Yokohama National University Researchers from Yokohama National University and the University of Electro-Communications in Japan have developed a highly ...
Wireless, ultra-thin and battery-free strain sensors that are 10 times more sensitive
Credit: National University of Singapore A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS), led by Assistant Professor Chen ...
High-brightness source of coherent light spanning from the UV to THz
Credit: ©ICFO/L.Maidment, U. Elu & J. Biegert. Analytical optical methods are vital to our modern society as they permit the ...
Sheets of carbon nanotubes come in a rainbow of colors
Study: Nanotube films come in 466 colors, could be used in electronics, solar panelsCredit: Photo courtesy of Aalto University HOUSTON ...
A theory as clear as glass
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science at ...
Researchers find a better way to design metal alloys
System uses machine learning to analyze boundaries between crystal grains, allowing for selection of desired properties in a new metal.Credit: ...
Double element co-doped carbon quantum dots enhance photocatalytic efficiency
Credit: Authors In a paper published in NANO, researchers from Nanjing Tech University proposed a theory which attributes the photocatalytic ...
Novel cathode design significantly improves performance of next-generation battery
Credit: HKUST A team led by Cheong Ying Chan Professor of Engineering and Environment Prof. ZHAO Tianshou, Chair Professor of ...
Artificial visual system of record-low energy consumption for the next generation of AI
Credit: City University of Hong Kong A joint research led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has built an ...
Researchers identify the physical mechanism that can kill bacteria with gold nanoparticles
The research, involving URV researcher Vladimir Baulin, opens the door to the development of new bactericide materials as an alternative ...
Getting the right grip: Designing soft and sensitive robotic fingers
Scientists make a big leap in development of soft robotic grippers by integrating sensing mechanisms into 3D printable fingersCredit: Ritsumeikan ...
Making cheaper, biocompatible E-skin electrodes
A polymer electrode gets an electrical boost for use in E-skin devices.Credit: dgist Scientists around the world are working to ...
Harvesting the sun’s energy for clean drinking water: Where we are, where we need to be
Scientists review some of the research behind a technology that could cauterize a growing global drinking water crisisCredit: Lei Miao ...
ERC awards Barbara Mazzolai and Andrea Toma for projects on environmental sustainability
Researchers at IIT are among the grantees awarded by ERC today. Their projects will focus on the creation of intelligent ...
‘Sparkling’ clean water from nanodiamond-embedded membrane filters
Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c15194 Although most of the planet is covered by water, ...
Science of sandcastles is clarified, finally
Science of building sandcastles mysteriously explained for 150 years by the 'Kelvin equation' is finally understood by a Manchester team ...
Shining a light on what’s really happening in perovskite solar cells
University of Tsukuba researchers take a molecular-level look at what happens in perovskite solar cells when they are operating, to ...
A colossal step for electronics
Scientists at Osaka University develop a new method for controlling the hydrogen content and conductivity of thin-film perovskite rare-earth nickelate ...
Elsa Reichmanis elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Lehigh University professor, an internationally recognized expert in the field of microlithography, holds numerous patents and continues to innovate at ...
