Three-dimensional chessboards
Researchers at Osaka University develop liquid-phase 3D-patterning to create nanocellulose films aligned along multiple axes within the same sheet. This ...
Tag: Nanotechnology/Micromachines
SUTD scientists led development of novel acoustofluidic technology that isolates submicron particles
Credit: SUTD Acoustofluidics is the fusion of acoustics and fluid mechanics which provides a contact-free, rapid and effective manipulation of ...
Penn engineers develop first tunable, chip-based ‘vortex microlaser’ and detector
Encoding information in twisting beams of light could break bandwidth bottleneck in optical communicationsCredit: University of Pennsylvania As computers get ...
High hopes for new-age rubber
'Self-repairing' material has many industrial usesCredit: Flinders University Imagine a self-repairing rubber, or super-adhesive made entirely from waste materials. It ...
Riddled with holes: Making flexible thin-film electronics more durable
Scientists explain how perforating flexible electrodes with micrometer-sized holes makes them resistant to bending and foldingCredit: DGIST The prospect of ...
Light, fantastic: the path ahead for faster, smaller computer processors
Australian and German researchers build modular bridge design for nanoscale photonic chipCredit: Louise Cooper/University of Sydney Light is emerging as ...
Scientists collaborate to create new physics-based technology for COVID-19 detection
Credit: Photo courtesy of Northern Arizona University One of the most challenging aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the ...
‘Hot and messy’ entanglement of 15 trillion atoms
Credit: ICFO Quantum entanglement is a process by which microscopic objects like electrons or atoms lose their individuality to become ...
2D sandwich sees molecules with clarity
Rice University engineers adapt 2D 'sandwich' for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopyCredit: Lou Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (May 14, 2020) - A ...
Compact electronic nose to identify human lung diseases
Credit: Sonia Freddi et al / Advanced Healthcare Materials Researchers from Russia and Italy have proposed a compact sensor system ...
Making quantum ‘waves’ in ultrathin materials
Study co-led by Berkeley Lab reveals how wavelike plasmons could power up a new class of sensing and photochemical technologies ...
A new, highly sensitive chemical sensor uses protein nanowires
UMass Amherst team introduces high-performing 'green' electronic sensorCredit: UMass Amherst/Yao lab AMHERST, Mass. - Writing in the journal NanoResearch, a ...
NMR confirms molecular switches retain function in 2D-array
Credit: Tomas Bellon / IOCB Prague Prague, 15 May 2020 - Researchers led by Jiri Kaleta of IOCB Prague have ...
Coordination polymer glass provides solid support for hydrogen fuel cells
Hydrogen fuel cells made with coordination polymer glass membranes could produce as much energy as their liquid-based counterparts while adding ...
Hollow-core fiber raises prospects for next-generation scientific instruments
Credit: University of Southampton The novel fibres' latest advances, published this week in Nature Photonics, have underlined the technology's potential ...
NRL researchers create electronic diodes beyond 5G performance
Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Jonathan Steffen WASHINGTON -- David Storm, a research physicist, and Tyler Growden, an electrical engineer, ...
Material manufacturing from particles takes a giant step forward
A team led by Aalto University has now shown another remarkable property of nanocelluloses: Their strong binding properties to form ...
Unraveling the magnetism of a graphene triangular flake
Credit: CIC nanoGUNE Graphene is a diamagnetic material, this is, unable of becoming magnetic. However, a triangular piece of graphene ...
How to manipulate light on the nanoscale over wide frequency ranges
Credit: (Source: University of Oviedo) An international team led by researchers from the University of Oviedo and the Centre for ...
Scientists have created new nanocomposite from gold and titanium oxide
Scientists use lasers and gold particles to turn titanium oxide into nanocomposite for photocatalystsCredit: ITMO.News Oxides of different metals often ...
