Nanowire arrays combined with biological cells can serve as drug delivery systems as well as robust tools for advanced applications like stimulation and sensing. In an article published in the journal Advanced Materials Interfaces, the generation ...
Aug 1, 2022
Efficiency deterioration is a significant problem associated with cadmium sulfide/tin monosulfide (CdS/SnS) solar cells, hindering their practical applications. A pre-proof paper from the Journal of Alloys and Compounds addresses this problem by m...
Aug 1, 2022
Carbon nano-onions (CNOs), a form of carbon nanostructure with excellent electrical and thermal conductivities, find several applications in biomedicine, bioimaging, energy conversion, and electronics. However, conventional methods to produce them...
Aug 1, 2022
Although glyphosate is a widely used nontoxic herbicide, its in-field detection is challenging due to the lack of portable equipment. Despite the presence of this herbicide in surface waters, farmers’ urine, and crop residues, rapid field-deployab...
Aug 1, 2022
3D graphene foam advanced pressure sensors developed by experts could revolutionize robotic systems and prosthetic. Click here to learn more about the unique properties of graphene foam and the need for pressure sensors.
Aug 1, 2022
Carbon nano-onions (CNOs), a form of carbon nanostructure with excellent electrical and thermal conductivities, find several applications in biomedicine, bioimaging, energy conversion, and electronics. However, conventional methods to produce them...
Aug 1, 2022
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Washington University in St. Louis, and OmniVision described approaches to image sensor production that used integrated nanostructured components to improve multimodal imaging. The developments c...
Aug 1, 2022
Researchers from Integrated Graphene and the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) have reported a project to develop graphene-enhanced pressure sensors that provide enhanced capabilities to robots, helping improve their motor skills and dexter...
Aug 1, 2022
Researchers at Columbia University, supported by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation, engineered a nanowire 2.6 nanometers long with quasi-metallic properties and conductance that increases with the wire’s length. The breakthrough co...
Aug 1, 2022
Clumps of misfolded proteins that gather in the brain have been linked to neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s. Now, newly identified nanobodies show promise in destabilizing the structure of these clumps, potentially leading to new treatme...
Aug 1, 2022
