Graphene is a material made of carbon atoms one layer thick, arranged in a honeycomb structure. It has been used to make materials stronger, create ultra-high frequency components for communications, boost battery performance and even used to make...
May 25, 2021
A new technique using chemically-sensitive 'soft' X-rays offers a simpler, non-disruptive way of gaining insight into nanocarriers. Currently researchers have to rely on attaching fluorescent dyes or heavy metals to label parts of organi...
May 25, 2021
Researchers have developed a way to use a 'dry transfer technique' -- a technique that uses no solvent -- to position optical quality carbon nanotubes in a precise way.
May 25, 2021
Tiny nano-sized robots and vehicles that can navigate through blood vessels to reach the site of a disease could be used to deliver drugs to tumors that are otherwise difficult to treat.
May 25, 2021
As the miniaturization of technology continues, scientists are seeking to engineer materials at the atomic level. In Nature Communications, researchers from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research and RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, along w...
May 25, 2021
Perovskite quantum dots are the rising stars of quantum emitters, but their inherent instability has hampered their development. Professor Hao-Wu Lin of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Associate Professor Chih-Sung Chuu of th...
May 25, 2021
From the time molecular reactions were estimated and the existence of molecules was demonstrated, human beings have always wanted to visually watch the way these events continue. The chemical...
May 25, 2021
A new study recently focused on a new form of the so-called WS2 or 2D material tungsten disulfide, both considered a two-dimensional or 2D, and three-dimensional or 3D material.
May 25, 2021
Before the huge potential of tiny nanocarriers for highly targeted drug delivery and environmental clean-up can be realized, scientists first need to be able to see them.
May 25, 2021
Manchester innovation pioneers score world first for sustainable construction with graphene concrete.
May 25, 2021
