A team of scientists at the University of Vermont have invented a new tool--they call it a "nanocage"--that can catch and straighten out molecule-sized tangles of polymers --whether made of protein or plastic. This tool--that works a bit...
Jul 10, 2020
Thin film coatings do more than add color to walls. For example, they can be used as pharmaceutical devices. How these coatings dry can change their properties, which is especially important for films used in drug delivery. Lehigh University engin...
Jul 10, 2020
A technologically relevant material for HAMR data memories are thin films of iron-platinum nanograins. An international team led by the joint research group of Prof. Dr. Matias Bargheer at HZB and the University of Potsdam has now observed experim...
Jul 10, 2020
An RMIT-UNSW collaboration applies liquid-metal synthesis to piezoelectrics, advancing future flexible, wearable electronics, and biosensors drawing their power from the body's movements.Piezoelectric materials such as atomically-thin tin-mon...
Jul 10, 2020
For nearly a century, the liquid surface structure at nanometer scale resolution remains a mystery due to the
Jul 9, 2020
Better understanding the science that underpins well-known techniques for developing quantum dots—tiny semiconducting nanocrystals—can help reduce the guesswork of current practices as material scientists use them to make better solar panels and d...
Jul 9, 2020
Imagine taking movies of the fastest chemical processes, or imaging atomic-scale detail of single virus particles without damaging them. Researchers from Japan have advanced the state-of-the-art in s...
Jul 9, 2020
Due to the wide application of photodetectors in fields including optical communication, environmental monitoring, and image sensing, research for developing highly efficient photodetectors has attracted extensive attention in recent decades. Sinc...
Jul 9, 2020
Graphene-based facemasks could provide a renewable and effective weapon in the fight against the spread of COVID-19.
Jul 9, 2020
The first-ever porous graphene ribbons have been produced by a group of chemists and physicists with certain carbon atoms present in the crystal lattice replaced with nitrogen atoms. The individual...
Jul 9, 2020
