Two-dimensional (2-D) materials—as thin as a single layer of atoms—have intrigued scientists with their flexibility, elasticity, and unique electronic properties, as first discovered in materials such as graphene in 2004. Some of these materials c...
Jun 10, 2019
Engineers have developed the world's first portable, inexpensive, optical nanoscopy tool that integrates a glass optical fiber with a silver nanowire condenser. The device is a high-efficiency round-trip light tunnel that squeezes visible lig...
Jun 10, 2019
Antennas made of carbon nanotube films are just as efficient as copper for wireless applications, according to researchers at Rice University's Brown School of Engineering. They're also tougher, more flexible and can essentially be paint...
Jun 10, 2019
Pointing the new nanoscopy tool like a Harry Potter wand reveals a high-resolution image of molecules.
Jun 10, 2019
Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed new deep learning models that can accurately predict the properties of molecules and crystals. By enabling almost instantaneous property predictions, these deep learning models...
Jun 10, 2019
Nanoengineers have developed new deep learning models that can accurately predict the properties of molecules and crystals. The models can enable researchers to rapidly scan the nearly-infinite universe of compounds to discover potentially transfo...
Jun 10, 2019
Researchers claim a viable competitor for copper in 5G wireless and other applications.
Jun 10, 2019
Scientists at the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tsinghua University (THU) have newly confirmed a sandwiched superstructure for graphene oxide (GO),...
Jun 10, 2019
Dielectric laser accelerators (DLAs) provide a compact and cost-effective solution to this problem by driving accelerator nanostructures with visible or near-infrared (NIR) pulsed lasers, resulting in a 10,000 times reduction of scale. Current imp...
Jun 10, 2019
Scientists from RIKEN and the University of California, San Diego, in collaboration with international partners, have demonstrated a new way to manipulate the excitons that are essential to the transport of electrons within OLEDs. They showed that...
Jun 10, 2019