If physicists have been going about the search the wrong way, these clever sensors might help.
Mar 21, 2019
Magnetically Actuated Dynamic Iridescence Inspired by the Neon Tetra Authors: Zhiren Luo and Chih-Hao Chang, North Carolina State University; Benjamin Evans, Elon University Published: March 1...
Mar 21, 2019
Nanowire gurus at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that, thanks to a special type of shell, produce five times higher light intensity than do comparable LEDs based on a si...
Mar 21, 2019
Researchers have synthesized a tiny structure from 32 gold atoms. This nanocluster has a core of 12 gold atoms surrounded by a shell of 20 additional gold atoms. As the scientists report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, the unusual stability of t...
Mar 21, 2019
FuelGems Inc., a Silicon Valley startup, has launched an advanced nanotechnology that can help in controlling the usage of diesel and gasoline. After decades of research and development, elaborate...
Mar 21, 2019
Can single crystalline materials be used for low dimensional p-n junction design? This is an open and long-standing problem. Microscopic simulations based on the generalized Bloch theorem show that in single crystalline Si nanowires, an axial twis...
Mar 21, 2019
A p-n junction configuration is created by doping a semiconductor crystal with p-type dopants in one region and with n-type dopants in another region. p-n junctions are the basic building blocks of...
Mar 21, 2019
“The 21st century has been hailed the nano-century, and major technological breakthroughs are expected from the control of the matter at the nanoscale. However, despite its promises,...
Mar 21, 2019
Scientists inspired by the neon tetra fish’s flashing colors have developed a method for changing the color of a material by controlling the orientation of nanostructured columns in the...
Mar 21, 2019
Researchers at Saarland University have created an ultrathin flexible film that can act as a sensor for innovative technologies. Integrated within a glove, the new sensory film can communicate the current position of the wearer’s hand and fingers...
Mar 21, 2019
