Researchers construct block copolymers that follow the chirality of their basic elements as they self-assemble into larger structures. Their controllable 'handed-ness' and tunability could lead to materials with unique optical qualities.
Feb 11, 2019
One of the key building blocks of flexible photonic circuits and ultra-thin optics are metasurfaces. And EPFL engineers have now discovered a simple way of making these surfaces in just a few minutes -- without needing a clean room -- using a meth...
Feb 11, 2019
To design future quantum technologies, scientists pinpoint how microwaves interact with matter.
Feb 11, 2019
Quantum computing has emerged as one of the most talked about emerging technologies in Silicon Valley and beyond–but it is also perhaps one of the most poorly understood. The most pressing questions about quantum computing come from the enterprise...
Feb 10, 2019
Researchers from the Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) and the Centre de Nanosciences et Nanotechnologies C2N (CNRS / Université Paris-Sud) have proposed a new and counterintuit...
Feb 9, 2019
Graphene, a single layer of hexagonally arranged carbon atoms, is regarded as the miracle material of the future: it is flexible, transparent, strong, can assume different electrical properties and has the highest thermal conductivity of all known...
Feb 8, 2019
Researchers describe how pseudomorphic replacement, the same chemical process that turns a tree to stone, aided their synthesis of the first metal-organic framework (MOF) around light-powered aluminum nanocatalysts.
Feb 8, 2019
New research shows that synthetic solid-state nanopores can have finely tuned transport behaviors much like the biological channels that allow a neuron to fire.
Feb 8, 2019
A recent study presents a new, combination-based way to quantify and analyze the effect of graphene at the single cell level.
Feb 8, 2019
Pulling off high-speed energy transfers in the lab gives researchers insight into quantum computing, high-speed rechargeable batteries, and other future applications of quantum technology.
Feb 8, 2019
