Two years ago, when Hossein Robatjazi, a Rice University chemist and engineer, intended to combine a molecular sieve known as metal-organic framework (MOF) with a plasmonic aluminum nanoparticle, he...
Feb 11, 2019
Graphene is considered one of the most interesting and versatile materials of our time. The application possibilities inspire both research and industry. But are products containing graphene also safe for humans and the environment? A comprehensi...
Feb 11, 2019
Highlights First Graphene has applied to have PureGRAPH™ graphene notified and assessed by The National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) for listing on the...
Feb 11, 2019
Since the discovery of biological ion channels and their role in physiology, scientists have attempted to create man-made
Feb 11, 2019
Collaboration between material scientists, biologists and chemists could advance the development of self-assembling nanomaterials, called nanoarchitectonics, argues a review in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.
Feb 11, 2019
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
