In the movie Avengers: Infinity War, one of the coolest scenes occurs when Iron Man activates his nanotech armor. In real life, developing a technique to assemble nanomaterials into macroscopic bulk materials that maintain their unique nanoscale p...
Jan 29, 2019
In the movie Avengers: Infinity War, one of the coolest scenes occurs when Iron Man activates his nanotech armor. In real life, developing a technique to assemble nanomaterials into macroscopic bulk materials that maintain their unique nanoscale p...
Jan 29, 2019
Scientists gain new insights into the effects of food nanoparticles on the intestinal flora.
Jan 29, 2019
When a metal nanoparticle is illuminated, light is reflected back which usually has a different color. That is a fact, but why it does so has become a debatable topic. In a recent paper published...
Jan 29, 2019
A significant advance in the photocatalytic activity of conventional materials is demonstrated by a two-dimensional heterostructure comprising nanolayers of two semiconductors: black phosphorus and bismuth tungstate. As researchers have reported ...
Jan 29, 2019
A new technique has been used to turn ordinary metals into "metallic wood" with a greatly improved strength-to-weight ratio. By manipulating materials at the atomic scale, scientists from the University of Pennsylvania's Sch...
Jan 29, 2019
Breakthrough in graphene research: large, stable pieces of graphene produced with unique edge pattern.
Jan 29, 2019
The intestinal microbiome is not only key for food processing but an accepted codeterminant for various diseases. Researchers led by the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz identified effects of nanoparticles on intest...
Jan 29, 2019
Graphene is a promising material for use in nanoelectronics. Its electronic properties depend greatly, however, on how the edges of the carbon layer are formed. Zigzag patterns are particularly interesting in this respect, but until now it has bee...
Jan 29, 2019
Pressure puts a new twist on magic-angle bilayers The post Squeezed graphene becomes a superconductor appeared first on Physics World.
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