Scientists developed a transparent hybrid film and investigated its chromic behavior in relation to relative humidity (RH). The film is made from environmentally friendly clay minerals and a dye, magnesium porphyrin, which changes color in respons...
Jun 4, 2018
A computational neural network (a form of artificial intelligence) was able to learn how a multilayered nanoparticle scatters light by learning the relationship between the nanoparticle’s structure and its behavior, based on thousands of training ...
Jun 4, 2018
Unlike the window screens of your house, nanoscale holes in graphene (named as 'nanowindows') can selectively choose which type of air molecules can pass through. Scientists theoretically proved concerted motion of the nanowindow-rim to selectivel...
Jun 4, 2018
According to a new study from the University of Warwick, waste heat can be changed to electricity more efficiently using one-dimensional atomically thin nanowires. Nanowires as thin as atoms can...
Jun 4, 2018
MIT physicists have developed a new method that could someday provide a way to customize multilayered nanoparticles with preferred properties, potentially for use in cloaking systems, displays, or...
Jun 4, 2018
Light detection and control lies at the heart of many modern device applications, such as smartphone cameras. Using graphene as a light-sensitive material for light detectors can offer significant improvements with respect to materials being used ...
Jun 4, 2018
The Optoelectronics Research Centre's (ORC) Peter Kazansky and Nikolay Zheludev are two of five researchers from the University of Southampton to win European Research Council’s (ERC) Advanced Grants totaling more than €12 million ($14 ...
Jun 4, 2018
The Optoelectronics Research Centre's (ORC) Peter Kazansky and Nikolay Zheludev are two of five researchers from the University of Southampton to win European Research Council’s (ERC) Advanced Grants totaling more than €12 million ($14 ...
Jun 4, 2018
Physicists are researching a new class of materials: Higher-order topological insulators. The edges of these crystalline solids conduct electric current without dissipation, while the rest of the crystal remains insulating. This could be useful fo...
Jun 3, 2018
Robert Smith believes are at the equivalent of the ENIAC computer stage. He views quantum computing like co-processors to classical computing. Quantum computing help solve certain classes of problems much faster. Quantum computing is so new it nee...
Jun 2, 2018
