Currently, atomic force microscopes (AFMs) are one of the most widely used tools for imaging, measuring, and manipulating matter at the nanoscale. One of the key components of an AFM is a microscale oscillator, which scans the topographical featur...
Jul 3, 2018
UO and Oregon State University scientists were baffled. New testing of mixtures of nanoparticles had led to an
Jul 3, 2018
What could we do with layered structures with just the right layers? What would the properties of materials be if we could really arrange the atoms the way we want them?
Jul 3, 2018
For the first time, researchers have created a nanocomposite of ceramics and a two-dimensional material, opening the door for new designs of nanocomposites with such applications as solid-state batteries, thermoelectrics, varistors, catalysts, ch...
Jul 3, 2018
University of Adelaide-led research has moved the world one step closer to reliable, high-performance quantum computing.
Jul 3, 2018
Everything from electronics to concrete is getting the self-healing treatment nowadays, but the technology rarely seems to make it to commercial products. Now, Imperial Motion is pitching a self-healing tent, made out of a proprietary mate...
Jul 3, 2018
What could we do with layered structures with just the right layers? What would the properties of materials be if we could really arrange the atoms the way we want them?
Jul 3, 2018
An optical frequency mixer has been developed that uses a novel nanostructured metamaterial to concurrently generate 11 different colors of light. The metamaterial is made from an array of gallium arsenide (GaAs) nanocylinders. Each nanocylinder i...
Jul 2, 2018
Scientists have been able to move atoms around for 30 years, but moving molecules has proven much more difficult
Jul 2, 2018
Scientists have been able to move atoms around for 30 years, but moving molecules has proven much more difficult
Jul 2, 2018
