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Flexible carbon nanofiber strain sensor design achieves sensitivity, range metrics for lip-reading system

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers debuted a flexible strain sensor design with a membrane made from stacking parallel and randomly aligned carbon nanofibers (CNF) that achieves both high sensitivity and wide strain detection range.

Nov 29, 2022

Graphene goes to space and to the moon

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Reseaerchers have teamed up to test graphene on the Moon with graphene-based composites on a Moon rover wheels

Nov 29, 2022

Flexible strain sensor enabled by carbon nanofibers can 'read lips'

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Wearable, flexible strain sensors unobtrusively monitor tiny vibrations of human skin in real time and with great accuracy, thanks to innovative fabrication techniques using composite materials. High sensitivity and a wide working range are key pa...

Nov 29, 2022

New method of spinal cord tissue repair: Successfully synthesized hybrid biomaterial could be used to treat spinal injuries

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Unique new material has shown significant promise in the treatment of spinal cord injury. The new hybrid biomaterials, in the form of nanoparticles and building on existing practice in the tissue engineering field, were successfully synthesized to...

Nov 29, 2022

Graphene is a proven supermaterial, but manufacturing the versatile form of carbon at usable scales remains a challenge

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

"Future chips may be 10 times faster, all thanks to graphene"; "Graphene may be used in COVID-19 detection"; and "Graphene allows batteries to charge 5x faster"—those are just a handful of recent dramatic headlines la...

Nov 29, 2022

Developing sliding nanomechanical resonators

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, a research team led by Prof. Guo Guangcan from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed nanomechanical resonators based on a graphen...

Nov 29, 2022

Quantum algorithm of the direct calculation of energy derivatives developed for molecular geometry optimization

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In recent years, research and development on quantum computers has made considerable progress. Quantum chemical calculations for electronic structures of atoms and molecules are attracting great attention as one of the most promising applications ...

Nov 29, 2022

From biomass to functional crystalline diamond nanothread

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

New research from a team of scientists led by Drs. Kuo Li and Haiyan Zheng from the Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR) reported the first synthesis of a three-dimensional crystalline carbon nanothread (CNThs...

Nov 29, 2022

Seemingly Impossible: Nanostructure Compresses Light 10,000 Times Thinner Than a Human Hair

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

This major scientific advance has implications for many fields, including energy-efficient computers and quantum technology.

Nov 29, 2022

Explainable AI-based physical theory for advanced materials design: Scientists develop an 'extended Landau free energy model' for causal analysis and visualization in nano-magnetic devices with AI and topology

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Microscopic image data is key to developing low-power, high-speed electronic devices. However, the complex interactions in nanoscale magnetic materials are difficult to understand. A research group has now realized a new functional design theory c...

Nov 29, 2022

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