MesoGlue: A game-changing substance for nanotechnology (w/video)

This metallic adhesive is game-changing in several ways. It would improve heat transfer for devices, like computers and tablets, allowing more efficient CPU cooling. MesoGlue would also replace the soldering process and make it easier to piece together tiny parts at room temperature. For computers, MesoGlue would replace thermal grease that would increase power and lifetime of computer chips.

Metamaterial separation proposed for chemical, biomolecular uses

Researchers want to add another use for metamaterials: creating a new directional separation technique that cloaks one compound while concentrating the other.

Using graphene to fight bacteria

Graphene may be a new, greener way to prevent deadly hospital-acquired infections of tomorrow.

Nanotechnology: Molecular Lego with an encoded blueprint

In a self-organized process, a selected peptide forms a honeycomb structure on a surface.

Researchers stack the odds for novel optoelectronic 2-D materials

Stacking layers of nanometer-thin semiconducting materials at different angles is a new approach to designing the next generation of energy-efficient transistors and solar cells. Researchers used the vibrations between two layers to decipher their stacking patterns. Their study provides a platform for engineering two-dimensional materials with optical and electronic properties that strongly depend on stacking configurations.

Turning smokestack emissions into carbon nanotube-containing batteries

Researchers show that they can turn this pollutant into something useful - a material in high demand for high- tech batteries that are needed to store 'green' energy such as solar power, while limiting the environmental impact of current power plants.

Solving a nanotechnology riddle - what makes gold atoms stick together

A team of researchers has explained the chemical bonding process that occurs during the growth of gold nanoparticles.

Spinning better electronic devices

Researchers demonstrate a proof-of-concept device that could take advantage of spin of electrons to potentially create more energy efficient electronic devices.

Cancer treatment on a cellular level

Scientists are working to develop a gentler treatment that 'tricks' the cancer cells, which would absorb a cytotoxin and therefore be destroyed, while healthy cells would remain unaffected.

Meeting the increasing performance demands at millimetre-wave frequencies

Future radar imaging systems and 5G communication systems will generate improved resolution and provide higher data-transmission rates when operated at higher frequencies, but at the cost of increased power consumption. To reduce power consumption, increase performance, and lower costs, the European project INSIGHT is aiming at developing III-V CMOS technology.

Characterizing quantum Hall light zooming around a photonic chip

Researchers have made the first direct measurement that characterizes the exotic physics in a photonic platform. These techniques may be extended to more complex systems, such as one in which strong interactions and long-range quantum correlations play a role.

Nanostructures used as biosensors allow diseases or allergens to be detected

Scientists have developed structures on a nanometric scale that can be used as biosensors for medical, food or environmental sectors to detect diseases, allergens or contaminants; or can be used to reduce the reflection of solar cells in order to increase their efficiency.

Molecular graphene architectures see the light

Utilizing self-assembly on atomically flat, transparent substrates, a team of scientists has engineered ordered monolayers of molecular networks with photovoltaic responses. The findings open up intriguing possibilities for the bottom-up fabrication of optoelectronic devices with molecular precision.

Carbon nanotubes improve metal's longevity under radiation

Aluminum used in nuclear reactors and other harsh environments may last longer with new treatment.