Using nanotubes to create single photons for quantum communication

Demonstration of room temperature, single photon emission in doped carbon nanotubes opens a new path toward quantum information technologies.

Novel sheet camera can be wrapped around everyday objects to capture images

Researchers have designed and fabricated a flexible lens array that adapts its optical properties when the sheet camera is bent. This optical adaptation enables the sheet camera to produce high quality images over a wide range of sheet deformations.

New technique creates precisely sized nanocontainers useful for drug delivery

The method employs microfluidics to create precise nanoscale spherical capsules.

Tumble-proof cargo transporter in biological cells

New model shows how collective transport by synthetic nanomotors along biopolymer filaments can be effectively directed.

New hybrid inks permit printed, flexible electronics without sintering

Researchers have combined the benefits of organic and inorganic electronic materials in a new type of hybrid inks. This allows electronic circuits to be applied to paper directly from a pen, for example.

New transparent luminous nanoparticles provide high temperature stable protection against counterfeiting

Research scientists have developed luminous particles that can also withstand high temperatures. When activated by UV light or x-rays, they glow orange red.

Researchers create perfect nanoscrolls from graphene's imperfect form

A research team fabricated nanoscrolls made from graphene oxide flakes and was able to control the dimensions of each nanoscroll, using both low- and high-frequency ultrasonic techniques. The scrolls have mechanical properties that are similar to graphene, and they can be made at a fraction of the cost.

Three-way battles in the quantum world

In phase transitions, for instance between water and water vapour, the motional energy competes with the attractive energy between neighbouring molecules. Physicists have now studied quantum phase transitions in which distant particles also influence one another.