Monday, August 8, 2016
Using nanotechnology to give fuel cells more oomph
The project is part of a $13 million Department of Energy program to advance fuel cell performance and durability and hydrogen storage technologies announced last month.
Watch a tiny space rocket work (w/video)
Researchers have operated a tiny proposed satellite ion rocket under a microscope to see how it works.
Nothing - and something - give concrete strength, toughness
Scientists show how voids, particles sap energy from cracks.
Liquid light switch could enable more powerful electronics
Researchers have built a miniature electro-optical switch which can change the spin of a liquid form of light by applying electric fields to a semiconductor device a millionth of a metre in size.
Tailored AFM probes created via 3-D direct laser writing
Researchers report using 3-D direct laser writing based on two-photon polymerization as a tool to fabricate custom-made probes for atomic force microscopy.
Prototype chip could help make quantum computing practical
Built-in optics could enable chips that use trapped ions as quantum bits.
Making a solar energy conversion breakthrough with help from a ferroelectrics pioneer
Research teams shows how a ferroelectric insulator can surpass shockley-queisser limit.
Lithium-ion batteries: Capacity might be increased by 6 times
The capacity of lithium-ion batteries might be increased by six times by using anodes made of silicon instead of graphite. Scientists have observed for the first time in detail how lithium ions migrate into thin films of silicon. It was shown that extremely thin layers of silicon would be sufficient to achieve the maximal load of lithium.
Self-cleaning, anti-reflective, microorganism-resistant coatings
Researchers are modifying surface properties of materials to obtain specific properties at a lower cost.
Smarter self-assembly opens new pathways for nanotechnology
Scientists discover a way to create billionth-of-a-meter structures that snap together in complex patterns with unprecedented efficiency.
Protein cages for designing various catalytic reactions
Researchers have developed a new strategy in which two different organometallic iridium and palladium metal complexes are immobilized into a single protein cage of apo-ferritin to construct a protein-based microcompartment.
A pioneering patent for free-floating graphene production technology
A novel process for producing single layer graphene sheets leverages the diamagnetism properties of graphene to synthesize defect-free monolayer graphene as a free-floating structure.
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