Researchers have generated multifunctional materials with different capacities such as responding to thermal stimuli, changing colour, being magnetic and presenting movement at the microscale as a result of a variation in their molecular structure.
Friday, April 10, 2015
New material could boost batteries' power, help power plants
Researchers developed a material that acts as a superhighway for ions. The material could make batteries more powerful, change how gaseous fuel is turned into liquid fuel and help power plants burn coal and natural gas more efficiently.
Scientists use nanotechnology to visualize potential brain cancer treatments in real time
Scientists have developed new imaging techniques to watch dangerous brain tumor cells respond to treatment in real time.
New insights into graphene and organic composites in electronics
Chemists from Europe's Graphene Flagship review the potential for graphene-organic composite materials in electronics. The researchers show how organic semiconductors can be used to better process graphene, and to tune its properties for particular applications.
Electronic charge distribution on the atomic scale
Scientists have made an important step towards a deeper understanding of metal-semiconductor interfaces. By means of a novel experimental approach the researchers investigated the distribution of the electronic charge at these interfaces on the atomic scale.
How many gold atoms make gold metal?
Researchers have shown that dramatic changes in the electronic properties of nanometre-sized chunks of gold occur in well-defined size range.
Spontaneous formation of biomimetic, nanoporous membrane channels
Carbon nanotubes insert into artificial and active cell membranes, reproducing major features of biological channels.
Plant cell structure discovery could lead to improved renewable materials
Major steps forward in the use of plants for renewable materials, energy and for building construction could soon arise, thanks to a key advance in understanding the structure of wood.
Research could usher in next generation of batteries, fuel cells
Scientists have made a discovery that could dramatically improve the efficiency of batteries and fuel cells. The research involves improving the transport of oxygen ions, a key component in converting chemical reactions into electricity.
A smectic liquid crystal that overcomes many of the challenges posed by organic field effect transistor materials
Researchers designed a molecule that would incorporate a number of desirable liquid crystal qualities, in particular the smectic E phase. Low ordered liquid crystal phases form droplets at their melting temperature, but the smectic E phase has the advantage of retaining the thin-film shape.
Graphene looking promising for future spintronic devices
Researchers have discovered that large area graphene is able to preserve electron spin over an extended period, and communicate it over greater distances than had previously been known. This has opened the door for the development of spintronics, with an aim to manufacturing faster and more energy-efficient memory and processors in computers.
A research to find the optimum conditions for the growth of GaN nanowires
The aim of this research is to find the optimum conditions for the growth of GaN nanowires. This means obtaining nanostructures with the best characteristics for developing applications. For instance, the position control of these structures on diamond is strongly desired for quantum computation.
Nanopillar fabrication to lead to more efficient electronics
An engineering researcher will build nanoscale pillars that will lead to more energy-efficient transistors in electronic devices and gadgets.
Engineers now understand how complex carbon nanostructures form
Understanding how nanotube forests are created could lead to advancements in aerospace and biomedical applications.
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