New 'molecular movie' reveals ultrafast chemistry in motion

X-ray laser measures atomic-scale details of how ring-shaped gas molecule breaks open, unravels.

Real-time listeria biosensor prototype uses nanobrushes

Researchers have developed a biosensor that can detect listeria bacterial contamination within two or three minutes.

The simplistic beauty of a free radical

Scientists conduct experiments with highly reactive nitric oxide to form N-heterocyclic carbine nitric oxide radicals.

Chemists devise technology that could transform solar energy storage

The materials in most of today's residential rooftop solar panels can store energy from the sun for only a few microseconds at a time. A new technology is capable of storing solar energy for up to several weeks - an advance that could change the way scientists think about designing solar cells.

Nanotechnology for Sensors workshop report and new web portal on nanosensors

Both outputs support the Nanotechnology Signature Initiative 'Nanotechnology for Sensors and Sensors for Nanotechnology: Improving and Protecting Health, Safety, and the Environment'.

Modeling how thin films break up

Researchers model phenomena collectively known as 'dewetting' in microscale to nanoscale thin films.

A diode a few atoms thick shows surprising quantum effect

A quantum mechanical transport phenomenon demonstrated for the first time in synthetic, atomically-thin layered material at room temperature could lead to novel nanoelectronic circuits and devices.

First solar cell made of highly ordered molecular frameworks

Researchers have developed a material suited for photovoltaics. For the first time, a functioning organic solar cell consisting of a single component has been produced on the basis of metal-organic framework compounds (MOFs). The material is highly elastic and might also be used for the flexible coating of clothes and deformable components.

Explained: chemical vapor deposition

Technique enables production of pure, uniform coatings of metals or polymers, even on contoured surfaces.

A bundled attraction

A magnetic field and a protein jacket are all that is needed to create bundles of one-dimensional arrays of 'superparamagnetic' nanoparticles.