Exfoliating thinner flakes of phosphorene at higher yield

New process results in atomically thin, electronically active phosphorene.

What screens are made of: New twists (and bends) in LCD research

X-ray research details exotic structure formed by liquid crystals.

Bubble technology can shoot nanodrugs deep into tumors

Using ultrasound, drug particles can be directed to a specific area.

Nanoparticle acts like Trojan horse to halt asthma

New technology also can be used to turn off peanut and other food allergies.

Research team devises new technique to probe 'noise' in quantum computing

Scientists have devised a new way to 'sense' and control external noise in quantum computing.

Unexpected discovery leads to a better battery

Renewable energy storage possible thanks to chemical conversions.

A new way to get electricity from magnetism

'Inverse spin Hall effect' works in several organic semiconductors.

Beyond the rainbow colors

Semiconducting ternary nanocrystals expand the range of accessible light energy of solar cells to the ultraviolet and infrared regions.

Controlling integrated optical circuits using patterns of light

Researchers have devised a new approach for controlling light in a silicon chip by bringing the concept of spatial light modulation to integrated optics.

New nanodevice shifts light's color at single-photon level

Researchers have developed a miniaturized version of a frequency converter, using technology similar to that used to make computer chips.

Breaking of tiny light pulses observed in a nanophotonic chip for the first time

The pulse splitting phenomenon, called soliton fission, could lead to novel rainbow light sources used in compact optical communications systems and lab-on-a-chip spectroscopic tools for portable medical diagnostics.

Nanomaterial to drive new generation of solar cells

Physicists have discovered radical new properties in a nanomaterial which opens new possibilities for the fabrication of highly efficient thermophotovoltaic cells, which could one day harvest heat in the dark and turn it into electricity.

Ultrathin organic material enhances e-skin display

Researchers have developed an ultrathin, ultraflexible, protective layer and demonstrated its use by creating an air-stable, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display.

Atomically thin solar cell

The achievement of creating this atomically thin solar cell shows the promise of synthesizing mismatched layers to enable new families of functional two-dimensional (2D) materials.

Magnetic nanovortices defy temperature fluctuations

Magnetic nanovortices in magnetite minerals are reliable witnesses of the earth's history.