Super cement's secret

Electron anions impart unconventional properties in a unique cement semiconductor for potentials uses in industrial catalysts and flat panel displays.

Nanometer-thin layers of water can become ice-like at room temperature

New research shows that a nanometer-thin layer of water between two charged surfaces exhibits ice-like tendencies that allow it to withstand pressures of hundreds of atmospheres. The discovery could lead to better ways to minimize friction in a variety of settings.

Continuous roll-process technology for transferring and packaging flexible LSI

Researchers have developed a continuous roll-processing technology that transfers and packages flexible large-scale integrated circuits (LSI), the key element in constructing the computer's brain such as CPU, on plastics to realize flexible electronics.

A new window to understanding the brain

Syringe-injectable mesh electronics offer researchers the chance to study processes that take place over long time.

Graphene key to growing two-dimensional semiconductor with extraordinary properties

The first-ever growth of two-dimensional gallium nitride using graphene encapsulation could lead to applications in deep ultraviolet lasers, next-generation electronics and sensors.

A device to control çolor' of electrons in graphene provides path to future electronics

A device made of bilayer graphene, an atomically thin hexagonal arrangement of carbon atoms, provides experimental proof of the ability to control the momentum of electrons and offers a path to electronics that could require less energy and give off less heat than standard CMOS transistors.

Meteorite impact on a nano scale

Hitting a surface with high-energy, heavy ions has quite similar effects like meteor impacts - only on a much smaller scale.

How researchers capture nanoparticles in water bodies

For a number of years now, an increasing number of synthetic nanoparticles have been manufactured and incorporated into various products, such as cosmetics. For the first time, a research project provides reliable findings on their presence in water bodies.

New Center to assess safety of engineered nanomaterials

Researchers at the new Harvard-NIEHS Nanosafety Research Center at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health are working to understand the unique properties of ENMs - both beneficial and harmful - and to ultimately establish safety standards for the field.

Researchers develop method to speed up detection of infectious diseases, cancer

Researchers have found a way to speed and simplify the detection of proteins in blood and plasma opening up the potential for diagnosing the early presence of infectious diseases or cancer during a doctor?s office visit. The new test takes about 10 minutes as opposed to two to four hours for current state-of-the-art tests.

Making high quality vertical nanowires with full control over their size, density and distribution

Scientists have demonstrated a novel method of making high quality vertical nanowires with full control over their size, density and distribution over a semi-conducting substrate.

Fast switching all-solid-state wavelength-dependent bipolar photodetector

Researchers describe the first all solid-state wavelength-dependent bipolar photodetectors with fast response times and tunable switching wavelengths.

Important advance made with new approach to 'control' cancer, not eliminate it

Researchers have created a new drug delivery system that could improve the effectiveness of an emerging concept in cancer treatment - to dramatically slow and control tumors on a long-term, sustained basis, not necessarily aiming for their complete elimination.

Cell-compatible OLEDs for use with patients

Cytocompatibility studies of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have been carried out on cell cultures for the first time to test how well OLEDs are tolerated by cells.

Electronic circuits printed at 1 micron resolution

Researchers have developed a printing technique for forming electronic circuits and thin-film transistors (TFTs) with line width and line spacing both being 1 micron.