Novel nanotechnology sensors could enable smarter textiles

A team of engineers is developing next-generation smart textiles by creating flexible carbon nanotube composite coatings on a wide range of fibers, including cotton, nylon and wool.

Scientists discover why silver clusters emit light

Until recently, scientists did not know exactly how and why these small particles emit light. An interdisciplinary team of physicists and chemists has now demonstrated for the first time where these properties originate.

Twisted electronics open the door to tunable 2D materials

Researchers use boron-nitride-encapsulated graphene to demonstrate a new class of electronic materials.

Stretching beyond limits

Novel research optimizes both elasticity and rigidity in the same material without the usual tradeoffs.

Engineers develop world's most wear-resistant metal alloy

The platinum-gold alloy, believed to be the most wear-resistant metal in the world, is 100 times more durable than high-strength steel, making it the first alloy in the same class as diamond and sapphire, nature's most wear-resistant materials.

New manufacturing technique could improve common problem in printing technology

A new manufacturing technique using nanoparticles may be able to avoid the 'coffee ring' effect that plagues inkjet printers.

World's smallest transistor switches current with a single atom in solid state

This quantum electronics component switches electrical current by controlled repositioning of a single atom, now also in the solid state in a gel electrolyte.