Electro-optical device provides solution to faster computing memories and processors

First-of-a-kind electro-optical device provides solution to faster and more energy efficient computing memories and processors.

Armored with plastic 'hair' and silica, new perovskite nanocrystals show more durability

Researchers have demonstrated a novel approach aimed at addressing the material's durability problem: encasing the perovskite inside a double-layer protection system made from plastic and silica.

Researchers find potential solution to overheating mobile phones

Researchers have developed a revolutionary way to encode computational information without using electrical current. As a global first, this could lead to faster technological devices that could efficiently use energy without overheating.

The coldest reaction

With ultracold chemistry, researchers get a first look at exactly what happens during a chemical reaction.

Toward more efficient computing, with magnetic waves

Circuit design offers a path to spintronic devices that use little electricity and generate practically no heat.

Stretchable, highly conductive film promising for wearable electronics

Strong bonds between metal nanowires and polymer nanofibers enable a composite film to realize good electrical conductivity and high stretchability.

Smallest 3D stop-animation shot in a scanning electron microscope (w/video)

A new microscopic film pushes the boundaries of stop motion cinematography by employing 3D figurines the size of a grain of dust.

Quantum dot lasers move a step closer with electric-pumping development

have developed a way to make colloidal quantum dots produce laser light with the help of an electric field.

Seeing the world's smallest universal joints

Researchers used electron cryomicroscopy to solve the structure of an essential component of the bacterial flagellum with unprecedented resolution, with important implications for new antibiotics and future nanobots.

All the nanotubes are fit to print

Chemists use newsprint for inexpensive bulk production of carbon nanotubes.

Black silicon can help detect explosives

Researchers have developed an ultrasensitive detector based on black silicon. The device is able to detect trace amounts of nitroaromatic compounds and can be applied to identify the majority of explosives or highly toxic pollutants for medical and forensic evaluations.

Scientists find new way to identify, manipulate topological metals for spintronics

Scientists pioneer technique for working with topological materials.

Atomic-scale manufacturing method could enable ultra-efficient computers

Researchers report a new manufacturing process that could enable ultra-efficient atomic computers that store more data and consume 100 times less power.

New study shows unique magnetic transitions in quasicrystal-like structures

Scientists showed for the first time the presence of unique magnetic transitions in peculiar structures similar to quasicrystals.

Molecular eraser enables better data storage and computers for AI

New discovery for atomic-scale circuits brings closer the potential to eliminate a gigatonne of carbon emissions while increasing data capacities for ultra-efficient computers.

Cutting nanoparticles down to size

A new technique in chemistry could pave the way for producing uniform nanoparticles for use in drug delivery systems.

Water-soluble is better - Polymeric carbon nitride nanoparticles for highly efficient photocatalysis

Scientists have succeeded for the first time in synthesizing colloidal nanoparticles of polymeric carbon nitride that are fully soluble in water and act as highly efficient and selective photocatalysts for light-driven chemical conversions.

Theorem explains why quantities such as heat and power can fluctuate in microscopic system

A theoretical study could have practical applications in nanoscale machine optimization.

Pulsed electron beams provide a softer touch for atomic-scale imaging

A new technique is providing atomic-resolution details about magnesium chloride, a material involved in the production of the most common plastic, polyethylene, and could help to create a path toward sustainable plastics.

Hourglass-shaped silicon nanowire photodiodes with increased absorption of light developed

Scientists propose vertical silicone nanowires with high sensitivity by using silicone and semiconductor process.

On your medicine's secret service

Whether a wound heals well under a dressing cannot be seen from the outside. Researchers are now enabling a view through the bandage à la James Bond. The refined application of terahertz radiation could promote the analysis of multi-layered tissues for medical purposes and be used for wound treatment or the diagnostics of blood vessel plaques.

Smart contrast agent for tumour visualisation

Chemists have developed a high performance contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology to improve cancer diagnosis.

Self-assembling system uses magnets to mimic specific binding in DNA

Researchers are using the binding power of magnets to design self-assembling systems that potentially can be created in nanoscale form.

Ammonia synthesis made easy with 2D catalyst

Researchers have developed an inorganic method to synthesize ammonia that is both environmentally friendly and can produce the valuable chemical on demand under ambient conditions.

Structurally designed DNA star creates ultra-sensitive test for dengue virus

By folding snippets of DNA into the shape of a five-pointed star using structural DNA nanotechnology, researchers have created a trap that captures Dengue virus as it floats in the bloodstream. Once sprung, the trap - which is non-toxic and is naturally cleared from the body - lights up. It's the most sensitive test for the mosquito-borne diseases yet devised.

Powering future optical microsystems with chip-scale integrated photonics

Program seeks to develop photonic integrated circuit platforms that incorporate on-chip optical gain for disruptive optical microsystems.

Clear, conductive coating could protect advanced solar cells, touch screens

Researchers have improved on a transparent, conductive coating material, producing a tenfold gain in its electrical conductivity. When incorporated into a type of high-efficiency solar cell, the material increased the cell?s efficiency and stability.

NanoEDGE: Nano-based wearable electronics for mental disorder diagnosis and functional restoration

NanoEDGE is an interdisciplinary research project aiming at converging production techniques for functionalized electrodes with expertise in nanomaterial fabrication and characterization, state-of-the-art engineering, and neuroscience to pave the way for the production of multi-level sensors that can rigorously enhance the performance of established monitoring methods like electroencephalography (EEG) and electromyography (EMG).

Nanotechnology could provide the breakthrough for pre-eclampsia which kills 500,000 babies each year

New funding will allow bioengineers to better understand and tackle a condition which kills 76,000 women and 500,000 babies each year.

Scratching the surface of perovskites

Researchers have, for the first time, characterized the structural defects that prompt the movement of ions, destabilizing the perovskite materials. These findings may inform future engineering approaches to optimize perovskite solar cells.

Metal-organic framework captures and converts toxic air pollutant into industrial chemical

Metal-organic framework material material requires only water and air to convert captured nitrogen dioxide gas into nitric acid for industrial use.

Old newspapers can be used to grow carbon nanotubes

New research has found that old newspaper provide a cheap and green solution for the bulk production of single walled carbon nanotubes.

Scientists reveal the dominant role of quenched disorder on complex oxide nanowires

At nanometer length scale, novel phenomena are expected to emerge. Compared to the traditional semiconductors used in industrial business, does complex oxides show any interesting and not-before-seen properties at nanometer length scale? A new study has shown the unique physical properties of manganite nanowires known as quenched disorder and its potential applications.

New method for using spin waves in magnetic materials

In order to miniaturize individual components of mobile phones or computers, for example, magnetic waves are currently regarded as promising alternatives to conventional data transmission functioning by means of electric currents. The physical basis for this is the spin of electrons in magnetic materials, which can be simplified as a rotation of electrons around their own axis. Physicists have developed a new approach that makes it easier to use spin waves.

T-shirt generates electricity from temperature difference between body and surroundings

This ee-textile prototype uses sustainable and low-cost materials like tomato skin.

Industrial scale production of layer 2D materials via intermediate-assisted grinding

The key to a novel exfoliation technology is to use intermediate materials that increase the coefficient of friction of the mixture and effectively apply sliding frictional forces to the layer material, resulting in a dramatically increased exfoliation efficiency.

A 'simulation booster' for nanoelectronics

Researchers have developed a method that can simulate nanoelectronics devices and their properties realistically, quickly and efficiently. This offers a ray of hope for the industry and data centre operators alike, both of which are struggling with the (over)heating that comes with increasingly small and powerful transistors.

Graphene mapping in minutes instead of hours

Researchers have developed an algorithm-induced high speed and non-invasive confocal Raman imaging of two-dimensional materials.

Carbon nanotube project may improve military communications by boosting 5G technology

Carbon nanotube technology may boost 5G and mm-wave technologies, improving military communications and sensing equipment.

Breaking (and restoring) graphene's symmetry in a twistable electronics device

Researchers invent a new way to tune the properties of 2D materials by adjusting the twist angle between them; technology enables the development of nanoelectromechanical sensors with applications in astronomy, medicine, search and rescue, and more.

Big plans to save the planet depend on nanomaterials improving energy storage

A new report lays out how research in the field of nanomaterials for energy storage over the last two decades has enabled the big step that will be necessary to make use of sustainable energy sources.

Magnetic wave flows under better control from now on

Even faster processors with even smaller dimensions? Wherever neither electronics nor spintronics can cope with performance or miniaturization, magnonics comes to the rescue. But before that happens, scientists must learn how to accurately simulate the flow of magnetic waves through magnonic crystals.

A review of single molecule-based electronic devices

The authors of this review provide an overview of single molecule electronic devices, including molecular electronic devices and electrode types. Future challenges to the development of electronic devices based on single molecules are described, in the hopes of attracting more experts from different fields to participate in this research.

Graphene-based nanoplatforms for chemotherapy

In a review paper, scientists systematically discuss the recent progresses, current challenges and future perspectives of smart graphene-based nanoplatforms for synergistic tumor therapy and bio-imaging.

Researchers find a glitch in methods used to synthesize graphene and other 2D materials

Scientists have stumbled upon an unexpected phenomenon that would have significant implications on the existing protocols followed to synthesize graphene and other two dimensional (2D) nanomaterials.

The beauty of imperfections: Linking atomic defects to 2D materials' electronic properties

Scientists reveal oxygen's hidden talent for filling in atomic gaps in TMDs; and the surprising role of electron spin in conductivity.

Turning up the heat to create new nanostructured metals

Scientists used heat to drive a spontaneous process in which different metals mixed to form 3-D interlocking nanostructures in thin films, with applications for catalysts, solar cells, and biomedical sensors.

4D imaging with liquid crystal microlenses

Researchers have developed self-assembling liquid crystal microlenses that can reveal 4D information in one snapshot.

Making tiny antennas for wearable electronics

Researchers have made the tiniest radio-frequency antennas reported yet, with thicknesses of about 1/100 of a human hair.

The first high-speed straight motion of magnetic skyrmion at room temperature demonstrated

Researchers have, for the first time, successfully demonstrated a formation and current-induced motion of synthetic antiferromagnetic magnetic skyrmions. The established findings are expected to pave the way towards new functional information processing and storage technologies.