Open-source automated chemical vapor deposition system for the production of two-dimensional nanomaterials

A research group has released the open-source design of a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system for two-dimensional (2D) materials growth, an advance which could lower the barrier of entry into 2D materials research and expedite 2D materials discovery and translation from the benchtop to the market.

Nanogenerators turn body motion Into weight control and wound-healing therapies

Bioengineers have developed implantable and wearable nanogenerators from special materials that create electrical pulses when compressed by body motions. The pulses controlled weight gain and enhanced healing of skin wounds in rat models.

How to rapidly image entire brains at nanoscale resolution

A powerful new technique combines expansion microscopy with lattice light-sheet microscopy for nanoscale imaging of fly and mouse neuronal circuits and their molecular constituents that?s roughly 1,000 times faster than other methods.

Nanoparticle breakthrough in the fight against cancer

Scientists have introduced a novel targeted drug delivery system that can improve the pharmacological and therapeutic properties of conventional cancer treatments.

New nanosensor to detect disease and infection

Researchers have developed a highly innovative new enzyme biomarker test that has the potential to indicate diseases and bacterial contamination saving time, money and possibly lives.

Light connects two worlds on a single chip

For the first time, researchers succeeded in connecting two parts of an electronics chip using an on-chip optical link.

Creating a roadmap for 2D materials

A roadmap for 2D materials explores the challenges of synthesizing electronic grade materials.

MXene researchers find 2-D transition-metal carbides react with water, opening a door to their unknown chemistry

Researchers have discovered that 2-D titanium carbide materials, or MXenes, can react with water without the presence of other oxidizers. Their finding may lead to new insights into the unusual chemistry of MXenes and consequently, have impacts on MXenes? storage and device manufacturing.

New light shed on organic polymer PEDOT

The organic polymer PEDOT is probably one of the world?s most intensely studied materials. Despite this, researchers have now demonstrated that the material functions in a completely different manner than previously believed. The result has huge significance in many fields of application.