Atomic snapshots of photosynthesis

Scientists catch details with atomic resolution, potentially helping design systems to use sunlight and water to produce fuels.

First direct view of an electron's short, speedy trip across a border

Watching electrons sprint between atomically thin layers of material will shed light on the fundamental workings of semiconductors, solar cells and other key technologies.

Too close for comfort: Nanoparticles need some space to transfer energy

Particle crowding interferes with moving energy efficiently along promising molecular chains.

Running an LED in reverse could cool future computers

In a finding that runs counter to a common assumption in physics, researchers ran a light emitting diode (LED) with electrodes reversed in order to cool another device mere nanometers away.

Physicists watch electron transfer in a single molecule

For the first time, an international team of scientists has recorded the orbitals of single molecules in different charge states in a novel type of microscopy.

New approach improving stability and optical properties of perovskite films

Researchers have developed a new and efficient fabrication approach to produce all-inorganic perovskite films with better optical properties and stability, enabling the development of high colour-purity and low-cost perovskite LEDs with a high operational lifetime.

Engineers develop high-performance quantum dot mode-locked laser on silicon

This future technology not only can massively increase the data transmission capacity of data centers, telecommunications companies and network hardware products to come, but do so with high stability, low noise and the energy efficiency of silicon photonics.

Graphene and 2D materials on track to innovative applications

A collection of articles on EU-funded research in the field of graphene is now available in free, accessible PDF.

Sensitive biosensor detects Down syndrome DNA

Rsearchers have developed a sensitive new biosensor that could someday be used to detect fetal Down syndrome DNA in pregnant women's blood.

Customized mix of materials for three-dimensional micro- and nanostructures

New process combines 3D laser lithography with microfluidics.

What happens to magnetic nanoparticles once in cells?

Researchers have shown substantial degradation of these nanoparticles, followed in certain cases by the cells 're-magnetizing'. This phenomenon is the sign of biosynthesis of new magnetic nanoparticles from iron released in the intracellular medium by the degradation of the first nanoparticles.