New searchable EU database contains 300 nanomaterials linked to hazard data

It is now possible to search for over 300 nanomaterials found in the EU and link them to hazard data.

Connecting the dots for quantum networks

A new technique squeezes quantum dots to emit single photons with precisely the same color and with positions that can be less than a millionth of a meter apart.

Development of 3D particle model for single particles in battery electrodes

Development of 3D electrochemical model to improve battery energy density and efficiency of electric vehicles.

One-molecule-thick coating to help improve disease and drug testing

A new breakthrough has the potential to improve sensors used to test for diseases and detect doping in sports.

Heat transport can be blocked more effectively with a more optimized holey nanostructure

By using the wave nature of heat in holey nanostructures heat conduction can be reduced by over hundredfold.

Nanocrystals create 'brighter' future for TV viewers

Researchers have discovered 'greener' nanocrystals that can be manipulated to produce high-quality pictures and lighting in electronic devices such as televisions.

Unlocking magnetic properties for future faster, low-energy spintronics

A research collaboration combines theory and experimental expertise, discovering new magnetic properties of two-dimensional Fe3GeTe2 (FGT) towards spintronic applications promising faster, more efficient computing.

Optimizing the growth of coatings on nanowire catalysts

Scientists chemically treated the surface of wire-looking nanostructures made of zinc oxide to apply a uniform coating of titanium dioxide; these semiconducting nanowires could be used as high-activity catalysts for solar fuel production.

On the way to nanotheranostics

Researchers have developed a new nanotheranostic system that overcomes several problems with previous approaches.

Researchers discover semiconducting nanotubes that form spontaneously

Researchers have discovered a way of making semiconducting, photoluminescent nanotubes form spontaneously in liquid solutions. The tubes, which consist of several walls that are perfectly uniform and just a few atoms thick, display optical properties that make them perfect for use as fluorophores or photocatalysts.

Simple 'smart' glass reveals the future of artificial vision

The sophisticated technology that powers face recognition in many modern smartphones someday could receive a high-tech upgrade that sounds - and looks - surprisingly low-tech.

'Digital alchemy' to reverse-engineer new materials

In work that upends materials design, researchers have demonstrated with computer simulations that they can design a crystal and work backward to the particle shape that will self-assemble to create it.

X-rays reveal monolayer phase in organic semiconductor

Researchers discover monolayer with exciting properties in organic semiconducting films.

Online simulation game makes graphene research available to the public

Researchers use a state-of-the-art electron microscope, the UltraSTEM, to manipulate strongly bound materials with atomic precision. Since the instruments used are fully computerized, it is possible to show in a simulation how researchers actually use them. This allows for compelling and largely realistic presentations of the most recent research in materials science.

Direct after-fabrication tailoring of MoS2-FET transistors

The fabrication of electronic devices from exfoliated 2D materials can be tricky. Researchers have engineered a solution that consist on the after-fabrication tailoring of MoS2-FET transistors using pulsed-focused electron beam induced etching.

Window film could even out the indoor temperature using solar energy

A window film with a specially designed molecule could be capable of taking the edge off the worst midday heat and instead distributing it evenly from morning to evening.

Producing graphene from carbon dioxide

Direct conversion of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide to multi-layer graphene using copper-palladium alloys.

Localized excitons in 2D materials for integrated quantum optics

Scientists have found that the oxygen interstitials in single-layer tungsten diselenide enable it to function as single photon emitters for quantum optical applications.