Water splitting observed on the nanometer scale

New investigation method provides fundamental insights into electrocatalytic water splitting under operating conditions.

Carbon nanotube composite could turn clothing into a health monitor

Researchers have reported a new material, pliable enough to be woven into fabric but imbued with sensing capabilities that can serve as an early warning system for injury or illness.

Using molecules to draw on quantum materials

Scientists used circular molecules to change the properties of a surface.

Micromotors get supercharged with three 'engines'

Researchers have developed micromotors with three 'engines' that they can control separately with chemical fuel, magnets and light.

High-tech metamaterial contact lenses correct color blindness

Researchers have incorporated ultra-thin optical devices known as metasurfaces into off-the-shelf contact lenses to correct deuteranomaly, a form of red-green color blindness.

Gold-coated pantyhose inspire a technique for comfortable light-emitting clothing

An approach for developing light-emitting fabric based on typical ultrasheer pantyhose coated in a thin gold film may enable the development of softer, more wearable luminous clothing.

A small step for atoms, a giant leap for microelectronics

Researchers have successfully grown atom-thick sheets of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) as two-inch diameter crystals across a wafer.

A talented 2D material gets a new gig

Scientists tap into graphene's hidden talent as an electrically tunable superconductor, insulator, and magnetic device for the advancement of quantum information science.

First bufferless lasers grown directly on silicon wafers in Si-photonics

Researchers have reported the world's first 1.5 um III-V lasers directly grown on the industry-standard 220 nm SOI (silicon-on-insulators) wafers without buffer, potentially paving an opening to the 'holy grail' for present silicon photonics research.

New type of indoor solar cells for smart connected devices

Researchers have developed a new type of dye-sensitised solar cells that harvest light from indoor lamps.

Scientists realize a broadly tunable laser of a single perovskite nanowire

In this work, researchers constructed single perovskite alloy nanowire with a widely tunable bandgap (2.41-2.82 eV) through a solid-solid anion-diffusion process.

New imaging tools show a way forward for large-scale storage of renewable energy

A technique based on the principles of MRI and NMR has allowed researchers to observe not only how next-generation batteries for large-scale energy storage work, but also how they fail, which will assist in the development of strategies to extend battery lifetimes in support of the transition to a zero-carbon future.

Fast and furious: MXenes store electrical energy

Two dimensional titanium carbides, so-called MXenes, are being discussed as candidates for the rapid storage of electrical energy. Like a battery,MXenes can store large amounts of electrical energy through electrochemical reactions- but unlike batteries,can be charged and discharged in a matter of seconds.

Scientists demonstrate first non-volatile nano relay operation at 200 C

Discovery is significant step in developing electronics for extreme energy efficiency and harsh environments.

Exciting apparatus helps atoms see the light

Researchers have generated Rydberg atoms - unusually large excited atoms - near nanometer-thin optical fibers.

Graphene oxide biomaterial discovery enables 3D printing of tissue-like vascular structures

Researchers have developed a way to 3D print graphene oxide with a protein which can organise into tubular structures that replicate some properties of vascular tissue.