May the nanoscale force be with you: Detecting ultrafast light by its force

A research team has developed a new technique to detect nano-sized imperfections in materials. They believe this discovery will lead to improvements in the optical detectors used in a wide range of technologies, from cell phones to cameras and fiber optics, as well as in solar cells.

Sustainable chemistry at the quantum level

Researchers are using new quantum chemistry computing procedures to categorize hypothetical electrocatalysts that are 'too slow' or 'too expensive', far more thoroughly and quickly than was considered possible a few years ago.

High-sensitivity atomic force microscopy opens up for photosensitive materials

New research demonstrates atomic force microscopy imaging that gets around the challenges of exciting very small cantilevers at their high megahertz resonance frequencies. The approach accomadates wide frequency bandwiths, and is applicable for photosensitive materials in a wide range of liquids.

Using viscous metals in microfibers

Scientists have developed the first micro-structured fibers with a viscous metal inside - a perfect example of what cross-disciplinary teamwork can achieve.

Cutting 2D materials with a heated scanning nanotip

Researchers have developed a one-step lithography technique, also named direct nanocutting, for monolayer 2D materials using a thermomechanical indentation method.

Molecular forces: The surprising stretching behaviour of DNA

What happens when you pull a DNA molecule? It behaves quite differently than we are used to from macroscopic objects. Scientists were now able to explain this.