Hands off approach to looking into silicon chips

The possibility of looking inside silicon chips to see their tiny working parts, without damaging the chips, is a step closer thanks to an international team of scientists.

Quantum probes dramatically improve detection of nuclear spins

Limitations of conventional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy overcome.

Spreading and wicking of water droplets on nanostructured surfaces

Scientists perform observation experiment with optical direct measurement to investigate droplet spreading and capillary wicking on nanostructured surfaces fabricated by the hydrothermal synthesis method with various nanowire array types and nanowire sizes.

Shape memory composites for 3D-printed photoresponsive devices

Researchers have fabricated 3D printed photoresponsive shape memory devices through combining fused deposition modeling (FDM) printing technology and photoresponsive shape memory composites based on polyurethane and carbon black.

Physicists demonstrate topological superconductivity on palladium dibismuthides

A research team has succeeded to reveal experimental evidence of topological superconductivity near the surface of epitaxial palladium dibismuthides films, and possible Majorana zero modes at magnetic vortices.

Physicists observe individual atomic collisions during diffusion for the first time

Physicists have succeeded in observing the fundamental steps of diffusion by individual atoms in a gas and have provided a theoretical description of this mechanism.

Keeping the heat out with nanowires

Researchers have analyzed metal-nitride nanowires as a potential material for optical electronics.