Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Flexible proximity sensor creates smart surfaces

Researchers have developed a proximity sensor made from silicone and carbon nanotubes, which detects objects and determines their position.

Large single-crystal graphene is possible

The target of large, cheap and quick graphene synthesis achieved: 5 x 50 cm?2 and beyond.

New strategy to design mechano-responsive luminescent materials

Researchers have designed a novel mechano-responsive luminescent material using a gold and isocyanide complex, which includes two bonded rings of carbon and hydrogen atoms.

Magnetic quantum objects in a 'nano egg-box'

Physicists build artificial traps for fluxons.

Monday, July 24, 2017

New magnetic topological semimetal could advance electronics

A recent discovery advances fundamental knowledge that could one day lead to more energy-efficient computers, televisions, cell phones and other electronics.

Multitasking monolayers

Two-dimensional materials that can multitask. That is the result of a new process that naturally produces patterned monolayers that can act as a base for creating a wide variety of novel materials with dual optical, magnetic, catalytic or sensing capabilities.

Engineers invent the first bio-compatible, ion current battery

This entirely new kind of battery is bio-compatible because it produces the same kind of electrical energy that the body uses.