Single molecules can work as reproducible transistors - at room temperature

Engineers reproducibly achieve the current blockade effect using atomically precise molecules at room temperature, a result that could lead to shrinking electrical components and boosting data storage and computing power.

Researchers achieve major improvement for lensless computational microscopy

By employing special algorithms, researchers increased the resolution of obtained images without any changes in the technical characteristics of microscopes.

New SQUID-based detector opens up new fields of study with new level of sensitivity

Scientists have developed a new sensor array-based instrument that offers ultra-low noise detection of small amounts of energy for a number of applications.

Vapor harvesting gets the edge

Surface wettability has little effect on atmospheric water gathering, but edge structure is crucial.

Solar cells and light sensors - fewer defects from a 2D approach

Flatter materials have fewer imperfections, which makes for better solar cells and light sensors.

Fabricating hexagonal boron nitride foam for CO2 absorption

Scientists report a technique to fabricate lightweight 3D macroscopic porous structures formed from hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanosheets.

Achieving sub-30nm resolution with self-collapse lithography

Researchers demonstrate control of self-collapse behavior of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) stamps precisely at the nanoscale when integrated with chemical lift-off lithography to establish a new nanolithography method: self-collapse lithography.