A simple soak for a solar tune-up

Researchers have developed a method that enhances the ability of colloidal quantum dot solar cells to convert the sun?s energy into electricity by altering the surface chemistry of their functional layers in a noninvasive way.

How bacteria get their groove: Mechanism behind flagellar motility

A new study with high-speed AFM sheds light on mechanism underlying the assembly and activation of flagellar motor in the bacteria Bacillus subtilis.

The end of 'Pump Fiction'

New basic insights into the workings of a biomolecular mechanism crucial to life: the calcium pumps in our cells.

Promising nanosensors for submarines, mines and spacecraft

Scientists are developing nanostructured gas sensors that would work at room temperature.

How the magnetoelastic effect can control the magnetic properties of nanoelements

Rapidly modifying magnetic properties is key for low power magnetic devices. The MULTIREV project has contributed to a study which exploits magnetoelastic coupling, for the design of strain-controlled nano-devices.

Factors in the fabrication of heterojunctions of 2D-materials through CVD

A recent review article discusses the methods of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) to fabricate 2D heterojunctions.

A new nano-sized hexameric molecular capsule

Halonium ions used in this study, are well-known reaction intermediates and halogenating reagents in synthesis, but now they have been used as robust and stable structural units in molecular nanotechnology.