Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Mastering tailored design of aluminum nanomaterials

New methodology is cost-effective and more environmentally friendly than other approaches.

Towards data storage at the single molecule level

Researchers have managed to successfully place a new class of spin-crossover molecules onto a surface and to improve the molecule?s storage capacity. The storage density of conventional hard drives could therefore theoretically be increased by more than one hundred fold.

Nanoscientists develop new material with controllable pores

Scientists describe synthesizing a new material from bottlebrush copolymers, a giant molecule with special architecture. These molecules have bristles that emanate from a backbone with end blocks. The research team predicted this unique combination of reactive components in a single molecule would form. Bottlebrush copolymers provide a unique platform for fabricating mesoporous materials.

Flipping the electron spin

New test procedure for developing quick-charging lithium-ion batteries.

Researchers demonstrate first flexible optical tweezer

This new research work demonstrated real-time manipulation of 3-D arrangements of micro-objects with nanometric resolution, using light and the novel fiber-based optical traps.

Nanomaterials: How to separate linear and ring-shaped molecules

Physicists have developed a reliable strategy to separate chemically identical macromolecules that differ only in their shape.

Nanodiscs catch misfolding proteins red-handed

Researchers have mapped the proteins that cause cell death in type 2 diabetes.