Researchers have generated multifunctional materials with different capacities such as responding to thermal stimuli, changing colour, being magnetic and presenting movement at the microscale as a result of a variation in their molecular structure.
Friday, April 10, 2015
New material could boost batteries' power, help power plants
Researchers developed a material that acts as a superhighway for ions. The material could make batteries more powerful, change how gaseous fuel is turned into liquid fuel and help power plants burn coal and natural gas more efficiently.
Scientists use nanotechnology to visualize potential brain cancer treatments in real time
Scientists have developed new imaging techniques to watch dangerous brain tumor cells respond to treatment in real time.
New insights into graphene and organic composites in electronics
Chemists from Europe's Graphene Flagship review the potential for graphene-organic composite materials in electronics. The researchers show how organic semiconductors can be used to better process graphene, and to tune its properties for particular applications.
Electronic charge distribution on the atomic scale
Scientists have made an important step towards a deeper understanding of metal-semiconductor interfaces. By means of a novel experimental approach the researchers investigated the distribution of the electronic charge at these interfaces on the atomic scale.
How many gold atoms make gold metal?
Researchers have shown that dramatic changes in the electronic properties of nanometre-sized chunks of gold occur in well-defined size range.
Spontaneous formation of biomimetic, nanoporous membrane channels
Carbon nanotubes insert into artificial and active cell membranes, reproducing major features of biological channels.
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