Review: Graphene could revolutionize photonic and opto-electronic devices

Optical Properties of Graphene, a book solely devoted to the optical properties of graphene, reviews the unique properties of graphene that hold great promise to revolutionize many photonic and opto-electronic devices.

Miniscule amounts of impurities in vacuum greatly affecting OLED lifetime

Reproducibility is a necessity for science but has often eluded researchers studying the lifetime of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Recent research sheds new light on why: impurities present in the vacuum chamber during fabrication but in amounts so small that they are easily overlooked.

Scientists design new heat-guiding device that is thinner than a hair

Researchers have designed for the first time a heat-guiding structure on the size of nanometers that can steer heat away from, or even towards critical regions of current silicon (or advanced chalcogenide) chips through computer simulations.

A flexible, stretchable, self-healing ionic conductor (w/video)

Scientists have developed a transparent, self-healing, highly stretchable conductive material that can be electrically activated to power artificial muscles and could be used to improve batteries, electronic devices, and robots.

Programmable silk-based materials with embedded, pre-designed functions

Process enables creation of mechanical components with functionality, such as surgical pins that change color with strain.

Nanodiscs deliver personalized cancer therapy to immune system

Researchers have had initial success in mice using nanodiscs to deliver a customized therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of colon and melanoma cancer tumors.

Researchers use world's smallest diamonds to make wires 3 atoms wide

LEGO-style building method has potential for making 1-dimensional materials with extraordinary properties.