Chemical synthesis of benzene nanotubes
For the first time, researchers used benzene - a common hydrocarbon - to create a novel kind of molecular nanotube, which could lead to new nanocarbon-based semiconductor applications.
Jan 10th, 2019
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Atomic-scale capillaries block smallest ions, thanks to graphene
Researchers have succeeded in making artificial channels just one atom in size for the first time. The new capillaries, which are very much like natural protein channels such as aquaporins, are small enough to block the flow of smallest ions.
Jan 10th, 2019
Read moreResearchers demonstrate perovskite's potential in spintronic systems
Researchers present two devices built using perovskite to demonstrate the material's potential in spintronic systems. Its properties bring the dream of a spintronic transistor one step closer to reality.
Jan 10th, 2019
Read more2D materials may enable electric vehicles to get 500 miles on a single charge
A number of their 2D materials, when incorporated into experimental lithium-air batteries as the catalyst, enabled the battery to hold up to 10 times more energy than lithium-air batteries containing traditional catalysts.
Jan 10th, 2019
Read moreChirality in 'real-time'
Scientists have for the first time developed a method that uses ultrashort deep-ultraviolet pulses to accurately probe such changes in real-time in (bio)molecular systems.
Jan 10th, 2019
Read moreResearchers develop bioinspired, nontoxic nanoscale drug delivery method
Researchers have developed a novel way to deliver drugs and therapies into cells at the nanoscale without causing toxic effects that have stymied other such efforts.
Jan 10th, 2019
Read moreNanomaterials are changing the world - but we still don't have adequate safety tests for them
Although standard hazard assessments are available for a wide range of things - such as chemical compounds - nanomaterials have unique properties so cannot be evaluated in exactly the same way.
Jan 10th, 2019
Read moreSaving energy by taking a close look inside transistors
New method finds defects in power transistors more accurately, quickly and simply.
Jan 10th, 2019
Read moreScientists design new responsive porous material inspired by proteins
Scientists have, for the first time, synthesized a new material that exhibits structural change and triggered chemical activity like a protein.
Jan 9th, 2019
Read moreSelf-sorting through molecular geometries
New findings show that self-sorting behavior can arise from the principle of geometrical complementarity by shape: in a mixture of specific pentagonal and hexagonal molecular building blocks, pentagons bind to pentagons and hexagons to hexagons, and no mixing occurs.
Jan 9th, 2019
Read moreNanocrystals get better when they double up with MOFs
Researchers develop design rules for self-assembling 2D nanocrystal/metal-organic framework-based materials for energy storage and catalysis applications.
Jan 9th, 2019
Read moreUltra-sensitive sensor with gold nanoparticle array
Physicists have developed a new type of sensor platform using a gold nanoparticle array, that's 100 times more sensitive than current similar sensors.
Jan 9th, 2019
Read moreArtificial bug eyes
Researchers describe the preparation of bioinspired artificial compound eyes using a simple low-cost approach.
Jan 9th, 2019
Read moreProgramming light on a chip
Research opens doors in photonic quantum information processing, optical signal processing and microwave photonics.
Jan 9th, 2019
Read moreEngineers identify improved MOF membranes to capture CO2 at coal-fired power plants
A computational modeling method may help to fast-track the identification and design of new carbon capture and storage materials for use by the nation's coal-fired power plants. The hypothetical mixed matrix membranes would provide a more economical solution than current methods.
Jan 8th, 2019
Read moreResearchers offer new physics rule to find mechanical strain
Researchers weave two fundamental ideas of geometry and mechanics in a new theory of how thin sheets can be forced to conform to 'geometrically incompatible' shapes.
Jan 8th, 2019
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