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Researchers have developed a method that significantly prolongs the lives of charges in organic electronic devices.
Apr 13th, 2015
Read moreResearchers have developed a method that significantly prolongs the lives of charges in organic electronic devices.
Apr 13th, 2015
Read moreResearchers have designed a smectic liquid crystal that overcomes many of the challenges posed by organic field effect transistor materials.
Apr 13th, 2015
Read moreResearchers have encoded quantum information in silicon using simple electrical pulses for the first time, bringing the construction of affordable large-scale quantum computers one step closer to reality.
Apr 12th, 2015
Read moreNASA has selected UT Arlington as one of four U.S. institutions to develop improved methods for oxygen recovery and reuse aboard human spacecraft, a technology the agency says is crucial to 'enable our human journey to Mars and beyond'.
Apr 11th, 2015
Read moreResearchers 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.
Apr 10th, 2015
Read moreResearchers 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.
Apr 10th, 2015
Read moreChemists 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.
Apr 10th, 2015
Read moreScientists have developed new imaging techniques to watch dangerous brain tumor cells respond to treatment in real time.
Apr 10th, 2015
Read moreScientists 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.
Apr 10th, 2015
Read moreCarbon nanotubes insert into artificial and active cell membranes, reproducing major features of biological channels.
Apr 10th, 2015
Read moreResearchers have shown that dramatic changes in the electronic properties of nanometre-sized chunks of gold occur in well-defined size range.
Apr 10th, 2015
Read moreResearchers designed a molecule that would incorporate a number of desirable liquid crystal qualities, in particular the smectic E phase. Low ordered liquid crystal phases form droplets at their melting temperature, but the smectic E phase has the advantage of retaining the thin-film shape.
Apr 10th, 2015
Read moreScientists have made a discovery that could dramatically improve the efficiency of batteries and fuel cells. The research involves improving the transport of oxygen ions, a key component in converting chemical reactions into electricity.
Apr 10th, 2015
Read moreMajor steps forward in the use of plants for renewable materials, energy and for building construction could soon arise, thanks to a key advance in understanding the structure of wood.
Apr 10th, 2015
Read moreResearchers have discovered that large area graphene is able to preserve electron spin over an extended period, and communicate it over greater distances than had previously been known. This has opened the door for the development of spintronics, with an aim to manufacturing faster and more energy-efficient memory and processors in computers.
Apr 10th, 2015
Read moreThe aim of this research is to find the optimum conditions for the growth of GaN nanowires. This means obtaining nanostructures with the best characteristics for developing applications. For instance, the position control of these structures on diamond is strongly desired for quantum computation.
Apr 10th, 2015
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