Researchers have developed a new way to grow nanowire arrays with a determined diameter, length and uniform consistency. This approach to growing nanomaterials will improve the efficiency of various devices including solar cells and fuel cells.
Nov 10th, 2014
Read moreScientists have succeeded in electrochemically detecting protein binding on semiconductor materials for the first time, thanks to a newly developed investigative method based on differences in electrical charge. Now the physicists are working on an optical process to detect and localise protein binding directly under a microscope, for example, a method that could launch new applications in medical research and diagnostics.
Nov 9th, 2014
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Micro- and nano-swimmers can be propelled through media similar to bodily fluids.
Nov 7th, 2014
Read moreNew research has demonstrated how glass can be manipulated to create a material that will allow computers to transfer information using light. This development could significantly increase computer processing speeds and power in the future.
Nov 7th, 2014
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A new study reveals the need to rethink one of science's building blocks and, with it, how some of the basic principles underlying the behavior of matter are taught in our classrooms. The researchers examined the way that a phase change, specifically the melting of a solid, occurs at a microscopic level and discovered that the transition is far more involved than earlier models had accounted for.
Nov 7th, 2014
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Gallium nitride is difficult to produce and difficult to handle - and the key to the development of blue LEDs, which won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. Now, researchers and engineers around the world are working on analyzing and optimizing this material.
Nov 7th, 2014
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Wissenschaftler des Leibniz-Institutes f�r Photonische Technologien konnten nachweisen, dass Silizium-Nanopartikel biologisch abbaubar sind. Damit er�ffnen sich neue Anwendungsfelder in der Medizin - beispielweise in der Therapie und Diagnose von Krebs.
Nov 7th, 2014
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Silvija Gradecak's nanoscale work creates big-scale results that could transform energy production, storage, and lighting.
Nov 7th, 2014
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For much the same reason LCD televisions offer eye-popping performance, a thermomagnetic processing method can advance the performance of polymers.
Nov 7th, 2014
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Researchers have developed lightweight supercapacitors that can be combined with regular batteries to dramatically boost the power of an electric car.
Nov 6th, 2014
Read moreResearchers develop diagnostic tool to investigate traveling cancer cells and improve health outcomes.
Nov 6th, 2014
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New method in scanning probe microscopy: Researchers create a word using 47 molecules.
Nov 6th, 2014
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The standard technique, using a top and a bottom gate, can lead to damaging of the graphene layer. This is avoided in the new method, which also offers linear I-V characteristics at low gate voltage. The two-top-gate structure is expected to be a practical route to a room-temperature terahertz source.
Nov 6th, 2014
Read moreElectronic devices waste a lot of energy by producing useless heat. This is one of the main reasons our mobiles use up battery power so quickly. Researchers have made a leap forward in understanding how this happens and how this waste could be reduced by controlling energy flows at a molecular level.
Nov 6th, 2014
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Researchers have invented a simple, one-step process for producing these nanopores in a graphene membrane using the photothermal properties of gold nanorods.
Nov 6th, 2014
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A new class of low-cost polymer materials, which can carry electric charge with almost no losses despite their seemingly random structure, could lead to flexible electronics and displays which are faster and more efficient.
Nov 6th, 2014
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