Photonics: Graphene's optical limitation
Dispersions of functionalized sub-oxidized graphene nanosheets achieve a new performance benchmark for broadband optical limiting.
Nov 7th, 2011
Read moreDispersions of functionalized sub-oxidized graphene nanosheets achieve a new performance benchmark for broadband optical limiting.
Nov 7th, 2011
Read morePolymers embedded with nanoparticles in different magnetic orientations produce complex motion under simple magnetic fields.
Nov 7th, 2011
Read moreIt has been shown recently that movement of fluid in microfluidic devices can be harnessed and converted into electricity. Researchers have now conducted calculations that suggest this electrokinetic energy conversion could be more efficient than previously thought thanks to the strange properties of fluid flow at the nanometer scale.
Nov 7th, 2011
Read moreA simple method produces elastic, conductive sponges from carbonized networks of silver-polymer nanocables.
Nov 7th, 2011
Read moreUniversity of Toronto materials science and engineering researchers have demonstrated for the first time the key mechanism behind how energy levels align in a critical group of advanced materials. This discovery is a significant breakthrough in the development of sustainable technologies such as dye-sensitized solar cells and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).
Nov 6th, 2011
Read moreEvent is one of the highlights of CNSE's fourth annual celebration of 'NANOvember'.
Nov 6th, 2011
Read moreResearchers have reported the first dynamic measurements of how an artificial atom interacts with light.
Nov 5th, 2011
Read moreResearchers often work with a narrow range of compounds when making organic electronics, such as solar panels, light emitting diodes and transistors. Professor Tim Bender and Ph.D. Candidate Graham Morse of U of T's Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry have uncovered compounds that exhibit unique and novel electro-chemical properties.
Nov 5th, 2011
Read morePhysicists from the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a theory that describes, in a unified manner, the coexistence of liquid and pinned solid phases of electrons in two dimensions under the influence of a magnetic field.
Nov 4th, 2011
Read moreInsects can run up walls, hang from ceilings, and perform other amazing feats that have for centuries fascinated human observers. Now scientists from the Zoological Institute at the University of Kiel, in Germany, who have been studying these able acrobats, have borrowed some of the insects' tricks to make a dry tape that can be repeatedly peeled off without losing its adhesive properties.
Nov 4th, 2011
Read moreResearchers at the University of Twente describe a novel method to fabricate 3D structures in silicon.
Nov 4th, 2011
Read moreThe Basque Department of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism has released a new website - nanoBasque.
Nov 4th, 2011
Read moreAn Empa study shows that while CNTs do not have toxic effects on green algae they do inhibit its growth by depriving the plant of light and space.
Nov 4th, 2011
Read moreTwo well-respected guest scientists from India and USA are spending a research period in Saarbruecken. During their research stay at INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Animangsu Ghatak and Anand Jagota are investigating various aspects of bioinspired materials and structures.
Nov 4th, 2011
Read moreResearchers have developed a facile method for the construction of liquid-phase eutectic gallium-indium (EGaIn) alloy nanoparticles. Particle formation is directed by molecular self-assembly and assisted by sonication.
Nov 4th, 2011
Read moreThe Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), is pleased to announce that its disease diagnostics technology, the MicroKit, has won the Silver Award at the Asian Innovation Awards 2011 organized by The Wall Street Journal Asia.
Nov 4th, 2011
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