Study reveals how to break symmetry in colloidal crystals
New strategy uses electron equivalents to create the first rules for synthesizing low-symmetry colloidal crystals, including structures never found in nature.
Jan 13th, 2022
Read moreNew strategy uses electron equivalents to create the first rules for synthesizing low-symmetry colloidal crystals, including structures never found in nature.
Jan 13th, 2022
Read moreA tunable platform made from atomically thin materials may help researchers figure out how to create a robust quantum condensate that can flow without losing energy.
Jan 13th, 2022
Read moreOrganic molecular interfaces with minimized structural mismatch and spontaneous electron transfer could open doors to high-efficiency optoelectronics.
Jan 13th, 2022
Read moreScientists engineer a nanoparticle polymer that can selectively bind to fibrinogen in human plasma, presenting a pathway for improved drug development.
Jan 13th, 2022
Read moreBy eliminating lenses, this advance could benefit a host of applications, including medical imaging, industrial inspection and art analysis.
Jan 13th, 2022
Read moreScientists have demonstrated the role of the re-use of photons - known as 'photon recycling' - and light scattering effects in perovskite solar cells, providing a pathway towards high-efficiency solar energy conversion.
Jan 13th, 2022
Read moreResearch into promising materials is hampered by the sheer number of possible candidates. A research team has developed an efficient method to solve this problem.
Jan 13th, 2022
Read moreResearchers propose an alternate fabrication method for diamond probes with greater control over probe shape, higher sensitivity, and broader applications.
Jan 13th, 2022
Read moreResearchers have developed a platform that uses machine learning to program the transformation of 2D stretchable surfaces into specific 3D shapes.
Jan 12th, 2022
Read moreAs superbugs become increasingly dangerous to human health, researchers have developed a soft material that preserves medicines capable of treating infections without the risk of antimicrobial resistance.
Jan 12th, 2022
Read moreAn ultrathin, super-lubricating layer of water on the ice's surface is essential for skaters' graceful glides. Inspired by this surface, researchers have developed a treatment for osteoarthritis that enhances lubrication and reduces friction and inflammation in a rat model of the disease.
Jan 12th, 2022
Read moreThese MOF nanoparticles, made of iron triazolate, are adaptable: they behave differently at different sizes and even at different temperatures.
Jan 12th, 2022
Read moreResearchers have perfected a technique for embedding single atoms in a silicon wafer one-by-one. Their technology offers the potential to make quantum computers using the same methods that have given us cheap and reliable conventional devices containing billions of transistors.
Jan 12th, 2022
Read moreScientists have found a new way to create disturbances that do not fade away. Instead of relying on disorder to freeze things in place, they tipped a quantum container to one side - a trick that is easier to conjure in the lab.
Jan 12th, 2022
Read moreWith a little twist and the turn of a voltage knob, researchers have shown that a single material system can toggle between two of the wildest states in condensed matter physics: the quantum anomalous Hall insulator and the two-dimensional topological insulator.
Jan 12th, 2022
Read moreDressing the atoms with radio-frequency fields allows to tune the strength and sign of their interactions, and to create correlated atom pairs.
Jan 12th, 2022
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