Shifting dimensions: Exciting excitons in phosphorene
Scientists have shed light on how excitons - an excited state of matter at the core of optoelectronics - move and interact within phosphorene.
Mar 25th, 2020
Read moreScientists have shed light on how excitons - an excited state of matter at the core of optoelectronics - move and interact within phosphorene.
Mar 25th, 2020
Read moreTo design these nanolasers, researchers combined arrays of nanopillars with nanoparticles that can absorb two photons of light and emit them as a single photon with higher energy.
Mar 24th, 2020
Read moreScientists have developed a modular system for the genetic reprogramming of bacteria, thereby turning the organisms into cell factories for multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles that combine various useful functions and properties. Because of their exceptional magnetic properties and good biocompatibility, these nanoparticles might be a promising new material in the biomedical and biotechnological field.
Mar 24th, 2020
Read moreCrumpling graphene makes it more than ten thousand times more sensitive to DNA by creating electrical 'hot spots'.
Mar 24th, 2020
Read moreResearchers demonstrated a novel double-helical metal organic framework architecture in a partially oxidized form that conducts electricity, potentially making it a next-generation semiconductor.
Mar 24th, 2020
Read moreScientists have made a breakthrough in the development of a new generation of electronics that will require less power and generate less heat. It involves exploiting the complex quantum properties of electrons - in this case, the spin state of electrons.
Mar 24th, 2020
Read moreResearchers report the first accessible method to gain unprecedented insights into the plasmonic activity of a single nanoparticle during a typical tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy experiment.
Mar 24th, 2020
Read moreThe new highly efficient metasurface switch needs no metal or backing material. This means detectors using the switch would be smaller, thinner, more efficient, and require less power.
Mar 24th, 2020
Read moreScientists have discovered a new method for creating hollow metallic nanostructures with regularly spaced and sized pores. The pores are large and regular enough to carry molecule or nanoscale-size particles of drugs and other substances.
Mar 24th, 2020
Read moreResearchers discovered a new way to integrate semiconductor layers to make heterostructures. They found that layers of different compounds of tin and sulfur spontaneously separated during synthesis. This unique structure translates into excellent light absorption and energy transfer properties.
Mar 24th, 2020
Read moreScientists used silica micro-particles mixed into liquid crystals to investigate how atoms behave and interact. They explored optical control of hexagonal silica micro-particles whose surfaces were altered with dye molecules and dispersed in a liquid crystal.
Mar 24th, 2020
Read moreEngineers have created a tiny device that can rapidly detect harmful bacteria in blood, allowing health care professionals to pinpoint the cause of potentially deadly infections and fight them with drugs.
Mar 24th, 2020
Read moreGraphite nanoplatelets integrated into plastic medical surfaces can prevent infections, killing 99.99 per cent of bacteria which try to attach - a cheap and viable potential solution to a problem which affects millions, costs huge amounts of time and money, and accelerates antibiotic resistance.
Mar 23rd, 2020
Read moreGraphil is a project that aims to create a market prototype for a new and improved way to purify water, using graphene.
Mar 23rd, 2020
Read moreScientists have revealed how the thermoelectric effect, or converting temperature differences into electricity, can be optimally used to power small, flexible devices. Their study has shown why thermoelectric device performance to date has not yet reached its full potential.
Mar 23rd, 2020
Read moreRsearchers have developed a novel wearable strain sensor based on the modulation of optical transmittance of a carbon nanotube (CNT)-embedded elastomer. The sensor is capable of sensitive, stable, and continuous measurement of physical signals.
Mar 23rd, 2020
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