Carbon nanodots have, for the first time, been applied to intracellular imaging and tracking of drug delivery involving various optical and vibrational spectroscopic-based techniques such as fluorescence, Raman, and hyperspectral imaging.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Engineers have invented the first mechanical metamaterials that easily transfer motion effortlessly in one direction while blocking it in the other.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Physicists used a model to explain the electronic structure of graphene measured by a new spectroscopic platform. These techniques could promote future research on stable and accurate quantum measurements for new 2D electronics.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Researchers have witnessed - for the first time --cancer cells being targeted and destroyed from the inside by an organo-metal compound.
Feb 13th, 2017
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An organic-inorganic hybrid material may be the future for more efficient technologies that can generate electricity from either light or heat or devices that emit light from electricity.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Researchers have discovered that the amount of friction force between organic molecules and a sapphire substrate in a vacuum can be changed repeatedly by starting and stopping laser light irradiation.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Miniaturized robots can be propelled through biological fluids by an enzymatic reaction or ultrasound.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Imagine patterning and visualizing silicon at the atomic level, something which, if done successfully, will revolutionize the quantum and classical computing industry.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Scientists have 're-discovered' a material, which could make the construction of 2D van der Waals heterostructures easier to build.
Feb 13th, 2017
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When thinned down to less than a nanometer thick, MoS2 demonstrates properties with great promise as a functional material for electronic devices and surface coatings.
Feb 10th, 2017
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Scientists are exploring the unique properties of two-dimensional materials and metals grown on graphene, graphite, and other carbon coated surfaces.
Feb 10th, 2017
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For the first time, scientists have captured a movie of how large populations of carbon nanotubes grow and align themselves.
Feb 10th, 2017
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Researchers have introduced a new type of super-resolution microscopy and used it to discover the precise walking mechanism behind tiny structures made of DNA that could find biomedical and industrial applications.
Feb 10th, 2017
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Researchers create new photodetector based on GdNiO3/Nb-doped SrTiO3 p-n heterojunction.
Feb 9th, 2017
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Engineers have developed a scalable manufactured metamaterial to act as a kind of air conditioning system for structures. It has the ability to cool objects even under direct sunlight with zero energy and water consumption.
Feb 9th, 2017
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Cellphones and other devices could soon be controlled with touchless gestures and charge themselves using ambient light, thanks to new LED arrays that can both emit and detect light.
Feb 9th, 2017
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