Reproducibility is a necessity for science but has often eluded researchers studying the lifetime of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Recent research sheds new light on why: impurities present in the vacuum chamber during fabrication but in amounts so small that they are easily overlooked.
Dec 28th, 2016
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Researchers have designed for the first time a heat-guiding structure on the size of nanometers that can steer heat away from, or even towards critical regions of current silicon (or advanced chalcogenide) chips through computer simulations.
Dec 27th, 2016
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Scientists have developed a transparent, self-healing, highly stretchable conductive material that can be electrically activated to power artificial muscles and could be used to improve batteries, electronic devices, and robots.
Dec 27th, 2016
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Process enables creation of mechanical components with functionality, such as surgical pins that change color with strain.
Dec 27th, 2016
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Researchers have had initial success in mice using nanodiscs to deliver a customized therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of colon and melanoma cancer tumors.
Dec 27th, 2016
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LEGO-style building method has potential for making 1-dimensional materials with extraordinary properties.
Dec 27th, 2016
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One step further towards the application of skyrmions in spintronic devices.
Dec 27th, 2016
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Scientists have developed novel membranes, whose selectivity can be switched dynamically with the help of light. For this purpose, azobenzene molecules were integrated into membranes made of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).
Dec 23rd, 2016
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New research results suggest that the degradation of MAPbI3 perovskites may not be a fixable issue.
Dec 23rd, 2016
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Researchers achieve ultimate resolution limit in fluorescence microscopy.
Dec 23rd, 2016
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Physicists have discovered that concepts such as 'hot' or 'cold' apply to any system, even those far from equilibrium. The findings could possibly inform the design of future microelectronic devices.
Dec 23rd, 2016
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Taking a deeper look at photonic sintering of silver nanoparticle films scientists uncovered a relationship between film temperature and densification.
Dec 22nd, 2016
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Quantum membranes for ultraprecise mechanical measurements.
Dec 22nd, 2016
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An interdisciplinary team of scientists have reported the first demonstration of metallic spin filtering at room temperature using ferromagnet-graphene-ferromagnet thin film junction devices.
Dec 22nd, 2016
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Researchers create a novel sensor capable of measuring both charge and mass of biomolecules with potential applications in healthcare diagnostics.
Dec 22nd, 2016
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New technique leverages controlled interactions across surfaces to create self-assembled materials with unprecedented complexity.
Dec 22nd, 2016
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