Getting a grip: Reversible perspiring artificial 'fingertips'
Innovative study replicates human fingerprint patterns and sweating in artificial materials, offering groundbreaking advancements in soft robotics, biometrics, and biomimetic technology
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Exciting possibilities with amorphous MXene materials
Scientists have recently discovered a new class of amorphous nanomaterials that are created by introducing atomic irregular arrangements. These materials demonstrate excellent performance in catalysis, energy storage, and mechanics.
Van der Waals integration permits advanced photonic applications from 2D materials to 3D crystals
Researchers have reviewed recent advances of heterogeneous integration of van der Waals materials from 2D materials to functional 3D crystalline nanomembranes for advanced photonic and optoelectronic applications.
Valleytronics explained
Explore the world of valleytronics, an emerging field that holds the potential to revolutionize electronics and quantum computing by exploiting a new degree of freedom in 2D materials.
Boosting AI with optimized phase change memory
Phase change memory is an emerging technology with great potential for advancing analog in-memory computing, particularly in deep neural networks and neuromorphic computing.
Single-enzyme breakthrough powers flexible biofuel cells
By adopting a single-enzyme approach, scientists have unlocked a new era in enzymatic biofuel cell technology, where one device serves a dual purpose: harvesting electricity and providing an analytical signal for glucose detection, all powered by a single enzyme, glucose oxidase, on both the anode and cathode.
Hydrogel-based flexible electronics
This review provides insights into current challenges and future directions for developing multifunctional hydrogel-based flexible electronics, which can enhance the performance and scope of applications in this emerging field.
Single molecule studies of quantum dot - dye energy transfer
Researchers report single molecule studies of energy transfer using a quantum dot donor with an organic dye acceptor. They demonstrate that suppression of the blinking of the QD donor minimizes the loss of energy, which is achieved by a simple surface treatment method.