Traditional scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) scan a selected area over the surface of a sample by utilizing a focused beam of high-energy electrons to generate signals onto the surface of the specimen of interest.
Indian researchers reveal how rGO film thickness affects crack dynamics and conductivity under strain, enhancing flexible electronics.
Researchers from the EPFL have collaborated to develop a method capable of comparing material pore structures, making it possible to search databases of nanoporous materials to find candidates with a desired pore structure.
By Emily Nordvang
1 Jun 2017
A collaboration of researchers from France and Poland have prepared a new hierarchically nanostructured LTO-type material with exceptional electrochemical performance and the potential to provide ultrafast charging lithium-ion batteries.
By Emily Nordvang
31 May 2017
A team of international researchers have engineered the surrounding dielectric environment to tune the electronic bandgap and exciton binding energy in WS2 and WSe2 monolayers by hundreds of meV.
By Liam Critchley
25 May 2017
Researchers from the University of California (UC) San Diego have synthesized melanin-like polydopamine nanoparticles (MelNPs), and studied the way in which these MelNPs protect human keratinocytes from UV damage.
By Benedette Cuffari
24 May 2017
Researchers have recently published a way in which silver nanoparticles are capable of significantly reducing the energy consumption in modern light-based computer systems.
By Benedette Cuffari
24 May 2017
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have sandwiched graphene between two superconductors and analyzed its electronic properties.
By Benedette Cuffari
19 May 2017
Researchers from Michigan State have created a paper thin ferroelectric nanogenerator for next generation audio devices with potential future applications such as an audible newspaper, noise-cancelling sheeting, foldable loudspeakers, voice-activated security patches to name but a few.
By Benedette Cuffari
18 May 2017
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By Liam Critchley
16 May 2017