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
SEC-MALS-IV technique effectively characterizes PLGA, revealing molar mass and molecular structure nuances.
LMWH SEC/MALS offers a calibration-standard-free alternative to SEC/UV-RI for molecular weight determination, with comparable results.
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
Electrochemical microscopy is the interplay between chemical and electrical energy, where electrons drive chemical changes or chemical reactions to move electric charges.
Graphene is a 2D form of carbon arranged in one-atom thick layers. Carbon atoms in graphene are tightly packed in a regular hexagonal pattern. Mathematically, it can be treated as an substantially large aromatic molecule and thus can produce some novel electronic effects due to this electronic and unique physical structure.
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) can be considered as graphene which forms a tube instead of a sheet. CNT is considered to be a one-dimensional material composed of a different set of properties than two -dimensional carbon.