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Successful Images of Quantum Dots Using Optical Nanoscope

A new optical microscopy-based method can be used for creating images of nanoscale atoms - it is possible to image quantum dots in a semiconductor chip.

24 Jan 2018

Flexoelectricity Could be Mechanism for Stimulating Cell Response in Bone-Repair Process

Researchers have discovered that bone is flexoelectric, which therefore has a possible role in the regeneration of bone tissue in and around microfractures.

22 Jan 2018

Crumpled Graphene Balls Improve Batteries by Preventing Lithium Dendrite Growth

Lithium metal-based batteries have the potential to revolutionize the battery sector. With the theoretically ultra-high capacity of lithium metal used by itself, this new type of battery can be employed to power everything from personal gadgets to cars.

19 Jan 2018

Nanotubes Could Help Water Purification & Tissue Engineering

Materials scientists designed a small tube that rolls up and zips closed and have the potential to help with tissue engineering, water purification and several other applications.

19 Jan 2018

Graphenea launches 6" graphene wafer on all substrates

Graphenea has launched a new 6" graphene wafer on all the company’s standard substrates. This wafer is of an industrial size for small scale devices, meaning that the new product can be integrated in commercial fabricati...

From Graphenea 19 Jan 2018

Electron Spin Interactions of Spintronic Material Uncovered

Scientists took an unusual approach to identify the strength of electron spin interactions with optical phonons in nickel oxide (NiO) crystals.

By Brett Smith 19 Jan 2018

Engineers Develop Thinnest Memory Storage Device for Faster and Smarter Computing

Engineers have produced the thinnest memory storage device comprising of dense memory capacity, making room for smaller, faster and smarter computer chips.

18 Jan 2018

Researchers Develop New Way to Create Molecular Wires by Adding or Removing Copper Atoms One by One

Electronic devices are getting smaller and smaller. Early computers filled entire rooms. Today you can hold one in the palm of your hand. Now the field of molecular electronics is taking miniaturization to the next level. Researchers are creating electronic components so tiny they can’t be seen with the naked eye.

17 Jan 2018

Graphene ‘Petri-Dish’ Allows Measurement of Single Atoms

A team of researchers have demonstrated new possibilities for observing nanomaterials in liquids by building a graphene ‘petri-dish’.

16 Jan 2018

Ultrastrong Polyethylene Nanofibers

Researchers have recently introduced a fabrication method known as gel electrospinning to create superior nanofibers.

By Benedette Cuffari 16 Jan 2018

JPK reports on the retrovirus research of Professor Itay Rousso and his colleagues at Ben-Gurion University in Israel using the NanoWizard® ULTRA Speed AFM.

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the ground-breaking research into the understanding of the reproduction of retroviru...

From Bruker BioAFM 16 Jan 2018