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HERMES for Direct Measurement of Temperature at Nanoscale

A group of researchers discovered a method to find out the local temperature of a material from an area with a width of just one-billionth of 1m.

14 Mar 2018

'White Graphene' Architecture Holds Promise for Unparalleled Hydrogen Storage Capacity

Engineers from Rice University have discovered the ideal architecture for storing hydrogen in "white graphene" nano materials.

14 Mar 2018

Even New AFM Tips are Not as Clean as You Think!

Atomic probe microscopy (AFM) tips are supposed to be chemically inert and should not interfere with measurements.

By Lakshmi Supriya 14 Mar 2018

Applying Graphene to Nuclear Waste Management

Recently, growth in the nuclear industry has been fuelled by the necessity of nations worldwide to overcome dependency on fossil fuels.

By Hareth Al Maskary 14 Mar 2018

Evolutionary Selection of Single-Crystal Growth - Method for Advancing Scalable 2D Materials

Making large, monolayer single-crystal-like graphene films measuring over a foot, is dependent on “survival of the fittest” competition among crystals.

13 Mar 2018

Researchers Monitor Growth of Minute Gallium Arsenide Nanowires

Researchers have been successful in observing the growth of very tiny gallium arsenide wire, providing strategies to produce tailor-made nanowires.

12 Mar 2018

Use of Diamond-Based Polarizers Completely Transforms MRI Technology

The nanodiamond enables the tumor tissue to be quickly detected and isolated in a better way from the surrounding healthy tissue.

12 Mar 2018

Effective Slow-Release Fertilizers Using Graphene

Researchers are developing fertilizers with lower environmental impacts and minimized costs for farmers, using graphene as a fertilizer carrier.

12 Mar 2018

Tuning Graphene to Behave as an Insulator & Superconductor

Graphene is the thinnest material in the world, more robust than steel, flexible and lightweight, and more electrically conductive than copper.

7 Mar 2018

Scientists Examine Silicon Nanoparticles for Application in Ultrafast Optical Signal Modulators

The first ever three-dimensional (3D) dynamic model of an interaction between light and silicon nanoparticles has been developed by a team of researchers.

7 Mar 2018

Researchers Print Cell-Based Biosensors Using Graphene Ink

Cell-based biosensors are able to reproduce the effect of different substances (for example, drugs) on the human body in the lab, but it is very costly.

7 Mar 2018

Edible Electronics Looks Achievable with Innovative Graphene Laser Technology

Very soon, electronics—the driving force of the contemporary world—could be part of one’s everyday diet. In a research published in ACS Nano, researchers have described a technique for writing graphene patterns onto practically any surface, such as even food.

1 Mar 2018