Congratulation to Xiaosheng Zhang, who just published his paper on silk TENG in Nano Energy.
A team of scientists from MIT and Purdue University has developed a novel technology that combines the warm look of conventional incandescent light bulbs with improved energy efficiency. This latest breakthrough could potentially revive the century-old incandescent bulbs.
A team of researchers from Stanford University have constructed a one-of-a-kind lithium-ion battery capable of turning off and on according to the temperature.
Scientists at the Advanced Institute of Materials Research (AIMR) of Tohoku University have effectively used zigzag-edge features to interconnect graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) by means of molecular assembly, and also showed how chemical interconnection links the GNRs’ electronic properties.
University of Wyoming scientists headed by TeYu Chien, a UW assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, have found that applying voltage can alter the mechanical properties of nanomaterials.
A two-stage power management and storage system could dramatically improve the efficiency of triboelectric generators that harvest energy from irregular human motion such as walking, running or finger tapping.
A novel technique that uses DNA to encode information on the surface of gold nanoparticles has been developed. This new method can be used to control the 3D structure of nanoparticle assemblies in nanodevice fabrication or to produce nanoparticles that will bind to and kill tumor cells.
By Jake Wilkinson
8 Jan 2016
A team of researchers from the University of Illinois have created a novel material composite obtained from quantum dots.
By Beth Ellison
6 Jan 2016
A new fabrication technique for creating atomically controlled carbon nanostructures employed in molecular carbon-based electronics has been developed.
By Beth Ellison
6 Jan 2016
Researchers at the University of Manchester have demonstrated that graphene could be used for filtering different isotopes of hydrogen, which could enable cleaning of nuclear waste and easier production of heavy water.
By Jake Wilkinson
5 Jan 2016
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and nine other European partners are collaborating in the design, scale-up and build of a high energy ball-mill (HEBM) pilot plant for the production and validation of innovative nanostructured powders. These advanced powders will be able to be used in a number of high value manufacturing applications such as cutting tools, medical implants and a range of aerospace and automotive components.
In the nanoworld, tiny particles of gold can operate like snow blowers, churning through surface layers of an important class of semiconductors to dig unerringly straight paths. The surprising trenching capability, reported by scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and IBM,* is an important addition to the toolkit of nature-supplied 'self-assembly' methods that researchers aim to harness for making useful devices.
Researchers at the University of Valencia have developed a technique to determine the individual polarities of hundreds of semiconducting nanowires in a single, time-saving process. Led by Ana Cros, director of the University’s Materials Science Institute (ICMUV), the study constitutes a major step forward in both our understanding and application of these structures, since their polarity defines the properties of devices made from them.
PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., a leader and solution provider in motion control and positioning components and systems, introduces a miniature hexapod, designed for dynamic error correction in all three linear and rotation axes.
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique for using chains of magnetic nanoparticles to manipulate elastic polymers in three dimensions, which could be used to remotely control new “soft robots.”