Alemnis AG has released the MLC-0.025, a new low-force load cell designed to extend high-precision mechanical testing into lower-force applications.
Researchers reviewed 88 studies to assess how nanotechnology could improve firefighters' thermal protective clothing by enhancing flame resistance, thermal management, breathability, and particle filtration, and by adding functions such as sensing. The review finds strong potential for multifunctional nano-engineered textiles but highlights major barriers including scalability, durability, cost, standardized testing, and nanomaterial safety.
Researchers developed a scalable silicon microneedle electrode using mechanical dicing, KOH etching, and nanostructured platinum to improve dry EEG recording without conductive gels. The nanoPt coating increased electrochemically active surface area by about 15-fold, reduced electrode-skin impedance, and improved proof-of-concept EEG signal quality compared with non-nanostructured platinum-coated microneedles, although conventional wet electrodes still performed better.
Researchers developed a coaxial core-shell nanofiber separator that combines high thermal stability with substantial stretch tolerance for lithium-ion batteries. The membrane showed far less heat-induced shrinkage than commercial polyethylene and maintained stronger battery performance at elevated temperatures, although repeated stretching degraded its pore network.
Researchers developed atomically thin amorphous carbon films that combine an ultralow dielectric constant with high dielectric strength, mechanical hardness, and resistance to copper-ion diffusion. The films retain their dielectric properties down to 0.8 nm and can be grown conformally below 300 °C, highlighting their potential for highly scaled semiconductor technologies.
Researchers developed an edge-supported nano-thick epidermal electronics platform that combines an approximately 500 nm sensing region with a reinforced 5 µm scaffold for easier handling, release, and reuse. The design enabled water-assisted release and highly conformal skin sensing, with low-impedance sEMG electrodes, a 0.48 ms temperature sensor, and a pressure sensor reaching 62.9 kPa?¹ sensitivity in its most sensitive range.
Researchers used sub-10-nm silver nanoparticles to bridge copper microparticles and silver nanoflakes, creating a micro-nano hybrid thermal interface material with a thermal conductivity of 330.0 W/(m·K).
In a model LED package, the nano-enabled hybrid reduced effective die-attach thermal resistance by 44% compared with a commercial silver paste while using less silver.
A review proposes an integrated framework linking feedstock engineering, scalable processing, structural control, quality assurance, sustainability, and regulation to improve industrial nanocomposite production. It finds that AI, digital twins, real-time monitoring, and closed-loop control could improve production consistency, although data, validation, infrastructure, and standardization barriers still limit adoption.
Researchers synchronized up to 105,000 spin Hall nano-oscillators, with phase ordering occurring in 10 to 45 ns across increasingly large two-dimensional lattices. The devices showed microwave power scaling with oscillator number and exceptionally narrow linewidths, supporting their potential use in future unconventional computing hardware.
Scientists have unveiled a new fabrication technique for the ultra-clean manufacturing of 2D heterostructures—materials just a few atoms thick—which could be used in quantum technology and electronics.
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