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Researchers Grow First-Ever Single-Crystal Bilayer/Trilayer Graphene Sheets

At the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM) of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), South Korea, scientists have fabricated and used single-crystal copper-nickel alloy foil substrates to grow large-area, single-crystal bi- and trilayer graphene films.

21 Jan 2020

Method to Improve Durability of Encased Perovskite Nanocrystals

Perovskite nanocrystals show potential for enhancing a broad range of optoelectronic devices, from light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to lasers. However, these materials are not extensively used at the commercial level because of their durability problems.

2 Dec 2019

Research Experiments to Grow Carbon Nanotubes on Newspapers

A study conducted by scientists at Rice University in collaboration with scientists at the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University has shown that single-walled carbon nanotubes can be grown extensively on old newspapers, which is a cheap, environmentally-friendly material.

25 Nov 2019

New, Faster Nanoscale 3D Printing Technique for Fabricating Smaller Structures

Researchers have developed a nanoscale 3D printing technique by using a new time-based method for controlling the light from an ultrafast laser.

4 Oct 2019

Haydale Awarded Funding to Develop Non-Metallic Gas Tanks for Spacecraft Propulsion Systems

Haydale has been awarded a technology de-risking project by the European Space Agency (ESA), to develop non-metallic gas tanks for spacecraft propulsion systems.

From Haydale Limited 17 Sep 2019

New Nanomachine can Rotate at Will and Transfer its Motion to Other Molecules

The year 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, and it could be said that the 20th century’s greatest science was all about big machines with the ability to voyage across the universe.

27 Aug 2019

Multi-Component Molecular Propeller Designed to Operate on Solid Surfaces

A group of researchers from Ohio University, Argonne National Laboratory, Universitié de Toulouse in France, and Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan, guided by Ohio Professor of Physics Saw-Wai Hla and Prof. Gwenael Rapenne from Toulouse, created a molecular propeller that induces unidirectional rotations on a material surface upon being energized.

21 Aug 2019