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Researchers Develop Innovative Technique for Synthesizing MoS2

Oxford Instruments has succeeded in commercializing wafer-scale fabrication technology for 2D material MoS2 by employing the world’s first non-destructive quality control method from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL).

12 Jul 2017

Researchers Create Nature-Inspired Liquid-Solid Composites

Materials Scientists at Rice University are drawing ideas from nature by studying, for instance, the discs in human spines and the skin in ocean-diving fish, to get clues about designing materials with apparently contradictory properties — stiffness and flexibility.

11 Jul 2017

Exceptionally Compressible and Stretchable Polyelectrolyte for Supercapacitors

Wearable and flexible electronics mandate equivalently wearable and flexible power sources.

4 Jul 2017

Local Students Learn About Nanoscale Science and Engineering During Stanford Tours

Ten people dress up in bunny suits, many of them for the first time in their lives. Under the hoods, hair nets keep their hair in place. Goggles are provided to cover their eyes, and their gloves are secured into their sleeves. Any facial hair is also netted.

3 Jul 2017

CCMR Symposium Explores Use of Origami to Create Nanoscale Machines

On hearing the term origami, folded paper cranes are what normally come to our mind. However, recently, researchers from the Cornell University have observed the prospects for nanoscale machinery in origami.

27 Jun 2017

Use of 3D Laser Printing Technique to Synthesize 3D-Printed Rebar Graphene

Centimeter-sized objects made of atomically thin graphene have been developed by nanotechnologists from Rice University and Tianjin University, China. They achieved this by using 3D laser printing technique.

22 Jun 2017

New Nanoscale Memory Cell for Minimizing the Size of Superconducting Computers

From the 1950s, considerable research and development initiatives have aimed to design a superconducting computer with the ability to perform high-speed computations without heat dissipation.

14 Jun 2017

High-Resolution Nanopatterns Fabricated in Hard Substrates

Yuliya Lisunova and co-authors have presented their publication entitled "High-aspect ratio nanopatterning via combined thermal scanning probe lithography and dry etching" in Microelectronic Engineering.

5 May 2017

Synthesizing Hexagonal Silver Nanoplates Using Tumor Suppressor Protein p53

An innovative technique that combines tumor suppressor protein p53 and biomineralization peptide BMPep was successful in synthesizing hexagonal silver nanoplates, indicating an effective approach for regulating the nanostructure of inorganic materials.

4 May 2017

New Stress-Induced Fabrication Process to Form Nanocomponents from Nanoparticles

Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories have used pressure instead of chemicals to fabricate nanoparticles into nanowire-array structures just like those that underlie the surfaces of touch-screens for TVs, phones, computers and sensors.

19 Apr 2017