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Atomically Thin Nanowires Efficiently Convert Waste Heat Into Electrocity

According to a new study, waste heat can be changed to electricity more efficiently using one-dimensional atomically thin nanowires.

4 Jun 2018

AI-Based Technique Could Accelerate Creation of Specialized Nanoparticles

MIT physicists have developed a new method that could someday provide a way to customize multilayered nanoparticles with preferred properties, potentially for use in cloaking systems, displays, or biomedical devices. It may also help physicists handle a range of thorny research issues, in ways that could in certain cases be orders of magnitude faster than present approaches.

4 Jun 2018

New Blueprint Design Could Help Fabricate Nanoheterostructures from 2D Materials

Northwestern University researchers have developed a unique blueprint design to construct new heterostructures using different types of 2D materials.

31 May 2018

Looking to Organic Molecular Nanowires for Miniaturization of Electronic Devices

The conventional techniques and materials used for fabricating advanced integrated circuits are heading toward, or have likely already reached, their utmost physical restrictions with respect to the size of the final product.

24 May 2018

Nanomaterials Can Preserve Precious Works of Art

For years, art lovers have been enchanted with paintings by Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, and Johannes Vermeer. However, it was found that the canvases they were painted on can deteriorate eventually, possibly making these paintings their own worst enemy.

24 May 2018

Researchers Synthesize and Examine Nanoparticles of Abundant Material

Researchers from the Rice University have created and isolated plasmonic magnesium nanoparticles that display all the promise of their silver, gold, and aluminum counterparts with none of the downsides.

23 May 2018

PF-SNOM Characterization Technique Reveals 3D Shape of Polariton Interaction Around Nanostructures

Graphene is one layer of carbon atoms organized in a hexagonal pattern, & due to its strength, transparency, conductivity, & flexibility, it could lead to more efficient solar cells, faster & smaller microchips, high-density batteries & capacitors, & transparent displays.

23 May 2018

Analyzing Properties and Applicability of Metal Organic Frameworks

Similar to a Robocop, metal-organic framework, or MOF, is a material that is half metal, half organic structure. Researchers have developed MOF and applied it to a number of products, such as batteries and sorbents, for electronic devices.

21 May 2018

New Method Manipulates Electrical Conductivity of Graphene with Pressure

An international team of researchers led by Columbia University has developed a method to exploit the electrical conductivity of graphene with compression, taking the material a step closer to being a workable semiconductor for application in present-day electronic devices.

21 May 2018

Improving Battery Performance with 3D Carbon-Based Nanostructures

Researchers have discovered that adding salt to a supermolecular sponge & baked at a high temperature, the sponge is transformed into a carbon-based structure. The salt reacted with the supermolecular sponge in unique ways & transformed it from a homogeneous mass to a complex structure.

21 May 2018