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Researchers Study Organic Semiconductor Crystals to Develop Novel Thin Film Devices

Advances in organic semiconductor technology could one day lead to video screens that bend like paper and electronics sewn into clothing.

25 Mar 2013

Study Demonstrates Great Potential of Nanowire-Based Solar Cells

Scientists from the Nano-Science Center at the Niels Bohr Institut, Denmark and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, have shown that a single nanowire can concentrate the sunlight up to 15 times of the normal sun light intensity. The results are surprising and the potential for developing a new type of highly efficient solar cells is great.

25 Mar 2013

Carbon Nanotubes Store Information in the Form of Vibrations

Carbon nanotubes can be used as quantum bits for quantum computers. A study by physicists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen has shown how nanotubes can store information in the form of vibrations. Up to now, researchers have experimented primarily with electrically charged particles. Because nanomechanical devices are not charged, they are much less sensitive to electrical interference.

25 Mar 2013

Researchers Obtain Strong Signal of Photonic Spin Hall Effect Using Metamaterials

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have once again demonstrated the incredible capabilities of metamaterials – artificial nanoconstructs whose optical properties arise from their physical structure rather than their chemical composition.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 22 Mar 2013

Researchers Create Spin Torque-Generated Magnetic Nano-Droplet in a Modified Spintronic Oscillator

A Swedish research team has successfully created a magnetic soliton – a spin torque-generated nano-droplet that could lead to technological innovation in such areas as mobile telecommunications.

22 Mar 2013

Titanium Dioxide Nanofibers Fabricated into Filter Membranes Can Create Energy, Produce Clean Water

A new wonder material that can generate hydrogen, produce clean water and even create energy.

21 Mar 2013

Fluorescent Material-Impregnated Nanoparticles Help Track Stem Cells Infused into the Heart

The promise of repairing damaged hearts through regenerative medicine — infusing stem cells into the heart in the hope that these cells will replace worn out or damaged tissue — has yet to meet with clinical success. But a highly sensitive visualization technique developed by Stanford University School of Medicine scientists may help speed that promise’s realization.

21 Mar 2013

Ultra-Thin Films of Nickel and Iron Oxides Hold Promise as Catalysts in Solar Water-Splitting Devices

University of Oregon chemists say that ultra-thin films of nickel and iron oxides made through a solution synthesis process are promising catalysts to combine with semiconductors to make devices that capture sunlight and convert water into hydrogen and oxygen gases.

21 Mar 2013

ORC Researchers Create Photonic Metamaterials Using Nanotechnology

Researchers at the University of Southampton's Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) have created an artificial material, a metamaterial, with optical properties that can be controlled by electric signals.

20 Mar 2013

EPFL Scientists Combine Graphene and Molybdenite to Create Flash Memory Prototype

EPFL scientists have combined two materials with advantageous electronic properties -- graphene and molybdenite -- into a flash memory prototype that is very promising in terms of performance, size, flexibility and energy consumption.

20 Mar 2013

Nanomaterials News

Researchers Study Organic Semiconductor Crystals to Develop Novel Thin Film Devices

Study Demonstrates Great Potential of Nanowire-Based Solar Cells

Carbon Nanotubes Store Information in the Form of Vibrations

Researchers Obtain Strong Signal of Photonic Spin Hall Effect Using Metamaterials

Researchers Create Spin Torque-Generated Magnetic Nano-Droplet in a Modified Spintronic Oscillator

Titanium Dioxide Nanofibers Fabricated into Filter Membranes Can Create Energy, Produce Clean Water

Fluorescent Material-Impregnated Nanoparticles Help Track Stem Cells Infused into the Heart

Ultra-Thin Films of Nickel and Iron Oxides Hold Promise as Catalysts in Solar Water-Splitting Devices

ORC Researchers Create Photonic Metamaterials Using Nanotechnology

EPFL Scientists Combine Graphene and Molybdenite to Create Flash Memory Prototype

Almond Shell Waste Powers Sustainable Graphene-Based Sensors

DNA Nanoflower Targets Breast Cancer Cells in Drug Delivery Breakthrough

Plant-based Silver Nanoparticles Made From Magnolia Leaves For Medical and Environmental Applications

Novel Sonication Method Creates Realistic Nanoplastics for Pollution Research

Clean Laser Technique Creates Ultra-Pure Nanoparticles for Smarter Machines

Enhancing Slurry Stability in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Turbiscan Technology

PiFM and its Role in Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

Conversations on AFM: How AI is Automating Scanning Probe Microscopy

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