Researchers from the University of Michigan used an insulating barrier layer between two graphene sheets to develop the first graphene photodetectors with ultra-broadband and high…
Researchers have produced uniform antimony nanocrystals for the first time, taking a big step forward in the exploration of alternative energy storage. Researchers from Empa…
Researchers from Brown University have produced the first experimental evidence that a one-atom-thick “borophene” structure is possible. Providence, Rhode Island (Brown University) — Researchers from…
Nanoengineers from UC San Diego have developed nanosponges that soak up a dangerous pore-forming toxin produced by MRSA, and have shown that their nanosponge vaccine…
Researchers at Syracuse University have developed a new synthetic pathway to tailor the internal microstructure of nanomaterials. Chemists in The College of Arts and Sciences…
A new study details the technique used by scientists at Penn State to achieve tunable nanowire patterning using standing surface acoustic waves (SSAW). University Park,…
A new study, which examined the health effects of engineering nanomaterials in a mouse model, reveals that breathing ultrafine particles from nanomaterials found in household…
Developed by a team of researchers, energy-momentum spectroscopy allows scientists to better understand how light is emitted from layered nanomaterials and other thin films, possibly…
Researchers in California have developed a synthetic version of skin that’s flexible, electrically conductive, and self-healing. The scientists published their findings in the journal Nature…
Scientists have developed new methods that could result in the production of higher-performance computer chips made from tiny straws of carbon nanotubes. It’s been known…
Metallic nanoparticles are key ingredients in products such as sunscreen, cosmetics, diesel fuel, as well as odor-eating socks. This in turn causes them to end…
Using a technique called “patterned regrowth,” scientists at Cornell have invented a way to pattern single atom films of graphene and boron nitride without the…
Designed by a team of scientists from Harvard, MIT and Boston Children’s Hospital, electronic sensors made of silicon nanowires could be used to monitor electrical…
An international team of scientists created the world’s first hybrid crystalline/amorphous material that is hard enough to indent diamonds. Using a diamond anvil cell, the…
A newly published study details how scientists at the Eindhoven University of Technology developed “magnetic domain-wall ratchet” memory, computer memory that is built up from…
A newly published study from a team of engineers describes a strategy for building self-thermoregulating nanomaterials called SMARTS, which may be able to be tailored…
Using a “nanoscale sandwich” design with an ultra-thin active layer, scientists at NC State University have developed a technique to create slimmer thin-film solar cells…
A team of material science engineers from Harvard developed SLIPS (Slippery Liquid Infused Porous Surfaces), a technology that can prevent ice sheets from developing on…
