Nanostructures
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Scientists working at the University of Bayreuth claim to have created a super-efficient, quantum coherent, nanofiber light-energy transport conduit that exhibits almost zero loss, and shows promise as the missing efficiency link in the sunlight to energy conversion process.
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researchers at Northwestern University have deduced the optimal texture roughness required make surfaces hydrophobic and keep them dry underwater for months at a time, which could prove invaluable for everything from pipes to boats and submarines.
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Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have come up with a way of creating 3D objects out of flat sheets of graphene, opening up the possibility of creating a whole new range of innovative electronic devices.
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John Hopkins University scientists have created soft robotic microgrippers that can safely dissolve within a living body once they've performed surgical procedures, delivered drugs or performed other tasks.
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With the help of very high-power laser beams, researchers at the University of Rochester have created micro and nanostructures that turn metals black and make their surfaces very easy to keep clean and dry.
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ScienceThe very same building blocks that make us have been successfully programmed to form 32 differently-shaped crystal structures with precisely-defined depth and a variety of sophisticated 3D nanoscale attributes, thereby laying further foundations for the use of DNA to revolutionize nanotechnology.
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Researchers at Princeton University claim to have come up with a way to use nanotechnology to increase the output of organic LEDs by 57 percent. The clarity in LED displays has also been increased by 400 percent. And all in a cheap, printable form.
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ScienceResearchers at the California Institute of Technology are developing a disruptive manufacturing process that combines nanoscale effects and ad-hoc architectural design to build new supermaterials from the ground up.
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ScienceResearchers have extracted graphene flakes using a kitchen blender and liquid soap. With their low-tech experiment, the team at Trinity College Dublin may have helped to usher in the industrial production of the super-lightweight, super-strong, super-conductive material.
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ScienceA team of Taiwanese researchers is to demonstrate a method of treating sewage using old CDs. The disks are used as a platform to grow nanorods of photocatalyst zinc oxide. By spinning the disks, sewage water spreads into a thin layer through which light can pass, exciting the nanorods into action.
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ScienceResearchers from Minnesota and Seoul have developed a novel nanolithographic technique based on atomic layer deposition and ... Scotch Magic tape. Materials made using this new method show hugely nonlinear optical properties and promise to enhance our ability to fabricate nanostructures.
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A new study conducted at the University of Pennsylvania has shown that plasmonic nanostructures could prove especially effective at improving the performance of solar cells and optical communication devices.
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