Home > Press > Excitons form superfluid in certain 2D combos: Rice University researchers find paradox in ground-state bilayersRice University theorists determined that certain combinations of weakly bound 2D materials let holes and electrons combine into excitons at the materials ground state. That combination can lead them to condense into...
Stunning new hubble images reveal stars gone haywire
Jun 18, 2020 (Nanowerk News) The NASA/Hubble Space Telescope demonstrates its full range of imaging capabilities with two new images of planetary nebulae. The images depict two nearby young planetary nebulae, NGC 6302, dubbed the Butterfly Nebula, and NGC 7027. Both are among the dustiest planetary nebulae known and both...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Researchers mimic nature for fast, colorful 3D printing
Home > Press > Researchers mimic nature for fast, colorful 3D printingInspired by nature, Illinois researchers developed synthetic structure-based color materials like those found in chameleon skin for polymer inks used in 3D printing. Image courtesy Diao Research GroupAbstract:Brilliantly colored chameleons, butterflies, opals and now some...
Scientists grow optical chips in a petri dish
Jun 16, 2020 (Nanowerk News) The modern photonics industry is constantly working on making its devices more compact, be it computing systems or sensors and lidars. For this, it is necessary to make lasers, transistors and other elements smaller. A team of scientists led by ITMO researchers proposed a quick...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: New tool helps nanorods stand out: Rice teams SEMseg method makes nanoparticle analysis quicker and more affordable
Home > Press > New tool helps nanorods stand out: Rice teams SEMseg method makes nanoparticle analysis quicker and more affordableRice University scientists have created an open-source algorithm, SEMseg, that simplifies nanoparticle analysis using scanning electron microscope images. (Credit: Landes Research Group/Rice University)Abstract:Rice University scientists have developed an easy and...
Puzzle about passivation of low-friction, hard carbon coatings solved
Jun 10, 2020 (Nanowerk News) Diamond and diamond-like carbon (DLC) are used as extremely durable surface coatings in frictional contacts: from aerospace components to razors. They reduce friction and wear in bearings and valves by means of so-called passivation layers, which prevent other materials from bonding to the coating. Until...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: NUS researchers develop stretchable, self-healing and illuminating material for invincible light-emitting devices: Promising applications include damage-proof flexible display screens and illuminating electronic skin for autonomous soft robots
Home > Press > NUS researchers develop stretchable, self-healing and illuminating material for invincible light-emitting devices: Promising applications include damage-proof flexible display screens and illuminating electronic skin for autonomous soft robotsThe NUS research team behind the novel electronic material is led by Assistant Professor Benjamin Tee (centre). With him are...
Discovery of long sought tiny explosions on the Sun
Jun 02, 2020 (Nanowerk News) The Sun is the brightest object in the sky and has been studied for hundreds of years, but it continues to hide some secrets. We all know that the visible Sun is extremely hot, at temperature of about 5500 degrees. Surprisingly, on top of this...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Smart sponge could clean up oil spills: Highly porous sponge selectively soaks up oil, sparing water and wildlife
Home > Press > Smart sponge could clean up oil spills: Highly porous sponge selectively soaks up oil, sparing water and wildlifeAbstract:Sponge can absorb more than 30 times its weight in oil and be reused up to several dozen timesSecret lies in its oleophilic, hydrophobic, magnetic (OHM) nanocomposite coatingProcess can...
Developing a digital holography-based multimodal imaging system to visualize living cells
Jun 01, 2020 (Nanowerk News) A research group led by Kobe Universitys Professor MATOBA Osamu (Organization for Advanced and Integrated Research) has successfully created 3D fluorescence and phase imaging of living cells based on digital holography (*1). They used plant cells with fluorescent protein markers in their nuclei to demonstrate...