Home > News > Nano-diamond self-charging batteries could disrupt energy as we know it August 25th, 2020 Nano-diamond self-charging batteries could disrupt energy as we know it Abstract:California company NDB says its nano-diamond batteries will absolutely upend the energy equation, acting like tiny nuclear generators. They will blow any energy...
Contact lenses for diagnostic and therapeutic use
Nov 23, 2020 (Nanowerk News) Human bodily fluids and secretions contain molecules known as biomarkers that contain a wealth of information about the body's health and the presence of disease. Among secretions such as tears, sweat and saliva, tears are considered the best source of biomarkers, with concentrations similar to...
Nanotechnology Now – News Story: Innovations in dentistry: Navigational surgery, robotics, and nanotechnology
Home > News > Innovations in dentistry: Navigational surgery, robotics, and nanotechnology October 2nd, 2020 Innovations in dentistry: Navigational surgery, robotics, and nanotechnology Abstract:When it comes to cutting-edge tech in dentistry, its all about nanotechnology. Shannon Sommers and Alicia Webb explain the basics and what these exciting new developments could...
Curved origami provides new range of stiffness-to-flexibility in robots
Nov 19, 2020 (Nanowerk News) New research that employs curved origami structures has dramatic implications in the development of robotics going forward, providing tunable flexibility the ability to adjust stiffness based on function that historically has been difficult to achieve using simple design. The incorporation of curved origami...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: New type of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in hydrogen-bonded ferroelectrics
Home > Press > New type of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in hydrogen-bonded ferroelectricsThe change of polarization upon a strain in (a) perovskite ferroelectrics and (b) HP ferroelectrics, where the black/green curve represent the dependence of polarization on temperature before/after a tensile strain is applied. Red, white and grey spheres denote O,...
Staying ahead of the curve with 3D curved graphene
Nov 20, 2020 (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers has amplified 3D graphene's electrical properties by controlling its curvature (Advanced Materials, "Dirac Fermion Kinetics in 3D Curved Graphene"). An Electrical transport of 3D graphene with various curvature radii. (Image: Tohoku University) Graphene is a 2D atomic-layer material, shaped like honeycombs,...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Staying ahead of the curve with 3D curved graphene
Home > Press > Staying ahead of the curve with 3D curved grapheneAn Electrical transport of 3D graphene with various curvature radii CREDIT Tohoku University Abstract:A team of researchers has amplified 3D graphene's electrical properties by controlling its curvature. Staying ahead of the curve with 3D curved graphene...
Development of ultra-thin semiconductor electrodes
Nov 20, 2020 (Nanowerk News) Since the Moores law, which states that the density of semiconductor integrated circuits one can most economically manufacture doubles approximately every 2 years, is broken, research is actively being conducted to investigate new and promising semiconductor materials. More Moore refers to an attempt to develop...
Synthesizing a vertical 2D layered fused aromatic ladder structure
Nov 20, 2020 (Nanowerk News) A research team, led by Professor Jong-Beom Baek in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST has designed and synthesized a vertical two-dimensional (2D) layered structure to develop materials that exhibit excellent performance in terms of gas storage and for the removal of...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Improving quantum dot interactions, one layer at a time: Scientists have found a way to control an interaction between quantum dots that could lead to more efficient solar cells
Home > Press > Improving quantum dot interactions, one layer at a time: Scientists have found a way to control an interaction between quantum dots that could lead to more efficient solar cellsLow quantum dot concentrations during superlattice fabrication suppresses quantum resonance between dots in the same layer, while high...