Home > Press > Tweezer grant pleases Rice researchers: University wins NSF grant to acquire optical tweezer to manipulate micron-scale matterMike Williams Rice University mikewilliams@rice.edu Office: 713-348-6728 Jeff Falk Rice University jfalk@rice.edu Office: 713-348-6775Abstract:Pick up a pea with one chopstick while blindfolded and youll get a sense of the challenge...
Research teams to advance fundamental science of atomic vapors
Sep 10, 2021 (Nanowerk News) DARPA has announced its selection of eight industry and university research teams to support the Science of Atomic Vapors for New Technologies (SAVaNT) program that kicked off this week: – ColdQuanta, Inc. - Boulder, Colorado – Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, Georgia – Quantum...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Stretching the capacity of flexible energy storage
Home > Press > Stretching the capacity of flexible energy storageAbstract:Some electronics can bend, twist and stretch in wearable displays, biomedical applications and soft robots. While these devices circuits have become increasingly pliable, the batteries and supercapacitors that power them are still rigid. Now, researchers in ACS Nano Letters report...
Researchers create nanoparticle paste to make perovskite solar cells more efficient
Sep 10, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from ITMO’s School of Physics and Engineering have created a paste of titanium dioxide and resonant silicon nanoparticles that will increase the generation of photocurrent in perovskite solar cells and maximize their efficiency. The results of the work were described in a paper published...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Tapping into magnets to clamp down on noise in quantum information
Home > Press > Tapping into magnets to clamp down on noise in quantum informationResearchers at Argonne have demonstrated an on-chip quantum circuit and realized strong coupling between a superconducting resonator and a magnetic device. This earlier research introduced a new platform for investigating quantum information processing. CREDIT (Image...
Scientists develop compact nanolaser with unique properties
Sep 10, 2021 (Nanowerk News) For several years now, a research team under the supervision of Yuri Kivshar, research supervisor at ITMO’s School of Physics and Engineering and professor at the Australian National University, has been conducting research in the field of nanolasers. Last year, the results of their research...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Actuator discovery outperforms existing technology: University of Houston researchers use organic semiconductor nanotubes to create new electrochemical actuator
Home > Press > Actuator discovery outperforms existing technology: University of Houston researchers use organic semiconductor nanotubes to create new electrochemical actuatorDepiction of the application of organic semiconductor nanotubes in artificial muscle. Artwork courtesy of Mohammad Reza Abidian. CREDIT Mohammad Reza AbidianAbstract:University of Houston researchers are reporting a breakthrough...
Small, mighty robots mimic the powerful punch of mantis shrimp
Sep 09, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Modeling the mechanics of the strongest punch in the animal kingdom, researchers built a robot that mimics the movement of the mantis shrimp. These pugnacious crustaceans could pave the way for small, but mighty robotic devices for the military. Researchers at Harvard University and Duke...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Rice physicists find ‘magnon’ origins in 2D magnet: Topological feature could prove useful for encoding information in electron spins
Home > Press > Rice physicists find 'magnon' origins in 2D magnet: Topological feature could prove useful for encoding information in electron spinsRice University graduate student Lebing Chen used a high-temperature furnace to make chromium triiodide crystals that yielded the 2D materials for experiments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Spallation...
Pivotal discovery of nanomaterial for LEDs
Sep 07, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are an unsung hero of the lighting industry. They run efficiently, give off little heat and last for a long time. Now scientists are looking at new materials to make more efficient and longer-lived LEDs with applications in consumer electronics, medicine and...