Feb 04, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In a landmark discovery, FLEET University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers have realised the non-contact manipulation of liquid metal. The metals can be controlled to move in any direction, and manipulated into unique, levitated shapes such as loops and squares by using a small voltage and...
Focus on organic transistors for health sensors within living organisms
Feb 04, 2022 (Nanowerk News) The currently available bioelectronic devices, such as pacemakers, that can be embedded with the human body are mostly based on rigid components However, the next-generation devices – which are researched and developed by bioelectronic engineers, organic chemists, and materials scientists – will use soft organic...
Scientists discover a surprising structural change in metal oxide at low temperature
Feb 04, 2022 (Nanowerk News) When water boils, it converts into another phase, steam. Such transitions are commonplace in nature and frequently studied in scientific laboratories. One of particular interest to scientists is the transition from a metal to an insulator (MIT), which can occur in some materials at various...
Making metal-halide perovskites useful in planar devices through a new hybrid structure
Feb 04, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Two of the main drawbacks of using tin (Sn)-based metal halide perovskites (MHPs) in thin-film transistors have been simultaneously solved by an innovative hybrid 2D/3D structure proposed by scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech). Their findings will help unlock the potential of environmentally...
In some metals, there is strength in order
Feb 04, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Metal alloys are materials that contain two or more atomic metal elements. They often have one primary element and smaller amounts of other elements. Scientists recently discovered a new class of alloys that have several elements combined in equal amounts. Researchers call these materials “medium...