Mar 11, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Nanoparticles, inserted in the form of quantum dots in nanostructures, can make these nanostructures develop specific functions, notably in efficient miniature lasers and light-emitting diodes, photovoltaics, electric capacitors, gas sensors, energy conversion and batteries. Until today, scientists would place the nanoparticles inside randomly but would...
The next generation of robots to be shape-shifters (w/video)
Mar 11, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Physicists have discovered a new way to coat soft robots in materials that allow them to move and function in a more purposeful way. The research, led by the University of Bath, is described in Science Advances ("Active elastocapillarity in soft solids with negative surface...