Aug 09, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The next generation of 2D semiconductor materials doesn’t like what it sees when it looks in the mirror. Current synthesizing approaches to make single-layer nanosheets of semiconducting material for atomically thin electronics develop a peculiar “mirror twin” defect when the material is deposited on single-crystal...
Technology advance could expand the reach of 3D nanoprinting
Aug 09, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers have developed an easy-to-build, low-cost 3D nanoprinting system that can create arbitrary 3D structures with extremely fine features. The new 3D nanoprinting technique is precise enough to print metamaterials as well as a variety of optical devices and components such as microlenses, micro-optical devices...
Revolutionary self-sensing electric artificial muscles
Aug 08, 2023 (Nanowerk News) In a study published recently in Advanced Intelligent Systems("An Electric Self-Sensing and Variable-Stiffness Artificial Muscle"), researchers from Queen Mary University of London have made significant advancements in the field of bionics with the development of a new type of electric variable-stiffness artificial muscle that possesses...
New nanopore tool provides greater accuracy for medical biosensors
Aug 08, 2023 (Nanowerk News) For more than 20 years, Li-Qun “Andrew” Gu at the University of Missouri has developed a passion for solving life science problems by creating sophisticated diagnostic tools — in nanoscale. Recently, Gu, a professor in the Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Department and investigator in the...