Home > Press > Femtosecond laser technique births "dancing microrobots": USTC's breakthrough in multi-material microfabricationAbstract:A research team led by Prof. WU Dong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed a femtosecond laser 2-in-1 writing multi-material processing strategy to fabricate...
Artificial intelligence designs advanced materials
Aug 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) In a world where annual economic losses from corrosion surpass 2.5 trillion US Dollars, the quest for corrosion-resistant alloys and protective coatings is unbroken. Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly pivotal role in designing new alloys. Yet, the predictive power of AI models in...
Arrays of quantum rods could enhance TVs or virtual reality devices
Aug 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Flat screen TVs that incorporate quantum dots are now commercially available, but it has been more difficult to create arrays of their elongated cousins, quantum rods, for commercial devices. Quantum rods can control both the polarization and color of light, to generate 3D images for...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: USTC achieved dynamic imaging of interfacial electrochemistry
Home > Press > USTC achieved dynamic imaging of interfacial electrochemistryAbstract:The research team led by Prof. LIU Xianwei from the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) has made progress in the dynamic imaging of...
Embarking on quest for new quantum materials
Aug 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Current approaches for quantum computing, sensing, communications, and signal-processing rely on superconducting electronic devices that can manipulate or process information at quantum levels of precision. Due to the fragile nature of quantum mechanical processes, these devices need to be cooled to a fraction of a...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Ribbons of graphene push the materials potential: A new technique developed at Columbia offers a systematic evaluation of twist angle and strain in layered 2D materials
Home > Press > Ribbons of graphene push the materials potential: A new technique developed at Columbia offers a systematic evaluation of twist angle and strain in layered 2D materials A curved graphene ribbon, illustrated in grey, shown laid flat against another graphene sheet. There is a continuous change in...
From light to motion: Shaping surfaces with light
Aug 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the Multifunctional Materials Design group at Aalto University explored the use of photoactive materials to control surface topographies, specifically in generating photo-responsive wrinkle patterns. They published their findings in ChemPhysChem ("In-situ Monitoring of Photocontrollable Wrinkle Erasure in Azobenzene-based Supramolecular Systems"). Schematic of azopolymer/PDMS...
Researchers engineer bacteria that can detect tumor DNA
Aug 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Pushing into a new chapter of technologically advanced biological sensors, scientists from the University of California San Diego and their colleagues in Australia have engineered bacteria that can detect the presence of tumor DNA in a live organism. Their innovation, which detected cancer in the...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Tattoo technique transfers gold nanopatterns onto live cells
Home > Press > Tattoo technique transfers gold nanopatterns onto live cells An array of gold nanodots was tattooed onto a living fibroblast cell. CREDIT Adapted from Nano Letters, 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01960 Abstract:For now, cyborgs exist only in fiction, but the concept is becoming more plausible as science progresses....
Capturing carbon where it is produced
Aug 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) EPFL engineers in Sion, Switzerland have demonstrated the potential for achieving net-zero and net-negative emissions in essential industrial sectors through the integration of carbon capture and mineralization directly into the industrial processes themselves. Focusing on cement production, steel manufacture, and waste incineration, the study, published...