Sep 19, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Monash University Engineering researchers have successfully used “bioinks” containing living nerve cells (neurons) to print 3D nerve networks that can grow in the laboratory and transmit and respond to nerve signals. The research has been published in Advanced Healthcare Materials ("3D Functional Neuronal Networks in...
Researchers discuss the blueprint for ultrafast spintronics
Sep 19, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Assistant Professor Wencan Jin and his team at Auburn University's Department of Physics are pushing the boundaries of technology with their latest publication on spin dynamics in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals magnetic systems. Set to appear in Physics Reports ("Spin dynamics in van der...
Fabricating plasmonic molecules by precisely arranging nanoparticles
Sep 19, 2023 (Nanowerk News) In the incredibly small world of molecules, the elementary building blocks – the atoms – join together in a very regular pattern. In contrast, in the macroscopic world with its larger particles, there is much greater disorder when particles connect. A research team at the...
Time turns Roman archaeological glass artifacts into photonic crystals
Sep 19, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Some 2,000 years ago in ancient Rome, glass vessels carrying wine or water, or perhaps an exotic perfumes, tumble from a table in a marketplace, and shatter to pieces on the street. As centuries passed, the fragments were covered by layers of dust and soil...
Urban sewage can be used to generate household electricity
Sep 19, 2023 (Nanowerk News) “Entire regions and their industries must start adopting circularity by exchanging their materials and energy”. So says researcher Richard Heyn at SINTEF. An ‘industrial symbiosis’ is established when different industries operating within a given society exchange energy, materials or waste with the aim of achieving...
Electrons take flight at the nanoscale
Sep 19, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A study showing how electrons flow around sharp bends, such as those found in integrated circuits, has the potential to improve how these circuits, commonly used in electronic and optoelectronic devices, are designed. It has been known theoretically for about 80 years that when electrons...
Researchers advance perovskite solar cells with innovative phase-layering technique
Sep 19, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) With the urgent need to decarbonize the global energy system, researchers around the world are racing to develop next-generation solar technologies that are ultra-low cost yet highly efficient. An especially promising candidate is perovskite solar cells - lightweight thin-film devices made from inexpensive earth-abundant materials....