Dec 11, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Nanophotonic materials that manipulate light through optical interference have long enticed researchers with their potential for vibrant structural coloration, angle-dependent effects, and external stimulus-responsiveness. Researchers have proposed promising applications in the areas of security labels, sensing, and anticounterfeiting. However, researchers have struggled to scale and...
New insight on electrochemical reactions
Dec 11, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Electrochemical reactions are central to the green transitions. These reactions use the electric current and potential difference to carry out chemical reactions, which enables binding and realizing electric energy from chemical bonds. This chemistry is the basis for several applications, such as hydrogen technology, batteries,...
New conductive, cotton-based fiber developed for smart textiles
Dec 11, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A single strand of fiber developed at Washington State University has the flexibility of cotton and the electric conductivity of a polymer, called polyaniline. The newly developed material showed good potential for wearable e-textiles. The WSU researchers tested the fibers with a system that powered...
Scientists 3D print self-heating microfluidic devices
Dec 11, 2023 (Nanowerk News) MIT researchers have used 3D printing to produce self-heating microfluidic devices, demonstrating a technique which could someday be used to rapidly create cheap, yet accurate, tools to detect a host of diseases. Key Takeaways This innovation uses multimaterial extrusion 3D printing, combining a biodegradable polymer...
Permselectivity reveals a cool side of nanopores
Dec 11, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Have you ever wondered how water boils in an electric kettle? Most people may think electricity simply heats up the metal coil inside the kettle, which then transfers the heat to the water. But electricity can do more than that. Heat can be generated when...
Accelerating the discovery of organic electronic materials through data-driven molecular design
Dec 10, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) The pursuit of more efficient organic electronics, from OLED displays to organic solar cells, has been an enduring challenge across materials science. But the vastness of possible organic compounds and limitations of virtual screening methods – which are advanced computational techniques used to evaluate and...
Innovative perovskite technology paves way for greener optoelectronics
Dec 10, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the Institute for Advanced Materials at the Universitat Jaume I in Castelló have created a method for synthesising organic-inorganic tin halide perovskites and generating thin films or coatings from them, which, when deposited on substrates, have optoelectronic properties that are useful for the...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: A color-based sensor to emulate skin’s sensitivity: In a step toward more autonomous soft robots and wearable technologies, EPFL researchers have created a device that uses color to simultaneously sense multiple mechanical and temperature stimuli
Home > Press > A color-based sensor to emulate skin's sensitivity: In a step toward more autonomous soft robots and wearable technologies, EPFL researchers have created a device that uses color to simultaneously sense multiple mechanical and temperature stimuli ChromoSense © Titouan Veuillet/Adrian Alberola Campailla CREDIT © Titouan Veuillet/Adrian...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Thermal impact of 3D stacking photonic and electronic chips: Researchers investigate how the thermal penalty of 3D integration can be minimized
Home > Press > Thermal impact of 3D stacking photonic and electronic chips: Researchers investigate how the thermal penalty of 3D integration can be minimized Hybrid, 3D integrated optical transceiver. (A,B) The test setup: the photonic chip (PIC) is placed on a circuit board (green), and the electronic chip (EIC)...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology launched by Allen Institute, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the University of Washington will turn cells into recording devices to unlock secrets of disease: First-of-its-kind research initiative will develop technologies to reveal how changes i
Home > Press > Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology launched by Allen Institute, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the University of Washington will turn cells into recording devices to unlock secrets of disease: First-of-its-kind research initiative will develop technologies to reveal how changes i Data visualization shows a 3D abstraction of...