Dec 22, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have used artificial intelligence to discover a new method for understanding small defects called dislocations in polycrystalline materials, materials widely used in information equipment, solar cells, and electronic devices, that can reduce the efficiency of such devices. The findings...
A real-time multimodal tactile detection system applicable to robots and wearable devices
Dec 22, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A research team led by Research Director Hyuneui Lim of the Nano-Convergence Manufacturing Systems Research Division and Principle Researcher Youngdo Jung of the Department of Nature-Inspired System and Application of the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), developed a real-time and multimodal tactile perception...
Transferring laser-induced graphene at extremely low temperatures for ultrathin bioelectronics
Dec 22, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Soft, thin, and biocompatible stretchable conductive nanocomposites are crucial in developing wearable skin-like devices, smart soft robots and implantable bioelectronics. Although several design strategies involving surface engineering have been reported to overcome the mechanical mismatch between the brittle electrodes and stretchable polymers, it is still...
Are diamonds GaN’s best friend? Revolutionizing transistor technology
Dec 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University are proving that diamonds are so much more than just a girl’s best friend. Their groundbreaking research focuses on gallium nitride (GaN) transistors, which are high-power, high-frequency semiconductor devices used in mobile data and satellite communication systems. With the increasing...
Novel AI-based approach for more accurate RNA 3D structure prediction
Dec 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A research team from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has successfully harnessed artificial intelligence (AI) and deep-learning techniques to model atomic-level RNA 3D structures from primary RNA sequences. Called DRfold, this novel AI-based method improves...
Nano-defects in solar cells don’t necessarily affect electricity generation
Dec 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) An international team of researchers led by DESY has been investigating the correlation between defects in the material and the power generated by a solar cell, at an unprecedented resolution. The team used a range of experimental techniques to obtain its surprising results, which it...
The one-pot nanosheet method catalyzing a green energy revolution
Dec 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A research group from the Institute for Future Materials and Systems at Nagoya University in Japan has developed a new “one-pot” method to make nanosheets using less rare metals. Their discovery should allow for the energy-making process to be more eco-friendly. The journal ACS Nano...
Shock wave photographed passing through a single cell
Dec 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A microscopic shock wave has been photographed passing through a single biological cell, thanks to a new photography technique. Nanosecond photography uses ultrafast electronic cameras to take images at the speed of a billionth of a second. However, image quality and exposure time are typically...
Using ‘waste’ product from recent NASA Mars research, scientists create transformative nanomaterials
Dec 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of Sussex have discovered the transformative potential of Martian nanomaterials, potentially opening the door to sustainable habitation on the red planet. They published their findings in ("Quasi–1D Anhydrite Nanobelts from the Sustainable Liquid Exfoliation of Terrestrial Gypsum for Future Martian-Based Electronics")....
Final color of efficient OLEDs finally viable in lighting
Dec 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Lights could soon use the full color suite of perfectly efficient organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs, that last tens of thousands of hours, thanks to an innovation from physicists and engineers at the University of Michigan. The U-M team's new phosphorescent OLEDs, commonly referred to...