May 28, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Organogels, polymer networks infused with organic liquids, have long tantalized scientists with their potential for diverse applications due to the wide range of properties achievable by combining different polymer networks, solvents, and 3D shapes. However, progress has been hampered by the inherent limitations of current...
Better cameras with perovskite
May 28, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Family, friends, vacations, pets: Today, we take photos of everything that comes in front of our lens. Digital photography, whether with a cell phone or camera, is simple and hence widespread. Every year, the latest devices promise an even better image sensor with even more...
Multifunctional three-terminal diode revolutionizes optoelectronic systems
May 28, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researcher at iGaN Lab, University of Science and Technology of China, have developed a multifunctional three-terminal diode that functions both as a light emitter and a detector. This innovative device can operate both as a light emitter and a photodetector, offering unprecedented reconfigurable optoelectronic capabilities,...
New metasurface-based edge detecting filter for remote sensing transforms crop monitoring
May 28, 2024 (Nanowerk News) New work by researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS) and City University of New York (CUNY) published in Nature Communications ("Reconfigurable image processing metasurfaces with phase-change materials") realises a new, tuneable edge-detecting filter for flat-optic imaging systems that can...
Producing gold nano-particles (and hydrogen) in water
May 28, 2024 (Nanowerk News) In a surprise discovery, Flinders University nanotechnology researchers have produced a range of different types of gold nanoparticles by adjusting water flow in the novel vortex fluidic device – without the need for toxic chemicals. The green chemistry lab work on nano gold formation also...