Jun 19, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Microrobots, tiny machines typically measuring less than a millimeter in size, have the potential to revolutionize various fields, from medicine and environmental monitoring to manufacturing and space exploration. These miniature devices can be designed to perform a wide range of tasks, such as sensing, actuation,...
Electric fields catalyse graphene’s energy and computing prospects
Jun 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the National Graphene Institute have made a groundbreaking discovery that could revolutionise energy harnessing and information computing. Their study, published in Nature ("Control of proton transport and hydrogenation in double-gated graphene"), reveals how electric field effects can selectively accelerate coupled electrochemical processes in...
Discovery of one-dimensional topological insulator
Jun 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A joint research team has unveiled a new topological insulator (TI), a unique state of matter that differs from conventional metals, insulators, and semiconductors. Unlike most known TIs, which are either three-or two-dimensional, this TI is one-dimensional. The breakthrough will lead to further developments of...
Ultrasound beam triggers nanodroplets to deliver drugs at exactly the right spot
Jun 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Conventional drug delivery is often like cracking a nut with a sledgehammer. Whether the drug is swallowed, injected, inhaled, or absorbed through the skin, it ultimately diffuses to most parts of the body, including those where it isn’t needed – or where it even might...