Nov 21, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Palladium, a rare metal that physically resembles platinum, is a top-billing catalyst famous in the energy sector for hydrogen storage and catalytic converters. Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology discovered a new type of nanoparticle containing palladium and hydrogen. Their work...
Rapid synthesis of gold microsphere array for advanced packaging
Nov 20, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers led by researchers from the Institute of Solid State Physics, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Acadamy of Sciences, enables the efficient construction of gold microsphere array-based anisotropic conductive adhesives film (ACF) for advanced packaging. The research findings...
How can electrons split into fractions of themselves?
Nov 20, 2024 (Nanowerk News) MIT physicists have taken a key step toward solving the puzzle of what leads electrons to split into fractions of themselves. Their solution sheds light on the conditions that give rise to exotic electronic states in graphene and other two-dimensional systems. The new work is...
Clinically validated, wearable ultrasound patch for continuous blood pressure monitoring
Nov 20, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers at the University of California San Diego has developed a new and improved wearable ultrasound patch for continuous and noninvasive blood pressure monitoring. Their work marks a major milestone, as the device is the first wearable ultrasound blood pressure sensor to...
Machine learnable language to predict nanopore properties
Nov 20, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A large number of 2D materials like graphene can have nanopores – small holes formed by missing atoms through which foreign substances can pass. The properties of these nanopores dictate many of the materials’ properties, enabling the latter to sense gases, filter out seawater, and...
Ultrafast terahertz device achieves multi-state switching for optical computing
Nov 20, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Every time you send a text message or browse the internet, your device processes information using tiny electronic switches that flip on and off millions of times per second. But as our data needs grow exponentially, these electronic switches are reaching their physical limits. Current...
Clinically validated, wearable ultrasound patch for continuous blood pressure monitoring
Nov 20, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers at the University of California San Diego has developed a new and improved wearable ultrasound patch for continuous and noninvasive blood pressure monitoring. Their work marks a major milestone, as the device is the first wearable ultrasound blood pressure sensor to...
New paradigm of quantum information technology revealed through light-matter interaction
Nov 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A research team led by Professor Jaedong Lee from the Department of Chemical Physics of DGIST (President Kunwoo Lee) has introduced a novel quantum state and a pioneering mechanism for extracting and controlling quantum information using exciton and Floquet states. The findings are published in...
Building roots in glass, a bio-inspired approach to creating 3D microvascular networks using plants and fungi
Nov 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Microfluidic technology has become increasingly important in many scientific fields such as regenerative medicine, microelectronics, and environmental science. However, conventional microfabrication techniques face limitations in scale and in the construction of complex networks. These hurdles are compounded when it comes to building more intricate 3D...
Nanoscale protein layer boosts flexible electronics durability and adhesion
Nov 19, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) The development of flexible electronic devices has faced a persistent materials science challenge: how to securely attach rigid metal components to flexible polymer surfaces. Traditional approaches using thick adhesive layers often fail because they can't maintain both strong bonding and flexibility. Previous attempts to solve...