Nanomaterials
Sep 23, 2020
Scientists create world's smallest 'refrigerator'
How do you keep the world's tiniest soda cold? UCLA scientists may have the answer.
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Nanophysics
Sep 21, 2020
High-sensitivity nanoscale chemical imaging with hard x-ray nano-XANES
X-rays with excellent penetration power and high chemical sensitivity are suited to understand heterogeneous materials. In a new report on Science Advances, A. Pattammattel, and a team of scientists at the National Synchrotron ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 9, 2020
Phasing out a microscope's tricks
An instrument error can lead to complete misidentification of certain crystals, reports a KAUST study that suggests researchers need to exercise caution when using electron microscopes to probe two-dimensional (2-D) semiconductors.
Materials Science
Sep 2, 2020
Exploring oxidative pathways in nuclear fuel
Powerful atomic-resolution instruments and techniques at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are revealing new information about the interaction of uranium dioxide (UO2) with water. These new insights will improve ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 31, 2020
Tiny circuits, long distances: Smaller light processing devices for fiber-optic communication
Researchers at Michigan Tech have mapped a noise-reducing magneto-optical response that occurs in fiber-optic communications, opening the door for new materials technologies.
Materials Science
Jul 2, 2020
Researchers fabricate polyacrylonitrile-derived carbon films and fibers at high temperature
Superman can squeeze a lump of coal and turn it into a sparkling diamond—in comic books, anyway. There is some scientific validity to this fictional feat. Coal and diamonds are both composed of carbon. The two materials ...
Materials Science
Jun 17, 2020
Engineers advance insights on black phosphorus as a material for future ultra-low power flexible electronics
Black phosphorus is a crystalline material that is attracting growing research interest from semiconductor device engineers, chemists and material scientists to create high-quality atomically thin films.
Materials Science
Jun 16, 2020
Sulfur provides promising 'next-gen' battery alternative
With the increasing demand for affordable and sustainable energy, the ongoing development of batteries with a high energy density is vital. Lithium-sulfur batteries have attracted the attention of academic researchers and ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 8, 2020
New tool helps nanorods stand out
Rice University scientists have developed an easy and affordable tool to count and characterize nanoparticles.
General Â鶹ÒùÔºics
Jun 4, 2020
One-of-a-kind microscope enables breakthrough in quantum science
Technion Professor Ido Kaminer and his team have made a dramatic breakthrough in the field of quantum science: a quantum microscope that records the flow of light, enabling the direct observation of light trapped inside a ...
