Piezoelectric nanomaterials can be used in combination with mechanical cues to stimulate neurons, muscle cells.
17 January 2018Attilio Marinoa, Giada Graziana Genchi, Virgilio Mattoli, Gianni Ciofani
Nanoconfinement and electronic structures of CNTs are promising approaches to control ultrafast water transport.
3 November 2017Kunli Goh and Yuan Chen
Piezoelectric nanomaterials are attracting strong interest in nanomedicine
as nanotransducers acting at the tissue, cellular, and sub-cellular level.
22 September 2017Attilio Marino, Giada Graziana Genchi, Virgilio Mattoli, and Gianni Ciofani
New class of fluorescent carbon materials, graphene quantum dots (GQDs), have outstanding properties and potential applications.
11 August 2017Shoujun Zhu, Yubin Song, Joy Wang, Hao Wan, Yuan Zhang, Yang Ning, and
Bai Yang
Layered black phosphorous is a promising candidate in design and optimization of electronics and optoelectronic devices.
8 May 2017Tianchao Niu
Comment by Sean McGee, Dassault Systèmes BIOVIA.
21 November 2016Dassault Systèmes BIOVIA
Could rainpower give devices a trickle charge
11 November 2016David Bradley
The biological environment interacts with nanoparticles, changing their structure and properties and thus their potential toxicity.
27 September 2016Jelena Kolosnjaj-Tabi, Lénaic Lartigue, Yasir Javed, Nathalie Luciani, Teresa Pellegrino, Claire Wilhelm, Damien Alloyeau and Florence Gazeau*
carbon nanodots are a new exciting class of metal-free and carbon-rich fluorescent nanomaterials
24 May 2016Shoujun Zhu, Xiaohuan Zhao, Yubin Song, Siyu Lu and Bai Yang*
China and USA are front-runners, competitors and collaborators in the field of nanotechnology
12 April 2016Haiyan Dong, Yu Gao, Patrick J. Sinko, Zaisheng Wu, Jianguo Xu, and Lee Jia*
The magnetic properties of plutonium revealed by neutron spectroscopy.
23 July 2015David Bradley
Powerwall batteries for backing up solar power launched by Elon Musk et al.
5 May 2015David Bradley
Hiroshi Amano discusses his Nobel prize winning research.
22 April 2015Nina Notman
A day not to celebrate.
17 March 2015David Bradley
The term Micro-Transfer Printing (μ-TP) designates the placement of small-scale semiconductor devices: read more about it here.
10 March 2015Benoit Guilhabert and Antonio Trindade
As a winner of the above Materials Today Asia Contribution Award, Han Gao and colleagues discuss their work with us.
19 February 2015Han Gao, Alvin Virya, and Keryn Lian