Nanomaterials news, September 2016

Roll-process technology for flexible electronics

Roll-process technology that transfer and packages large-scale integrated circuits

Carbon-based membranes fill the gap

Carbon nanomaterials have exceptional water transport and sieving properties that could allow them to take over from polymeric membranes.

Cellulose and polymers help create range of novel nanorods

Using cellulose and polymers, scientists have developed a new strategy for crafting nanorods from a wide range of precursor materials.

Researchers build world’s largest database of crystal surfaces

Researchers have created the world’s largest database of elemental crystal surfaces and shapes to date, dubbed Crystalium.

Flexible semiconductor adopts DNA’s double helix structure

Scientists have discovered an inorganic semiconductor with a double helix structure that makes it highly flexible.

New microscopy technique can write with metallic ink

For the first time, scientists have used a scanning transmission electron microscope to directly write tiny patterns in metallic ‘ink’.

Patterned amyloid nanowires could help create novel nanodevices

Scientists have developed a versatile method for patterning the structure of ‘nanowires’ made from amyloid peptides.

Smashing nanotubes could lead to impact-resistant materials

Nanodiamonds and other carbon-based materials can be produced by smashing carbon nanotubes against a target at high speeds.

Rotating buckyballs retain heat in superatom crystals

The thermal conductivity of buckyball-containing superatom crystals is directly related to the rotational disorder within those structures.

New graphene material could find use as bone implant

Flakes of graphene welded together by spark plasma sintering produce materials that may be suitable for use as bone implants.

Laser processing could bring graphene into the real world

A pulsed-laser process can improve the electrical conductivity of inkjet-printed graphene without damaging the surfaces on which it is printed.

Single-particle analysis reveals travel between dimensions

Scientists have discovered that a critical length scale marks the transition between a zero-dimensional quantum dot and a one-dimensional nanowire.

Silicon nanoparticles that can manipulate light

Silicon nanoparticles based devices that can be controlled for light manipulation.

Aquatic ferns show how to clean up oil

The hairy leaves of aquatic ferns can help to clean oil spills.

New sandwich process creates 2D gallium nitride

By sandwiching gallium and nitrogen atoms between layers of graphene and silicon carbide, scientists have produced 2D gallium nitride.

Nanofiber scaffolds that help direct cell behavior

Spider silk offers cheap and accessible superlens

spider silk superlens improves on traditional microscopy