Researchers have turned Raman spectroscopy into a scientific ‘ruler’ to understand how 2D materials expand on exposure to heat.
28 November 2022
A new way to guide the self-assembly of a wide range of nanoscale structures, including parapets and aqueducts, uses simple polymers as starting materials.
25 November 2022
smart paper packaging with built-in graphene sensor could offer real-time warnings of spoiled food or temperature conditions likely to cause spoilage
25 November 2022Cordelia Sealy
flexible three-dimensional piezoelectric nanocomposite with integrated electrodes makes useful energy harvesting device
22 November 2022Cordelia Sealy
Researchers have come up with a novel strategy for growing carbon nanotubes with a single desired chirality.
15 November 2022
By studying how sheets of graphene slide over a graphite surface, researchers have come up with a new law of friction.
9 November 2022
Researchers have developed a method for getting quantum dots to self-assemble into a highly conductive optoelectronic metamaterial.
8 November 2022
By burning away a scaffold of carbon nanotubes, engineers have been able to produce a forest of aligned boron nitride nanotubes.
8 November 2022
Combining a thin-film superconducor with a thin-film topological insulator offers a novel way to explore topological superconductivity.
4 November 2022
By taking advantage of nanoscale forces, researchers have developed a method for precisely controlling the arrangement of nanoparticles on a material.
1 November 2022
Researchers have developed a novel method for producing a strong, degradable plastic with a high content of wood fibers.
1 November 2022