Method allows direct detection of rapid fluctuations that may help to explain how high-temperature superconducting materials work.
Nanowires and quantum dots combine for more efficient photovoltaics
A group from MIT have demonstrated a method to produce extremely efficient zinc oxide/quantum dot based photovoltaics.
Researchers Create Semiconductor ‘Nano-Shish-Kebabs’ With Potential for 3-D Technologies
Researchers at NCSU have developed a new type of structure consisting of multiple 2D nanosheets impaled upon a one-dimensional nanowire.
Improving implant bone bonding with bioactive film coating
Researchers from North Carolina State University have for the first time successfully coated polymer implants with a bioactive film.
Nanocrystalline films that don't crack
Vancouver researchers develop nanocrystalline cellulose with added sugars to counteract the tendency of such materials to crack.
Advanced Optical Materials publishes Issue 2
The second issue of Advanced Optical Materials is now online, including twelve research articles covering all aspects of light-matter interactions.
Entirely new approach to develop micro-electromechanical systems
New design methodology may pave the way for micro-electromechanical sensors and actuators – robots will be able to see and feel more effectively in future.
Increasing SERS enhancement in patterned nanoparticle arrays
How to improve efficient focusing of light on the nanoscale by using lithographically patterned metal nanoparticle arrays.
Most accessed papers in physica status solidi for January 2013
The most downloaded papers from the pss family of journals in January.
Interfacing Living Cells with Nanomaterials
Interfacing biological systems with nanomaterials may have a significant impact in research fields such as biosensors and tissue engineering.