Dr. Akira Yoshino and Vladimir Evgenyevich Fortov are this year’s recipients of $1.2 million endowment.
2D nanocrystals developed for future computing applications
Technology is based on metal di-chalogenides, which are emerging as potential candidates to replace current CMOS materials.
Applied Nanotech awarded new printed electronics patents
Both patents are related to their copper inks, which have the potential to replace existing silver inks that are commonplace in the marketplace.
New oxide could be used in super-supercapacitors
Synthesized form of niobium oxide developed at UCLA has a great facility for storing energy.
Palladium-gold catalysts find application in environmental cleanup
US government-funded research pays off with new process for environmental remediation.
New process can convert waste sulfur into plastic for batteries
Process can transform waste sulfur into a lightweight plastic that may improve batteries for electric cars, reports a University of Arizona-led team.
Microtransistor will improve study of the human brain
French scientists have produced the world’s first microscopic, organic transistors that can amplify and record signals from within the brain itself.
Nanosponge can suck poison from the bloodstream
Absorbent nanostructures can neutralize pore-forming toxins and remove a broad class of dangerous toxins.
Bozhi Tian awarded Searle Scholar grant for nanoelectronics research
Project is titled “Silicon-based Biomaterials for an Electrical Study of Single-Neuron Dynamics.”
Ultrathin optoelectronics help researchers explore the brain
Ultrathin, flexible optoelectronic devices – including LEDs the size of individual neurons – are lighting the way for scientists in optogenetics and beyond.