A team from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has created long titanium nanotubes that show promise for use in fast charge/discharge batteries.
Imaging unbalanced tendons with SHG
Researchers have imaged the structural organization of tendon with second harmonic generation microscopy.
Down to the breadboard: getting to know Rainer Waser
Getting to know Rainer Waser, director of EMRL and winner of the 2014 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize.
Flexible probes for spinal cord integration
An MIT research group has developed highly flexible fiber probes for observation and stimulation of spinal cord activity.
Nanofiber sensor can detect and size a single nanoparticle
Chinese group develop a novel nanofiber-array sensor and experimentally demonstrate its potential in the detection and sizing of single nanoparticles.
Efficient Electron Transport in a Semiconducting Copolymer
Hopping of localized, intrachain polarons leads to high charge carrier mobilities in a donor acceptor type conjugated copolymer.
Upconversion nanoparticles as biosensors
A team in Hong Kong has developed a new method for detecting the lethal bird flu virus quickly, using a class of materials called upconversion nanoparticles.
Nanoparticle concentration measured acoustically
Three-dimensional optoacoustic tomography enables quantitative measurements of nanoparticle concentrations to evaluate their biodistributions in animal models.
Graphene Nanocomposite for Room Temperature RAM
Recent work reports the use of a magnetic graphene oxide-iron oxide nanoparticle nanocomposite to fabricate an MRAM operating at room temperature.
Patterning organic electronics with microfluidics
Researchers have demonstrated a novel microfluidic method to pattern organic films directly in air.