Researchers have described composite nanorods that consist of long iron segments and short gold tips and can be functionalized with biomolecules of interest.
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Reducing the energy consumption of ironmaking
Utah researchers are leading an investigation on the chemistry of slag under the conditions of a transformational ironmaking technology being developed.
Cancer treatment based on PLGA microparticles
Researchers have developed a cancer imaging and therapy agent composed of PLGA microparticles encapsulating a perfluorocarbon liquid core.
Radiation protection from tungsten nanotechnology
Korean researchers have developed lightweight commercial gamma radiation shielding based on tungsten/polyethylene nanocomposites.
Polymers to challenge silicon photodetectors
A Chinese research group has taken a molecular engineering approach to optimize the solubility and thin-film morphology of low-bandgap polymers.
Fluorescence microscopy research wins 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Eric Betzig, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stefan Hell, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, and William Moerner, Stanford University, share award for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.
LEDs win Japanese researchers 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
2014 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to inventors of efficient blue LEDs.
Graphene as a building block for flexible touchscreens
Graphene-treated nanowires could soon replace current touchscreen technology, reducing production costs and allowing for more affordable, flexible displays.
Multifunctional coating to improve DSSCs
A new multifunctional coating system to increase the sunlight harvesting ability and the operational lifetime of organic DSSC devices has been proposed.
How transparent can a layer of gold be?
Experiments have resulted in gold films with a theoretically expected transparency of over 80% in the visible range.