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Thermal Insulation: As Stealthy as a Polar Bear

by Lisa Smith | Mar 28, 2018 | Energy, Features, Manufacturing, Micro-/Nanotechnology

Replicating the hollow structure of polar bear hairs allows an insulating material to provide thermal management with stealth applications.

Smart Windows Use Plasmons to Adapt to Sunlight Alone

by Lisa Smith | Mar 26, 2018 | Environment, Features, Micro-/Nanotechnology, Physics

Smart windows switch between transparent and opaque states based on environmental cues. Researchers reveal a prototype that exploits plasmons, converting incident sunlight into local thermal energy to trigger the switch.

Multipartite Designer Nanoparticles for Theranostic Applications

by WIREs Authors | Mar 24, 2018 | Biotechnology, Diagnostics, Micro-/Nanotechnology, Therapeutics

Multipartite designer nanoparticles are formed from the phage lambda decoration protein and can be used in a variety of theranostic applications.

Nanosheets Boost Battery Charge

by Martin Grolms | Mar 24, 2018 | Electronics, Energy, Features, Micro-/Nanotechnology

Lithium-metal batteries can hold up to 10 times more charge than batteries that currently power our phones, laptops, and cars; but, they have one fatal flaw…

Cilia-Inspired Smart Surfaces

by Hannah Muir | Mar 21, 2018 | Features, Micro-/Nanotechnology, Therapeutics

Cilia-inspired smart surfaces that sweep micro/nanometer-scale substances in a desired direction could inspire future drug-delivery systems and medical technologies.

A Hybrid Pairing: Inorganic 2D Materials and Molecules

by Jodie Haigh | Mar 21, 2018 | Manufacturing, Micro-/Nanotechnology, Physics

The many possibilties of hybrid organic/inorganic van der Waals heterostructure systems where highly-ordered (supra)molecular layers are interfaced with inorganic 2D materials are discussed.

Low-Power, High-Speed Analog Computing [Video]

by Advanced Science News Video | Mar 21, 2018 | Electronics, Micro-/Nanotechnology

Researchers from the University of Massachusetts and Hewlett Packard Labs present a memristor platform for analog computations and forecast a device performance at least 16 times greater than purely digital solutions.

Interview: Advances in Perovskite Optoelectronics

by John Uhlrich | Mar 16, 2018 | Electronics, Energy, Micro-/Nanotechnology

Prof. Subodh Mhaisalkar of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore discusses the future of perovskite optoelectronics in an interview with the editors of Energy Technology.

Nano-Architecting Metallic Glass

by Sandra Kalveram | Mar 15, 2018 | Manufacturing, Micro-/Nanotechnology

3D metallic glass nano-lattices are fabricated which are composed of hollow beams of sputtered metallic glass and which are 20 times lighter than their bulk-level counterparts.

2D Electron Gas Mobilites Mapped for Oxide Perovskites

by Lisa Smith | Mar 8, 2018 | Electronics, Micro-/Nanotechnology, Physics

Electronic structure calculations on twenty-three different transition metals illuminate the optimum dopant choices to improve electron mobility in oxide perovskite heterostructures.

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