Atomically thin transition-metal-dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have recently attracted a lot of research interest. Like graphene, they can be prepared as two-dimensional crystals by exfoliation. Unlike graphene, they are semiconductors with large band gaps, which make them...
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
A Carbononics special issue in pss RRL – integrating electronics, photonics and spintronics with graphene quantum dots.
Researchers from the University of Akron provide an early picture of a unified understanding of dynamic interfaces in nanostructured polymeric materials.
Fan Zhang, Christopher Tuck, Richard Hague, Yinfeng He, Ehab Saleh, You Li, Craig Sturgess and Ricky Wildman present the first continuous fabrication of inkjet-printed polyimide films in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science. The films were then used as insulating...
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Researchers have recently used blue-light emitting quantum dots (QDs) and stilbene units to prepare nanocomposites with unusual fluorescence behavior.
Researchers from the University of Calgary in Canada and Washington State University Tri-Cities in the US manipulated the structure of CNTs by introducing nitrogen between carbon atoms in CNTs, and succeeded in improving the charge storage capacity of CNT/polymer nanocomposites.
Catia Ornelas highlights recent advances in dendrimer chemistry, and provides a critical discussion about limitations of and expectations on these systems.
Scrona Ltd. and the ETH Zurich have been announced official World Record Holders for the smallest inkjet-printed colour image
New theory suggests gravity is not a fundamental force
French WEST reactor breaks record in nuclear fusion
Higgs boson may be driving the Universe’s expansion
Quantum entanglement visualized for the first time ever
An anti-inflammatory peptide may hold the key to low-back pain relief
“Cosmic vine” discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope
Could a nuclear explosion set Earth’s atmosphere on fire?
The Road to Better Presentation of Data: The Do’s and Don’ts
The dramatic story behind general relativity’s Nobel Prize snub
Ibuprofen’s effect on red blood cells: A prickly affair