Reflecting 30% of the light that hits it, the Pollia condensata berry uses structural colour—no chemical pigments—to outshine even the morpho butterfly.
The future of energy storage from TiO2 nanotubes
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.
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.