New liquid crystal ensemble resembles a compound eye and can be used as a lens.
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Shrinking quantum dots improves charge transfer
Single-particle study identifies possible path to improved conversion of sunlight to electricity in photovoltaic devices.
How safe are nanotubes in modern plastics?
Experiments at NIST aim to answer questions about environment and health risks of aging plastics.
Getting under the skin of the li-ion battery dendrite problem
Researchers discover that bulk of li-ion dendrite material lies below the surface of the lithium electrode in early stages of development.
Nanoparticles that slip through the vaginal mucus barrier to fight cervical cancer
Researchers develop polymer-based mucus-penetrating particles (MPP) loaded with paclitaxel, a frontline chemo drug.
Spintronics researcher awarded 2014 Leibniz prize
Professor Laurens Molenkamp of the University of Würzburg has been awarded a DFG Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize.
100% stretchable graphene nanopaper
Researchers in Singapore have developed method to fabricate stretchable graphene nanopaper for use in strain detectors.
Soluble SOFs created for the first time
Researchers at Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry create first soluble 2D supramolecular organic frameworks.
Molecular motor can walk nanoparticles along nanotubes
Researchers have created a new type of molecular motor made of DNA and used it it to transport a nanoparticle along the length of a carbon nanotube.
3D nanostructures are the future of energy collection
Physicists have developed a “planet-satellite model” to precisely connect and arrange nanoparticles in three-dimensional structures.
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