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An international team of researchers uses the self-assembly properties of block co-polymers to produce a highly selective and biofouling-resistant nanoporous filter. The internally and externally cross-linked nanofibrils surrounded by a continuous aqueous medium produces a mechanically robust material that resembles an inverted strainer design.
Scientists at the University of Washington designed and tested an experimental system that uses light alone to actively shape and control thermal landscapes at the nanoscale. The researchers were successful in using near-infrared laser to actively heat two gold nanorod antennae to different temperatures.
Scientists at the University of Washington designed and tested an experimental system that uses light alone to actively shape and control thermal landscapes at the nanoscale. The researchers were successful in using near-infrared laser to actively heat two gold nanorod antennae to different temperatures.
Scientists have created unique two-dimensional flakes with two distinct personalities: molybdenum diselenide on one side of a sharp divide with rhenium diselenide on the other. The materials show promise for optoelectronics.
Scientists have created unique two-dimensional flakes with two distinct personalities: molybdenum diselenide on one side of a sharp divide with rhenium diselenide on the other. The materials show promise for optoelectronics.
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have grown simplified organs, known as organoids, with fully integrated sensors. These so-called cyborg organoids offer a rare glimpse into the early stages of organ development and could be used to test and monitor patient-specific drug treatments and for transplantations.
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have grown simplified organs, known as organoids, with fully integrated sensors. These so-called cyborg organoids offer a rare glimpse into the early stages of organ development and could be used to test and monitor patient-specific drug treatments and for transplantations.
To collect electricity in a solar cell or inject electricity for a display, you need a conductive contact, like a metal, but you also need to be able to let light in (for solar cells) or out (for displays). Metal is opaque, so the current techniques use metal oxides, most often indium tin oxide, as the conductive contact. Because supplies of indium tin oxide are limited, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have turned to ordered metal nanowire meshes that use more common elements and provide high transmissivity and high electrical connectivity.
To collect electricity in a solar cell or inject electricity for a display, you need a conductive contact, like a metal, but you also need to be able to let light in (for solar cells) or out (for displays). Metal is opaque, so the current techniques use metal oxides, most often indium tin oxide, as the conductive contact. Because supplies of indium tin oxide are limited, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have turned to ordered metal nanowire meshes that use more common elements and provide high transmissivity and high electrical connectivity.
A team of environmental scientists has, for the first time, used a dynamic, two-step process to completely degrade a common flame-retardant chemical, making it nontoxic.
