Home > Press > Shrinking hydrogels enlarge nanofabrication options: Researchers from Pittsburgh and Hong Kong print intricate, 2D and 3D patterns (A) Fluorescent image of two dragons of CdSe QDs without shrinking; the inset shows a resolution of ~200 nm. (B-F) SEM (top) and EDX (bottom) images of a monkey...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: New method addresses problem with perovskite solar cells: NREL researchers provide growth approach that boosts efficiency, stability
Home > Press > New method addresses problem with perovskite solar cells: NREL researchers provide growth approach that boosts efficiency, stability Abstract:A new approach to manufacturing perovskite solar cells has addressed previous problems and yielded devices with high efficiency and excellent stability, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)...
Data-driven design of molecular nanomagnets
Dec 27, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A team from the Institute of Molecular Science (ICMol) of the University of Valencia has developed an open interactive platform that brings together and makes available to science around 20,000 data relating to the chemical design of molecular nanomagnets of special interest in the field...
The discovery of interfacial ferromagnetism in 2D antiferromagnet heterostructures
Dec 27, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Van der Waals (vdW) magnets and their heterostructures have emerged as new platforms to explore exotic magnetic orders and quantum phenomena. Yet combining two different magnetic orders and investigating the magnetic proximity at the interface remains largely unexplored. Doing so could enable the modulation of...
Nanoimprinting technique for humidity-responsive holographic images
Dec 27, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A magical display that projects holographic images that change when in contact with water has been developed. This new technology increases the possibility of commercialization as it can infinitely imprint holographic images. A POSTECH research team led by Professor Junsuk Rho (Department of Mechanical Engineering...
Open-source software lets researchers create nanoscale rounded objects out of DNA
Dec 24, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Marvel at the tiny nanoscale structures emerging from research labs at Duke University and Arizona State University, and it’s easy to imagine you’re browsing a catalog of the world’s smallest pottery. A new paper reveals some of the teams’ creations: itty-bitty vases, bowls, and hollow...
Shrinking hydrogels enlarge nanofabrication options
Dec 23, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Carnegie Mellon University’s Yongxin (Leon) Zhao and the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Shih-Chi Chen have a big idea for manufacturing nanodevices. Zhao’s Biophotonics Lab develops novel techniques to study biological and pathological processes in cells and tissues. Through a process called expansion microscopy, the...
Researchers show a new way to induce useful defects using invisible material properties
Dec 23, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Much of modern electronic and computing technology is based on one idea: add chemical impurities, or defects, to semiconductors to change their ability to conduct electricity. These altered materials are then combined in different ways to produce the devices that form the basis for digital...
Researchers zoom in on battery wear and tear
Dec 23, 2022 (Nanowerk News) From the moment you first use it, a new lithium-ion battery is degrading. After a few hundred charge cycles, you’ll notice — your phone, laptop or electric car battery wears out more quickly. Eventually, it stops holding a charge at all. Researchers at the University...
Novel near-infrared light detection method using upconversion nanomaterials
Dec 23, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Associate Professor Ayumi Ishii of Teikyo University of Science with her team members has developed a new near-infrared light sensor by using a material that converts weak near-infrared light to visible light (Advanced Photonics Research, "Upconverting Near-infrared Light Detection in Lead Halide Perovskite with Core-shell...