Apr 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Electrostatic capacitors play a crucial role in modern electronics. They enable ultrafast charging and discharging, providing energy storage and power for devices ranging from smartphones, laptops and routers to medical devices, automotive electronics and industrial equipment. However, the ferroelectric materials used in capacitors have significant...
Scientists experimentally observe current-driven antiskyrmion sliding
Apr 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Prof. ZHANG Ying’s group from the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with domestic universities and the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States, has experimentally observed current-driven antiskyrmion sliding. Their work was published in Nature Materials ("Experimental...
Wood-based nanogenerators turn water evaporation into sustainable electricity
Apr 20, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Water evaporation is a force of nature that has been shaping our planet for billions of years, driving the water cycle and sustaining life on Earth. It is a process that occurs continuously, day and night, across oceans, lakes, and even in the most arid...
Versatile carbon nanotube fibers with dramatically improved energy storage capacity
Apr 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) The latest wearable devices, such as Samsung's Galaxy Ring and Apple's Vision Pro, are taking healthcare a step further and even enabling people to work virtually. Given the characteristics of wearable devices that require them to be small and lightweight, there is an inevitable limitation...
a step towards the computing of the future
Apr 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) An international research team led by scientists from the CNRS has discovered that the magnetic nanobubbles known as skyrmions can be moved by electrical currents, attaining record speeds up to 900 m/s. Anticipated as future bits in computer memory, these nanobubbles offer enhanced avenues for...
New nondestructive technique for analyzing single-atom-thick materials
Apr 19, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Imagine a material 100,000 times thinner than a sheet of paper, yet stronger than steel, more conductive than copper, and with the potential to revolutionize everything from electronics to energy. This is the field of two-dimensional (2D) materials – a fascinating world where ordinary rules...
Nanoparticles may enable direct medicine delivery to brain in neurodegenerative disorders
Apr 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Is it possible for nanoparticles to go through the digestive system and deliver medicine directly to the brain tissue? Researchers from Michigan State University say yes, and their latest findings are expected to benefit patients with neurodegenerative disorders like multiple sclerosis, or MS; amyotrophic lateral...
Scientists develop novel aggregation-induced emission carbon dots for bioimaging
Apr 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Carbon dots (CDs) are an intriguing class of nanomaterials that have attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. These carbon-based materials possess excellent fluorescence (FL) properties, making them highly appealing in a wide range of applications. Researchers at the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical...
X-ray laser study elicits secrets from an important nanogel
Apr 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) An international team led by Felix Lehmkühler from Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY in Hamburg has investigated the temperature induced swelling and collapsing of the polymer poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (PNIPAm) at European XFEL at Schenefeld near Hamburg. Due to its dynamic changes, PNIPAm is frequently used in medicine, e.g....