Dec 19, 2025 Glycine replaces toxic precursors in solvent-free graphene production, yielding nanoplatelets with high conductivity and month-long dispersion stability that enable electrically triggered self-healing. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Graphene's practical applications remain limited by a fundamental tension: the material disperses poorly in solvents and polymer matrices, yet the most common fix,...
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Sustainable production of high-quality perovskite solar cells
Dec 18, 2025 Researchers have found a new way to produce perovskite photovoltaic modules in an environmentally friendly manner and on commercial scale. (Nanowerk News) Perovskite solar modules provide numerous benefits. They are lightweight, highly efficient, easily scalable, and at the same time inexpensive and facile to produce. However, their...
Edible electronics made from kitchen ingredients keep fruit fresh and harvest electricity
Dec 19, 2025 A fruit coating made from kitchen ingredients harvests electricity from humid air to power sensors while suppressing bacteria and extending shelf life up to 3.4 times. (Nanowerk Spotlight) One-third of all food produced globally spoils before anyone eats it. Edible fruit coatings can slow decay by retaining...
Vapor deposition delivers durable perovskite silicon tandems on textured wafers
Dec 19, 2025 First successful use of vapor deposition on industrial silicon wafers delivers unprecedented durability in perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells. (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a groundbreaking vapour-deposition method that dramatically improves the long-term and high-temperature stability of perovskite-silicon (Si) tandem solar...
Physicists bring unruly molecules to the quantum party
Dec 19, 2025 Researchers used atomic clock laser methods and a helper calcium atom to control a calcium monohydride molecule, expanding molecular options for quantum tasks, tests of physics, and chemistry control. (Nanowerk News) Scientists have made leaps and bounds in bending atoms to their will, making them into everything...
Flipping the switch on material chirality: modifying chirality with electricity
Dec 19, 2025 A voltage-driven method enables reversible, tunable chiral states in semiconductor materials. (Nanowerk News) A way to electrically modify the chirality of organic–inorganic hybrid materials, in which chiral molecules adsorb onto inorganic surfaces, has been demonstrated by researchers at Science Tokyo. By using an electric double-layer transistor with...
Hybrid excitons speed energy transfer at 2D organic semiconductor interfaces
Dec 19, 2025 Ultrafast measurements reveal how light energy moves across two dimensional and organic semiconductor interfaces, enabling rapid transfer that could improve future optoelectronic devices. (Nanowerk News) Faster, more efficient, and more versatile – these are the expectations for the technology that will produce our energy and handle information...
Nanoparticle vaccine strategy could protect against Ebola and other deadly filoviruses
Dec 18, 2025 Scientists turn nanoparticles into virus 'showcases' to help the immune system recognize deadly threats. (Nanowerk News) Filoviruses get their name from the Latin word “filum,” meaning thread—a reference to their long, filamentous shape. This virus family contains some of the most dangerous pathogens known to science, including...
New materials conduct ions in solids as easily as in liquids
Dec 18, 2025 The new materials conduct ions equally well as liquids, liquid crystals, and solids, with no steep decrease in ion movement when the salt solidifies. (Nanowerk News) Normally, when liquids solidify, their molecules become locked in place, making it much harder for ions to move and leading to...
Research reinvents MXene synthesis
Dec 18, 2025 A 40-year-old forgotten paper helped develop a faster, more efficient method of building futuristic 2D materials at a fraction of the cost. (Nanowerk News) MXenes are a class of two-dimensional materials, first identified just 14 years ago, with remarkable potential for energy storage, catalysts, ultrastrong lightweight composites,...