https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A new type of pressure sensor based on light could allow the creation of sensitive artificial skins to give robots a better sense of touch, wearable blood-pressure monitors for humans and optically transparent touch screens and devices. https://phys.org/news/2018-08-optical-pressure-detector-robot-skin.html Optics & Photonics Tue, 14 Aug 2018 10:43:04 EDT news453462168 They are thin, light-weight, flexible and can be produced cost- and energy-efficiently: printed microelectronic components made of synthetics. Flexible displays and touch screens, glowing films, RFID tags and solar cells represent a future market. In the context of an international cooperation project, physicists at the Technische Universität München (TUM) have now observed the creation of razor thin polymer electrodes during the printing process and successfully improved the electrical properties of the printed films. https://phys.org/news/2015-06-optimized-enables-custom-electronics.html Materials Science Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:55:48 EDT news353674502 Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have patented and are commercializing GaAs nanowires grown on graphene, a hybrid material with competitive properties. Semiconductors grown on graphene are expected to become the basis for new types of device systems, and could fundamentally change the semiconductor industry. The technology underpinning their approach has recently been described in a publication in the American research journal Nano Letters. https://phys.org/news/2012-09-semiconductors-graphene.html Nanomaterials Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:57:57 EDT news266493461 (AP) -- Don't trash your keyboard and mouse just yet. But three companies at the International Consumer Electronics Show demonstrated depth-sensing cameras that let you to control your computer by moving your hands or body. https://phys.org/news/2012-01-gadget-pc-body-motions.html Software Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:08:04 EST news245693257 Electrons moving in graphene behave in an unusual way, as demonstrated by 2010 Nobel Prize laureates for physics Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, who performed transport experiments on this one-carbon-atom-thick material. A review article, just published in EPJ B, explores the theoretical and experimental results to date of electrons tunneling through energy barriers in graphene. https://phys.org/news/2011-11-secrets-tunneling-energy-barriers.html General Physics Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:06:44 EST news239893597 It's not yet lights-out for LCD and plasma, but OLED displays are finally ready to begin pushing those technologies out of the limelight. https://phys.org/news/2009-06-light-emitting-diode-screens-ready-mainstream.html Hardware Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:20:22 EDT news165053969 (PhysOrg.com) -- Will the legacy of Nobel prize winner Richard Smalley finally be fulfilled? Ever since his pioneering work in the mid 1990's on the synthesis of carbon nanotubes, companies have been struggling to find a commercial application for this amazing material. There was a nanotech "bubble" of start-up companies, none of which managed to successfully IPO due to lack of realizable commercial revenue. Is that about to change? Recent research by Rice University and Unidym indicate that a fully realizable application is finally here for carbon nanotubes. Fortunately, it's in one of the fastest growing display markets, touch screens. https://phys.org/news/2009-04-transparent-carbon-nanotube-successor-ito.html Nanomaterials Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:06:35 EDT news158587561 (PhysOrg.com) -- Up until now, George Grüner tells PhysOrg.com, most of the studies regarding the properties - and uses - of carbon nanotubes have been restricted to the visible spectral range. “We, however, were interested in the properties in infrared range, in the window of the electromagnetic spectrum that is gaining increased prominence.” https://phys.org/news/2009-03-carbon-nanotubes-indium-tin-oxide.html Nanomaterials Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:28:22 EDT news155816845