News tagged with novel material

Paper-thin supercapacitor has higher capacitance when twisted than any non-twisted supercapacitor

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to develop wearable electronics, researchers have designed a new ultra-thin supercapacitor that has a capacitance that is six times higher than that of any current commercial ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (57) | comments 9 | with audio podcast feature

'Most extreme' material: Graphene could be successor to silicon for next generation microchips; 200 times stronger than

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a blown-up image from a scanning tunneling microscope, it looks just like an endless sheet of chicken wire: a simple flat sheet made up of a lattice of hexagons. But this nanoscopic material ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (23) | comments 1

Scientists witness nature's complexity unfold in self-assembling quasicrystals

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just a few decades ago, scientists believed that all ordered matter consists of self-repeating building blocks -- atoms, ions or molecules. In this view, the ordinary solids of everyday life ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 31, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 3

Nanocables light way to the future: Researchers power line-voltage light bulb with nanotube wire

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cables made of carbon nanotubes are inching toward electrical conductivities seen in metal wires, and that may light up interest among a range of industries, according to Rice University researchers.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Jefferson Lab laser twinkles in rare color

December is a time for twinkling lights, and scientists at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility are delivering. They've just produced a long-sought, rare color of laser light 100 times ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Dec 21, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Beyond flash -- memories are made of this

(PhysOrg.com) -- The race is on for a successor to the popular 'flash' memory used in portable devices. European researchers think they have found a candidate in novel materials combined with a simple, easily ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Designer optoelectronics - quantum mechanics for new materials

European researchers have combined computer modelling of quantum mechanics and precision fabrication processes to create novel transparent conductive oxides made to order for a wide range of scientific and ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New synchrotron X-ray technique could see hidden building blocks of life

Scientists from Finland and France have developed a new synchrotron X-ray technique that may revolutionize the chemical analysis of rare materials like meteoric rock samples or fossils. The results have been ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 29, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Researchers observe structural transformations in single nanocrystals

While a movie about giant robots that undergo structural transformations is breaking box office records this summer, a scientific study about structural transformations within single nanocrystals is breaking ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Heat-Transfer Material Could Allow More Powerful Radar Electronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Open any computer and you're sure to see at least one massive cooling device, complete with metal fins and a noisy fan. Today's high-power processing chips generate lots of heat -- and those ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 4

New form of hafnium oxide developed

(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel material developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge is opening up new possibilities for next generation electronic and optoelectronic devices, and paving the way for further ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

The 'quantum magnet': Physicists expand prospects for engineering unusual materials

(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard physicists have expanded the possibilities for quantum engineering of novel materials such as high-temperature superconductors by coaxing ultracold atoms trapped in an optical lattice ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

First tri-continuous mesoporous Silica complex structure developed in Singapore

Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has developed the first tri-continuous mesoporous material using a unique surfactant template. This completely new porous structure previously been predicted ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 05, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Researchers find the healing properties of a spider’s web

(PhysOrg.com) -- The study of spider webs has led to a discovery that will generate new kinds of medical sutures embedded with medication. The University of Akron scientists have developed a novel synthetic ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Simpler method for building varieties of nanocrystal superlattices

Collaboration by chemists, physicists and materials scientists at the University of Pennsylvania has created a simple and inexpensive method to rapidly grow centimeter-scale membranes of binary nanocrystal ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast