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Nanomaterials Aug 12, 2020

Why nanomaterial quality matters, and the smart new way to check it

A new way to check the quality of nanomaterials like graphene has emerged from a team at the University of Sussex.

Materials Science Aug 4, 2020

Developing new smart soft materials: Synthesis of a pH-responsive dendronized poly(substituted methylene)s

C1 polymerization is a useful technique for preparing polymers with a carbon-carbon main chain. This technique constructs a polymer backbone from 'one carbon unit,' in contrast to conventional vinyl polymerization, which ...

Materials Science Jul 27, 2020

Scientists develop novel transparent broadband electromagnetic interference shielding materials

The Flexible Optoelectronic Material Group led by Prof. Song Weijie at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has proposed and successfully fabricated ...

Nanomaterials Jul 21, 2020

Active-matrix organic light-emitting diode display on human skin

The development of electronic applications can take on many new forms to include foldable and wearable displays to monitor human health and act as medical robots. Such devices rely on organic-light emitting diodes (OLEDs) ...

Bio & Medicine Jul 20, 2020

How smart, ultrathin nanosheets go fishing for proteins

An interdisciplinary team from Frankfurt and Jena has developed a kind of bait with which to fish protein complexes out of mixtures. Thanks to this 'bait,' the desired protein is available much faster for further examination ...

Optics & Photonics Jul 15, 2020

The smallest micro-gripper, grown on optical fibers, is operated remotely with light

Researchers at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, used the liquid crystal elastomer technology to demonstrate a series of micro-tools grown on optical fibers. The 200-micrometer gripers are controlled remotely, ...

Nanomaterials Jul 2, 2020

Flexible material shows potential for use in fabrics to heat, cool

A film made of tiny carbon nanotubes (CNT) may be a key material in developing clothing that can heat or cool the wearer on demand. A new North Carolina State University study finds that the CNT film has a combination of ...

Nanophysics Jun 29, 2020

Team shows how to store data using 2-D materials instead of silicon chips

A Stanford-led team has invented a way to store data by sliding atomically thin layers of metal over one another, an approach that could pack more data into less space than silicon chips, while also using less energy.

Materials Science Jun 18, 2020

Off the scales: Fish armor both tough and flexible

Humans have drawn technological inspiration from fish scales going back to ancient times: Romans, Egyptians, and other civilizations would dress their warriors in scale armor, providing both protection and mobility. Now, ...

Nanomaterials Jun 18, 2020

Graphene smart textiles developed for heat adaptive clothing

New research on the two-dimensional (2-D) material graphene has allowed researchers to create smart adaptive clothing which can lower the body temperature of the wearer in hot climates.

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