A team of engineers from the University of Pennsylvania has transformed simple nanowires into reconfigurable materials and circuits, demonstrating a novel, self-assembling method for chemically creating nanoscale structures ...
Nanophysics
Oct 23, 2009
0
0
The race to make computer components smaller and faster and use less power is pushing the limits of the properties of electrons in a material. Photonic systems could eventually replace electronic ones, but the fundamentals ...
Nanophysics
Nov 13, 2014
2
0
(Phys.org)—Computers may be getting faster every year, but those advances in computer speed could be dwarfed if their 1's and 0's were represented by bursts of light, instead of electricity.
Nanophysics
Sep 10, 2012
2
0
A photo from 1978 shows famous Catalan surrealist painter Joan Miró in his Taller Sert, surrounded by his paintings. In the background, the bright, intense yellow of Femme dans le rue (1973), stands out. Fifty years later, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 4, 2023
0
21
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanoparticles play a significant role in the development of future diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for tumors, for example as transporters for drugs or as contrast agents. Absorption and dispersion ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 11, 2011
0
0
(Phys.org)—Serendipity proved to be a key ingredient for the latest nanoparticles discovered at Rice University. The new "lava dot" particles were discovered accidentally when researchers stumbled upon a way of using molten ...
Nanophysics
Nov 19, 2012
0
0
Common solar cells made of crystalline silicon can only access roughly half of the total sunlight spectrum for conversion of light energy into electricity. Searching for more effective materials, Chinese scientists have now ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 19, 2016
0
61
Quantum dots are tiny semiconductor crystals that emit bright and tunable fluorescence. They are typically made of cadmium sulfide (CdS) or cadmium selenide (CdSe), and have a wide range of applications, including bioimaging ...
Nanomaterials
May 4, 2011
0
1
Bulky and noisy air-conditioning compressors and refrigerators may soon be a thing of the past. With the latest discovery by scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), current cooling systems which uses refrigerant ...
General Physics
Jan 30, 2013
0
0
The team, led by Professor Jiwoong Yang from the Department of Energy Engineering at DGIST, and in collaboration with the team led by Professor Jungwon Park from the School of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Seoul ...
Nanophysics
Aug 9, 2023
0
1
