Sensitive robots feel the strain
Flexible skin for soft robots, embedded with electrical nanowires, combines conductivity with sensitivity within the same material.
Robotics
Dec 11, 2018
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News tagged with nanowires
Artificial synapses made from nanowires
Scientists from Jülich together with colleagues from Aachen and Turin have produced a memristive element made from nanowires that functions in much the same way as a biological nerve cell. The component is able to save and ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 6, 2018
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Directivity to improve optical devices
A team of researchers from the Dutch institute AMOLF, Western University (Canada), and the University of Texas (United States of America) recently demonstrated the use of algorithmic design to create a new type of nanophotonic ...
Nanophysics
Nov 9, 2018
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Enhanced power factor in transparent thermoelectric nanowire materials
A research group led by Professor Yoshiaki Nakamura of Osaka University successfully developed a methodology for enhancing thermoelectric power factor while decreasing thermal conductivity. By introducing ZnO nanowires into ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 8, 2018
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A bullet-proof heating pad
Sometimes nothing feels better on stiff, aching joints than a little heat. But many heating pads and wraps are rigid and provide uneven warmth, especially when the person is moving around. Researchers have now made a wearable ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 31, 2018
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Scientists make new 'green' electronic polymer-based films with protein nanowires
An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has produced a new class of electronic materials that may lead to a "green," more sustainable future in biomedical and environmental sensing, ...
Nanophysics
Oct 22, 2018
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Transparent loudspeakers and mics that let your skin play music
An international team of researchers affiliated with UNIST has presented an innovative wearable technology that turns the user's skin into a loudspeaker. This breakthrough was led by Professor Hyunhyub Ko in the School of ...
Engineering
Sep 19, 2018
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Researchers develop interesting building blocks for quantum computers
Researchers at the MESA+ research institute of the University of Twente, working together with colleagues in Delft and Eindhoven, have successfully developed nanowires allowing individual electrons to be captured by a 'quantum ...
Nanophysics
Sep 13, 2018
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New soft bioelectronic mesh tested on human wrist and pulsating pig's heart
A research team at the Center for Nanoparticle Research, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), has developed a wearable and implantable device that measures electrophysiological signals and applies electrical and ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 14, 2018
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Printed electronics breakthrough could lead to flexible electronics revolution
A new form of electronics manufacturing which embeds silicon nanowires into flexible surfaces could lead to radical new forms of bendable electronics, scientists say.
Nanomaterials
Aug 13, 2018
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