The process, more than three years in the making and outlined in the December 2013 edition of Nature Communications, has resulted in the creation of more than…
Magnetic materials that enhance the magnetotransport property and for the high-density/low-power consumption magnetic memory
“Mottronics” is a term seemingly destined to become familiar to aficionados of electronic gadgets. Named for the Nobel laureate Nevill Francis Mott,…
A trousers button, a coin or a watch can be dangerous for people with a nickel allergy. Approximately 1 in 10 Germans is allergic to the metal. “This raises…
For centuries, manufacturers have relied on ‘subtractive’ techniques to fabricate objects — cutting, milling and grinding away substances such as ceramic and…
Upconversion nanoparticles — new types of luminescent nanomaterials that release high-energy photons after laser light stimulation — can penetrate deeper into…
Nanoplasmonics — the study of light manipulation on the nanometer scale — has contributed to the production of novel devices for chemical and biological…
This applies particularly to the wonder material graphene. Now, an international team around researchers at the University of Vienna unveiled the…
Topological insulators — materials whose surfaces can freely conduct electrons even though their interiors are electrical insulators — have been of great…
U. of I. materials science and engineering professor Jianjun Cheng, graduate student Hanze Ying and postdoctoral researcher Yanfeng Zhang published their work…
Led by Katie Zhong, Westinghouse Distinguished Professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, the researchers recently reported on their work…
Super-strong graphene oxide (GO) sheets are useful for ultrathin, flexible nano-electronic devices, and display unique properties including photoluminescence…
Normally when you drop a drinking glass on the floor it shatters. But, in future, thanks to a technique developed in McGill’s Department of Mechanical…
Their method, reported in the most recent issue of the journal Nanotechnology, employs “spin waves,” which are waves that move in magnetic materials. Physically, these spin waves are much like water waves—like those that propagate on the surface of an ocean. However, with a purpose akin to that of electromagnetic waves (i.e., light and radio waves), spin waves can efficiently transfer energy and information from place to place….
The sponges of the future will do more than clean house.Picture this, for example: Doctors use a tiny sponge to soak up a drug and deliver it directly to a…
Researchers from Brown University have shown experimentally that a boron-based competitor to graphene is a very real possibility.Graphene has been heralded as…
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