Technology Update
A new material called “magnetic-charge ice” has been created by physicists in the US. The magnetic properties of the material can be manipulated at the nanometre scale and the material could someday be used to encode data at higher densities than current magnetic memories. The techniques used to create and control the new material could […]
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and the University of Cambridge in the UK have accidently discovered how to enhance the charge-carrier mobility in conjugated polymer thin films by simply adding an ionic additive. The new films, which have a hole mobility that is 24 times higher than those without the ionic […]
The handedness of individual chiral nanoparticles made of metallic dumbbells can be determined by their optical properties alone. So say researchers in Texas in the US and Donostia-San Sebastian in Spain, whose new work could help in the development of highly efficient miniaturized nanoscale sensors for studying the structure of chiral molecules and biomolecules like […]
The natural, high-strength glue found in English ivy is made up of nanospherical arabinogalactan proteins, according to new experiments by researchers at the Ohio State University in the US. The finding might help make artificial adhesives for military, medical and cosmetic applications……. http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/65147
A metallic quantum dot sandwiched between two superconductors – which functions as an electronic turnstile, only permitting one electron through at a time –
Thanks to photocurrent spectral atomic force microscopy (PCS-AFM), researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say they have been able to observe photoactive pixels switching on and off in a heterostructure made of two different 2D materials. The technique might help in the design of new electronic and optoelectronic devices based on these atomically […]
