Workers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology introduce “Liquid Glass”,
Xin Su
e-Papers now in color
One of promising candidates for the next generation display devices is electronic paper (e-paper).
Black phosphorus unleashes the power of supercapacitors
Researchers in China build powerful and durable all-solid-state supercapacitors using black phosphorus nanoflakes.
Remote control actuation goes down to nanoscale
Nano-actuated magneto-mechanical devices can change shape on command using a remote magnetic external stimulus, with a control at the subnanometer scale.
Like crystallizes like: universal lysozyme-based coating facilitates protein crystallization
Scientists develop a superhydrophobic coating technique based on the lysozyme fiber network, which provides a facile platform for protein crystallization.
Make better PEG hydrogels with help from silk fibroin
Scientists make highly customizable hybrid hydrogels from artificial and natural sources for biomedical applications.
Harvesting light in 3D: new design for silicon solar cell
Innovative 3D silicon solar cell design on both macroscale and nanoscale boosts efficiency while lowering cost.
An all-around motion sensor from graphene fiber
Researchers in China make a stretchable graphene-based motion sensor that can monitor all types of human activities with ultrahigh sensitivity.
Fuel cell water highways paved by electron radiation grafting
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute have developed a coating technique that improves water management in fuel cells, thus raising their efficiency.
Supersize single crystalline perovskite crystals
Scientists grow record-breaking two-inch size organolead halide perovskite crystals.