Scientists have shown the potential of liquid crystal shells as enabling material for a vast array of future applications.
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Transforming Planar Electronic Devices into 3D Structures [Video]
A strategy for placing bezel-less image sensors for electronic devices over the entire surface of a tetrahedral, 3D sensor is demonstrated.
Solar-Driven Water Oxidation on Perovskite Oxynitride Photoanodes
Developing strategies to enable solar-light driven splitting of water.
Sending Droplets from Pillar to Post
Dynamic nano and micropillars are able to transport water droplets across a surface.
3D Printing to the Molecular Limit
New findings have the potential to vastly increase the functional capabilities of 3D-printed devices for industries such as electronics, healthcare and quantum computing.
Control Magnetism in Ultrathin Magnetic Devices
Researchers demonstrate that magnetic anisotropy can be continuously tuned between the two limits of in-plane and out-of-plane.
Understanding the Motion of Chemically Powered Motors
An investigation of the physics that govern chemically-powered motors.
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Pressure-Resistant Materials for Deep Sea Applications [Video]
Prof. Zheshuai Lin and co-workers report zero linear compressibility (ZLC) in nondense borates under high hydrostatic pressure.
Gene Therapy: Virus-like Delivery System Takes the Heat out of Melanoma
Targeted viral-based gene therapies come with their own risks. A new gene delivery system mimics viral therapies to infect cancer cells with vesicular stomatitis virus matrix protein, with a similar transfection efficiency as the virus itself.
A Reversible Positive Electrode for Lithium and Sodium Ion Batteries
Prof. Nicola Pinna and co-workers prepare a fluoride-based electrode capable of reversible insertion of lithium and sodium ions.
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