A new method of harvesting solar energy is emerging, which makes use of gold nanorods instead of traditional semiconductor technology.
Up-and-coming young investigators in polymer physics
Free access to articles from tomorrow’s leaders in the latest special issue of the Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics.
BASF and Volkswagen seek entries for annual “Science Award Electrochemistry”
Applications can be submitted until June 15, 2013, and ceremony will be held in Ludwigshafen, Germany, on October 23, 2013.
Textile piezoelectric force sensors
Piezoelectric force sensors based on polyvinylidene fluoride fibers can detect small forces and be integrated in textiles.
Graphene selected as part of new €1000 million European project
Flagship aims to take graphene and related layered materials from academic laboratories to society.
PEDTT-based conducting co-polymer films
Researchers fabricate conducting films using aqueous dispersions of poly(EDTT-co-EDOT)/PSS and (poly(EDTT-co-EDOT-MeOH)/PSS).
Catalytic subsurface etching: digging nanotunnels into graphite
Tiny metal balls used to etch graphite tunnels with diameters of only one-thousandth that of a human hair.
Graphene technique allows high-quality p-n junctions
Peking University researchers establish a scalable technique for the synthesis of high quality graphene p-n junctions.
Nanoscale materials derived from snails' teeth
Assistant professor David Kisailus studies the chiton, a marine snail found off the coast of California, to develop nanoscale materials for energy applications.
Polymer electrolyte films for energy applications
MIT researchers change film morphologies by making simple changes in LbL assembly conditions.