Researchers from Coimbra (Portugal), Wuppertal (Germany), and Santa Barbara (USA) present a cationic fluorene-thiophene diblock copolymer for ratiometric sensing of both halide ions and DNA.
Organic ferroelectric material for future electronics applications
Researchers have discovered a molecule that shows promise as an organic alternative to today’s silicon-based semiconductors.
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.
Berkeley researchers manipulate nanoparticles with electron beams
Researchers develop method for moving nanoparticles using an electron beam, in step towards complex nanomachinery.
Bioinspired polymer is steam powered
Polymer film developed in Langer lab could be used in artificial muscle and to power micro- and nanoelectronic devices.
Micro- and Nanoengineering of Biomaterials for Healthcare Applications
The future of nano and micromaterials for healthcare, described by Ali Khademhosseini and Nicholas Peppas as part of an Advanced Healthcare Materials special issue.
Call for Papers "Focus Issue Semiconductor Nanowires" in physica status solidi
Physica status solidi RRL have issued a call for papers for their focus issue on semiconductor nanowires.
Potential REP Lab-on-a-Chip System for Medicine and Research
New technology combines a laser and electric fields to separate particles and microbes by size.
Dow opens new wind energy application center in Switzerland
Facilities allow for advanced, large-scale technology testing.
Modified silicon carbide crystals could be better than diamond
University of Würzburg physicists have modified silicon carbide crystals and found that they may have application in quantum computing.