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Extending Working Frequencies of Phonon Polaritons in Van Der Waals Materials

( Elhuyar Fundazioa ) An international team has discovered an effective method for controlling the frequency of confined light at the nanoscale in the form of phonon polaritons (light coupled to vibrations in the crystal).

11 May 2020

Study Investigates Energy Transport in Molecular Nanowires

Photosynthetic systems in nature transport energy very efficiently towards a reaction centre, where it is converted into a useful form for the organism.

11 May 2020

Tungsten Oxide Nanoparticles Used as Photothermal Sensitizers 3D Printing

Selective powder sintering for 3D printing has recently become an increasingly affordable solution for manufacturing made-to-order elements of almost any shape or geometry.

8 May 2020

New Technology to Fabricate Large-Area, Wavy Silver Nanowire Network Electrode

A Korean research team has developed a large-scale stretchable and transparent electrode for the stretchable display.

7 May 2020

Novel Way to Make Functional Macroscopic Crystalline Materials

Researchers at the universities of Jyvaskyla (Finland) and Xiamen (China) have discovered a novel way to make functional macroscopic crystalline materials out of nanometer-size 34-atom silver-gold intermetallic clusters.

7 May 2020

New Antioxidant Mats can Deliver Antioxidant Activity for a Long Time

Spoiling foods, souring wine and worsening wounds have a common culprit -- a process called oxidation.

7 May 2020

Novel Sail Design Based on Perforated Films Reduces Overall Sail Mass

Overseas exploration and trade during the Age of Discovery (15th-17th centuries) were possible by sail technology, and deep-space exploration will require the same for the coming Age of NewSpace.

7 May 2020

New, Unique Spinel Material Could Find Several Applications

Spinels are oxides with chemical formulas of the type AB2O4, where A is a divalent metal cation (positive ion), B is a trivalent metal cation, and O is oxygen.

5 May 2020

New Technology Helps Find Positions of Nanoscale Biomolecules with Precision

Since Robert Hooke's first description of a cell in Micrographia 350 years ago, microscopy has played an important role in understanding the rules of life.

5 May 2020

Study Highlights Gallium Oxide's Promise for Next Generation Radiation Detectors

New research from North Carolina State University finds that radiation detectors making use of single-crystal gallium oxide allow for monitoring X-ray radiation in near-real time.

5 May 2020

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