Scientists have developed a new way to control the electronic properties of materials. They created a nanoscale pattern of holes on a thin film of metal oxide known as titania. This noticeably ...

Light does more than illuminate the world—it can also push and twist matter. It was back in the 1870s that James Clerk ...

In a significant advancement for boosting renewable energy generation development, engineers have examined nanoscale properties of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). This initiative has resulted in the ...

A stretchy, mid-level layer of nanodiamonds allows the typically hard, brittle crystal to bend, not break, under pressure.

Spintronics are devices that operate leveraging the spin, an intrinsic form of angular momentum, of electrons. The ability to ...

The outstanding properties of 2D materials for critical applications in semiconductors, battery technology, photovoltaics, and numerous other areas render them a key emerging field of research.

Example of a nanostructured neural electrode. Left: Representative SEM image showing the flexibility of the electrodes. Right: SEM image top view. Scale bars ...

What is Electrostatic Force Microscopy? Electrostatic Force Microscopy (EFM) is a scanning probe microscopy technique that measures the electrostatic interactions between a conductive probe and a ...

A newly created Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program is looking for ways to assemble nanoscale materials that could eventually lead to revolutionary capabilities. The Atoms to Product ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- By taking advantage of the unique optical properties of nanoscale materials, researchers have designed a lens made of nanowires that can reconfigure its imaging properties without any ...