![Snakes on a plane: This atomic-resolution simulation of a peptoid nanosheet reveals a snake-like structure never seen before. The nanosheet’s layers include a water-repelling core (yellow), peptoid backbones (white), and charged sidechains (magenta and cyan). The right corner of the nanosheet’s top layer has been “removed” to show how the backbone’s alternating rotational states give the backbones a snake-like appearance (red and blue ribbons). Surrounding water molecules are red and white.](/-/media/bes/images/highlights/2016/06/cover13-large.jpg?h=583&w=850&la=en&hash=EEA96E772D0A07EC52EF0ADB945CC75BDD64443EE7EC28C627AA56E7D64A0682)
Understanding and Predicting Self-Assembly
Newly discovered “design rule” brings nature-inspired nanostructures one step closer.
Newly discovered “design rule” brings nature-inspired nanostructures one step closer.
Device allows fast, precise measurements of electric and magnetic fields at the atomic level, providing insights into the next generation of electronic, energy production, and storage materials.
This discovery could lead to low-cost, non-toxic, biological components for light-weight electronics.
Using tools that enable nuclear physics research into the heart of matter, scientists created a material for applications from aerospace to solar panels.
The neutron skin of the nucleus calcium-48 is much thinner than previously thought.
Herbivore digestion involves a large variety of enzymes that break woody plants into biofuel building blocks.
Novel technique accurately distinguishes rare material property linked to improving sensors and computers.
Pre-designed molecular building blocks provide atomic-level control of the width of graphene nanoribbons.
Internal storage compartments release droplets of “healing” liquid to repair damaged materials.
Surprising order found in bundles of protein filaments that move chaotically and form liquid crystals that could led to novel self-healing.
A family of single-phase materials was discovered with coexisting magnetic and electrical properties having potential for electronic applications.
Researchers use surface-sensitive signals to atomically resolve the structure of a rough surface.