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Carbon nanotubes insert into artificial and active cell membranes, reproducing major features of biological channels.
Thin widths change a high-performance electrical conductor into a semiconductor.
Researchers have created a porous, layered material that can serve as a graphene analog, and which may be a tool for storing energy and investigating the physics of unusual materials.
Experiments using novel magnetic nanostructures confirm theoretically predicted behavior – bolstering their utility as a tool for understanding complex magnetic materials.
Lithium-ion batteries could benefit from this inexpensive method.
New microscopy technique reveals giant enhancement of coupling between magnetic and electric dipoles that could lead to novel electronic devices.
Discovery demonstrates how metamaterials may be used in non-invasive material imaging and sensing, and terahertz information technologies.
Magnetic property changes by several hundred percent over a narrow temperature range.
Microscopic understanding offers fresh directions for discovering new materials to transmit energy without loss.
New technique allows scientists to observe the dynamic structural changes of single biomolecules in solution.
Advances in materials processing enable harvesting of energy from heartbeats.
Carbon nanotubes and inorganic nanoparticles enhance photosynthetic activity and stability.
