Tiny “match-head” wires act as built-in light concentrators, enhancing solar cell efficiency.
For the first time, electron tomography reveals the 3D coordinates of individual atoms and defects in a material.
A new, dime-sized light source will lead to novel spectrometers for the next generation of scientific discoveries.
Researchers have attained superlubricity, the near absence of friction, at a carbon-silica interface using nanodiamonds wrapped in graphene flakes.
New nanoscale thermal imaging technique shows heat building up inside microprocessors, providing new information to help solve heat-related performance issues.
Pairs of precisely tuned X-ray pulses uncover ultrafast processes and previously unmapped structures.
Careful tuning of a surface at the nanoscale could lead to robust materials for solar panels, other uses.
New approach to design and assemble tiny composite materials could advance energy storage.
New structures could accelerate progress toward faster computing and high-security data transfer across fiber optic networks.
Researchers develop a new process for annotating cellulose-degrading enzymes.
Researchers patent new x-ray microscopy technology to “see” both the chemical and physical aspects of materials.
One-dimensional material has a diamond-like building block.
