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Water proves to be electrically dead at interfaces

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Chameleons inspire mechanochromic nanolaser

Stretchy device lases at different wavelengths thanks to hybrid quadrupole plasmons

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Aiming to reduce plastic waste in food packaging, Sulapac joins forces with Fazer

Research headlines

LED circuits interconnected by metal-polymer conductors can undergo repeated bending, twisting, and stretching

Printed metal-polymer conductors make stretchy biodevices

Applications include cardiac patches, wearable glove keyboards, soft robotics and medical implants

Silicon carbide LEDs make bright single photon sources

Discovery of new colour centres in SiC confirms once again that it is a good material out of which to make qubits

Spin transport through graphene antiferromagnet

Super spins appear in carbon sheet

Researchers say they have seen evidence for spin superfluidity and very long distance spin transport in a graphene antiferromagnet for the first time

Optical micrograph of a chip containing nanoribbon devices

Silicon nanowires sense single ion channel currents

Nanoelectronic devices that detect the tiny ion currents behind individual action potentials can be CMOS compatible

Printed ferromagnetic domains help make fast-moving robot

Tiny device, which can roll, jump and grasp objects, might be used in a host of biomedical applications, like minimally invasive surgery or targeted drug delivery

Waveguide illumination and scattering signal detection image

Hybrid waveguide chip makes biomaterial imaging more accessible

Low-cost microfabrication of a new waveguide chip brings evanescent light microscopy to conventional light microscopes

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Silicon nanowires sense single ion channel currents

Nanoelectronic devices that detect the tiny ion currents behind individual action potentials can be CMOS compatible

Hybrid waveguide chip makes biomaterial imaging more accessible

Low-cost microfabrication of a new waveguide chip brings evanescent light microscopy to conventional light microscopes

Gold nanoparticles grown in situ on graphene flakes

Less is more for conducting graphene composites

Growing gold nanoparticles in situ makes graphene polymer composites effective conductors with very little graphene

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Nanomaterials earn their place on space missions

Can nanomaterials tool up space missions?

We look at whether the multifunctional properties of nanomaterials could earn them a place on missions into space

Improving electron transfer in enzymatic fuel cells

Efficient electrical connection leads to improved power density

Flexible nanotubes pack a punch

Cicada-wing-inspired high-aspect-ratio nanostructures kill bacteria by stretching and rupturing cell membranes

A photonic crystal consists of periodic arrangements of pores in a semiconductor material

Photonic crystals follow a straight path to absolute darkness

Researchers calculate how light noise is suppressed as a function of crystal size

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Pulling water out of thin air

New technologies make harvesting humidity from the air a more viable source of water

Acoustic modes enable lasing in silicon.

Sounding out lasing in silicon

Lasing by stimulating acoustic vibrations in a silicon waveguide may bring integrated silicon photonics a step closer

Human organoids go digital

Embedded RFID chips could be useful for advancing drug testing and monitoring transplant patients

Computers ‘learn’ how nanoparticles scatter light

Researchers use machine learning to solve inverse problems that identify the nanostructures responsible for scattering spectra

Can nanomaterials take on the extremes of space?

From the furnace of take-off to the cold radiation-laden environment of space, extraterrestrial missions place high requirements on material properties

MRSA bacterium attached to the biohybrid nanorobot

Cell-like nanobots fight bacterial infection

Thanks to their biomembrane coatings, the devices can neutralize pathogenic bacteria and the toxins they produce in just minutes

‘Frustrated’ water molecules drive supramolecular self-assembly

Unexpected new result reveals that trace levels of water in oils play an important role in supramolecular chemistry

Strong magnetic fields help thermoelectrics harvest heat

Topological semimetals go thermoelectric

Applying an intense magnetic field to Dirac semimetals allows them to produce record amounts of thermopower

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