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Dreidel-Like Dislocations Lead to Remarkable Properties
December 14, 2012 Dreidel-shaped dislocations put a new spin on two-dimensional materials for advanced electronics, hinting at sub-nanometer signal ... > full story -
Ultra-Short Laser Pulses Control Chemical Processes
December 12, 2012 Specially shaped laser pulses can be used to change the state of electrons in a molecule. This process only takes several attoseconds -- but it can initiate another, much slower process: The ... > full story -
Carbon Nanotubes Lower Nerve-Damaging Chloride in Cells
December 10, 2012 A nanomaterial can help regulate chloride levels in nerve cells that contribute to chronic pain, epilepsy, and traumatic brain ... > full story -
Substrate Patterning Creates P-N Junctions in Graphene
December 10, 2012 Researchers are creating graphene p-n junctions by transferring films of the electronic material to substrates that have been patterned by compounds that are either strong electron donors or electron ... > full story -
Electronics: Graphene Sheets' Growing Attractions
December 10, 2012 A theoretical and numerical study of graphene sheets reveals a property that may lead to novel opto-electric devices and ... > full story -
Photonics: Graphene's Flexible Future
December 10, 2012 Theoretical calculations show graphene’s potential for controlling nanoscale light propagation on a ... > full story -
NASA Investigates Use of 'Trailblazing' Material for New Sensors
December 6, 2012 Tiny sensors -- made of a potentially trailblazing material just one atom thick and heralded as the "next best thing" since the invention of silicon -- are now being developed to detect trace ... > full story -
Cork the Key to Unlocking the Potential of Graphene
December 4, 2012 Scientists have taken inspiration from one of the oldest natural materials, cork, to engineer graphene, which normally exists layers one atom thick, into useful 3D forms for the first ... > full story -
How 'Transparent' Is Graphene?
December 3, 2012 Researchers find that adding a coating of graphene has little effect on how a surface interacts with liquids -- except in extreme ... > full story -
Graphene/nanotube Hybrid Makes Single-Surface Material for Energy Storage, Electronics
November 27, 2012 A seamless graphene/nanotube hybrid may be the best electrode interface material possible for many energy storage and electronics ... > full story
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