The world of nanoscience and nanotechnology is rapidly evolving, driven by groundbreaking discoveries and innovative applications across diverse fields. For scientists, researchers, and industry professionals working within this dynamic landscape, staying ahead of the curve and fostering collaboration is crucial. This is where the European Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Association (ENNA) steps in, offering a platform to connect, collaborate, and drive the future of this transformative field...
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Stable perovskite LEDs one step closer
An organic molecule makes the perovskite crystal more stable, says Heyong Wang, PhD student at the Department of Biomolecular and Organic Electronics.
Researchers at Linkoping University, working with colleagues in Great Britain, China and the Czech Republic, have developed a perovskite light-emitting diode (LED) with both high efficiency and long operational stability. The result has been published in Nature Communications.
"Light-emitting diodes based on perovskites are still not suffi...
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A combined optical transmitter and receiver
The tiny unit that can both receive and transmit optical signals. Credit: Magnus Johansson
Researchers at Linköping University, together with colleagues in China, have developed a tiny unit that is both an optical transmitter and a receiver. "This is highly significant for the miniaturisation of optoelectronic systems," says LiU professor Feng Gao.
Chunxiong Bao, postdoc at Linköping University, types in a sentence on a computer screen, and the same sentence immediately appears on ...
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A flexible microrobot that can survive almost any deformation
The smallest self-propelled electronic microrobots developed by the researchers maneuver in liquid on top of a 1 cent euro coin. Credit: TU Chemnitz.
An International research team led by Dr. Oliver Schmidt, working at Chemnitz University of Technology (TU Chemnitz) and Leibniz IFW Dresden has recently developed a microrobitic system with a wide range of possible applications, ranging from completing micro-surgeries to delivering goods to humans. This robot, presented in a paper published...
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An optically driven digital metasurface to bridge visible light and microwave communications
The proposed optically interrogated digital platform (OIDP) and its performance. a,b, Simulated electric field intensity distributions of the Ey component on the y–z plane at 5.8 GHz for the uncloaked case (a) and the cloaked case (b). c,d, Simulated intensity distributions of Ey electric field component on the y–z plane at 6.5 GHz of the metasurface (c) and target (d). e,f, Simulated 3D vortex beams with l= 1 (e) and I=−2 (f) modes at 6.5 GHz. g,h, Simulated phase distributions of Ey electric...
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Wearable biosensors may pave the way for personalized health and wellness
Penn State engineers are using computational power and data sciences to work on stretchable, flexible — and wearable — devices that could lead to innovations in the health and wellness fields. Credit: Applied Materials and Interfaces
Bulky, buzzing and beeping hospital rooms demonstrate that monitoring a patient's health status is an invasive and uncomfortable process, at best, and a dangerous process, at worst. Penn State researchers want to change that and make biosensors that could make he...
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Novel MOF is potential next-gen semiconductor
Sourav Saha’s metal-organic framework research was featured on the cover of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces on March 18, 2020. Credit: Courtesy Sourav Saha
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are emerging multi-functional materials that are gradually finding their way out of the research labs and into a myriad of real-world applications. For example, MOFs can store dangerous gasses, catalyze chemical reactions, deliver drugs in controlled fashion, and may even be used...
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The European Young Chemist Award (EYCA2020)
The European Young Chemist Award (EYCA) call for application is open. The application form will be open until 15 May, 2020.
The aim of the EYCA is to showcase and recognize the excellent research being carried out by young scientists working in the chemical sciences. In particular the award is intended to honor and encourage younger chemists whose current research displays a high level of excellence and distinction. It seeks to recognize and reward younger chemists of exceptional ability wh...
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ESEC3 – 3rd Employment Survey for European Chemists (Survey to be completed until March 31)
This March, for the third time, the European Chemical Society (EuChemS) is launching an investigation into the employment of European chemists,
3rd Employment Survey for European Chemists (ESEC3).
This is intended for all chemists working in Europe, of all statuses, of all ages. It is anonymous and the collection of data is secure.
The results will then be published, in free access, in the journal Chemistry - A European Journal.
We hope many of you will participate, so that this usef...
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Lab collaborates to prepare photovoltaic materials research for exascale
Photovoltaic solar cells are a promising alternative to fossil fuels, but they need to be a lot more efficient before they can go into widespread use. Scientists have pushed current supercomputing power to the limit looking for that improved efficiency, but the arrival of exascale computing within the next few years will allow them to take this quest to the next level.
Toward this end, researchers from Berkeley Lab's Computational Research Division (CRD) and the National Energy Rese...
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