News by Subject Chemistry & Physics

A team of researchers from Siberian Federal University (SFU) obtained thin copper/gold and iron/palladium films and studied the reactions that take place in them upon heating. Knowing these processes, scientists will be able to improve the properties of materials currently used in microelectronics. The article of the scientists was published in the Journal of Solid State Chemistry.

In a paper published Oct. 8 in the journal Nano Letters, a team from the University of Washington and the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan announced that it has constructed functional metalenses that are one-tenth to one-half the thickness of the wavelengths of light that they focus. Their metalenses, which were constructed out of layered 2D materials, were as thin as 190 nanometers -- less than 1/100,000ths of an inch thick.

Research team at TU Graz discovers atomic-level processes which can provide new approaches to improving material properties.

Indiana University scientists paired drug-delivering nanoparticles like dance partners to reveal that molecules attach to targets on cells differently based upon their position in time. The discovery could improve methods for screening drugs for therapeutic effectiveness.

Machine learning is increasing the pace of development of customised carbon surfaces with a wide variety of applications

Neuronal development is often regulated by the graded distribution of guidance molecules, but many details about the process is largely unexplored. A research team from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has tackled this problem in a precise and systematic way by developing a novel device, and has published their findings in the latest issue of Nature Communications.