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The synchronization between nanocontact oscillators can be promoted by purposefully taking advantage of Oersted field-induced spin-wave beams, thus allowing synchronization of at least five oscillators.
By adapting DNA strand displacement and exchange reactions to mammalian cells, DNA circuitry is developed that can directly interact with a native mRNA.
Virus-like nanoparticles such as the cowpea mosaic virus, known to have inherent immunogenic properties, are now used to suppress metastatic cancer in various mouse models.
The sensitivity of electron spin resonance has been improved up to the quantum limit through the use of a Josephson parametric microwave amplifier combined with high-quality-factor superconducting microresonators cooled at millikelvin temperatures.
Pulsed laser light locally melts nanostructured elements of a plasmonic metasurface to create coloured pixels with a resolution up to 127,000 dots per inch (DPI).
Air-stable monolayers of diamondoids can rival cesium's work-function-lowering ability and can dramatically increase field emission current through a radical cation mechanism.
A heat modulator designed to control the phase-coherent component of the thermal current at the nanoscale can be realized with a superconducting quantum interference device.
Drawing a clear and compelling figure is vital in science communication, so Karen Cheng and Marco Rolandi set up a help desk for scientists and engineers to consult with design students.
The electronic, chemical and mechanical properties of quantum dot structures may lead to thermoelectric devices with a range of advantages with respect to existing ones based on bulk polycrystalline materials.
Although research into colloidal quantum dots has led to promising results for the realization of photovoltaic devices, a better understanding of the robustness and stability of these devices is necessary before commercial competiveness can be claimed.
Synthesis of semiconductor colloidal quantum dots by low-cost, solution-based methods has produced an abundance of basic science. Can these materials be transformed to high-performance light emitters to disrupt established photonics technologies, particularly semiconductor lasers?