UCLA engineers create tandem polymer solar cells that set record for...
In a new study, researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and UCLA's California Nanosystems Institute (CNSI) report that they have significantly enhanced polymer...
View ArticleInspired by gecko feet, UMass Amherst scientists invent super-adhesive material
For years, biologists have been amazed by the power of gecko feet, which let these 5-ounce lizards produce an adhesive force roughly equivalent to carrying nine pounds up a wall without slipping. Now,...
View ArticleKuraray to exhibit water-soluble polymers at Paint India 2012
Kuraray Co., Ltd. (President Fumio Ito; Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) announces its first-ever participation in Paint India 2012, an exhibition that will commence on February 23, 2012 in Mumbai,...
View ArticleVCU scientists develop materials to make transport, storage and use of...
Virginia Commonwealth University scientists have developed a “sponge-like” porous material to purify natural gas and store hydrogen gas to be used in clean energy applications such as fuel cells that...
View ArticleFast organic transistors the best of both worlds
The speed that electronics like your cell phone can achieve is largely governed by how fast electrons can move about within the transistors that make up its components. A recent collaboration between...
View ArticleNano-electric could revolutionize chip fabrication
Block co-polymers are materials that are made of several different monomer components, and can fabricated to have unique properties as a result. Block co-polymers have been sought for years as a...
View ArticleSynthetic platelets mimic natural functions and open door to new treatments
Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, along with Scripps Research Institute and Sanford-Burnham Institute, have developed synthetic blood platelets that mimic natural ones....
View ArticleMaterials that glow when stretched
In the latest publication of Nature Chemistry, German scientists have revealed a novel chemical system that displays chemiluminescence under tension. In other words, their materials glow when you pull...
View ArticleStretchable conductors
Mastery of nanotechnology has led researchers to extensively develop materials with consistent electronic properties under flexion. Shear has always presented new difficulties. Now, Korean researchers...
View ArticleTransparent photovoltaics
When UCLA researcher Yang Yang looks out a window, he sees opportunity. Yang's focus isn't on what's beyond the window, but the window itself -- particularly its potential for energy production. Yang...
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