The World’s Smallest Battery
A benchtop version of the world’s smallest battery — its anode a single nanowire one seven-thousandth the thickness of a human hair — has...
Stay super-dry with Nokia’s nanotechnology
What happens when a drop of water falls on a lotus leaf? It’s not a philosophical question, but a natural phenomenon scientists have been...
How to convert waste heat to electricity at the nanoscale
Scientists have discovered that a class of materials known to convert heat to electricity and vice versa behaves quite unexpectedly at the nanoscale in...
Graphene is the new electronic material for high-performance devices
That material, the focus of the 2010 Nobel Prize in physics, is graphene – a fancy name for extremely thin layers of ordinary carbon...
Researchers use nanotechnology to harness the power of fireflies
What do fireflies, nanorods, and Christmas lights have in common? Someday, consumers may be able to purchase multicolor strings of light that don’t need...
Power without the power cord
Cell phones and flashlights operate by battery without trouble. Yet because of the limited lifespan, battery power is not a feasible option for many...
nanoFlowcell: the new Concept of Sustainable Electromobility
nanoFlowcell can deliver electromobility
Electromobility, or the use of electric vehicles (EVs) for transportation, is widely regarded as a key solution to reduce greenhouse gas...
Nanocable could be big boon for energy storage
Thanks to a little serendipity, researchers at Rice University have created a tiny coaxial cable that is about a thousand times smaller than a...
Ferroelectric nanostructures directly on plastic
The technique, which uses a heated atomic force microscope (AFM) tip to produce patterns, could facilitate high-density, low-cost production of complex ferroelectric structures for...
Solar cells could reach 70 percent efficiency
It has long been thought that conversion efficiency of solar cells cannot exceed 34 percent for a single material or less than about 45...