Tag: Nanotechnology
-
New process layers uniform ScAlN on 3D surfaces
Scandium aluminum nitride can now be integrated into high-voltage, high-frequency or piezoelectric devices with plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition.
-
First 3D look at ductility-boosting ‘twinning’ behavior in lightweight magnesium alloy
Piecing together the lightweight alloy’s complex mechanical properties moves towards use in cars to extend fuel economy.
-
University of Michigan startup Ambiq goes public
NSF-funded research led to ultra efficient chip used in wearables and medical devices.
-
At-home melanoma testing: Skin patch test works in mice
A microneedle patch captures cancer biomarkers in the top-most layer of skin to detect melanoma in animal tissue samples.
-
Brain-like computer steers rolling robot with 0.25% of the power needed by conventional controllers
Analog computing is making a comeback with hardware that processes and stores information in the same location, similar to biological neurons.
-
Precision health and advanced communications: €9M ($10M) for bio-inspired nanoparticles on demand
Advanced microscopy techniques and AI models will help design complex nanoparticles for specific biological targets with less trial and error.
-
Morphable materials: Researchers coax nanoparticles to reconfigure themselves
It’s a step toward smart coatings that change color—or other properties—on the fly.
-
Nanoscale engineering brings light-twisting materials to more extreme settings
New manufacturing method builds tougher materials that were previously considered useless for twisting light into more robust optical devices.
-
Targeting multiple COVID variants through the twist in the spike protein
Particles that gum up the keys that the virus uses to enter cells could one day be an effective COVID treatment whenever vaccines and other treatments fall short.
-
Nextgen computing: Hard-to-move quasiparticles glide up pyramid edges
Computing with a combination of light and chargeless excitons could beat heat losses and more, but excitons need new modes of transport.
-
Nanoparticle quasicrystal constructed with DNA
The breakthrough opens the way for designing and building more complex structures.
-
Sharon Glotzer receives Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
Sharon C. Glotzer, Anthony C. Lembke Department Chair of Chemical Engineering, has received the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Defense.