Nanotechnology

2D Gold Sheet Draws Graphene Comparisons

April 30, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

The flatlands of two-dimensional materials just got a little more crowded and a bit more upscale. Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have synthesized the first freestanding single layer of gold atoms, dubbed “goldene.” According to the Linköping researchers, goldene could play a pivotal role in the development of next-generation…

30 Oct 23

Nanotech Chips Could Solve Hydrogen’s Iridium Roadblock

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Hydrogen gas generated using renewable energy is a promising source of clean fuel. One of the most common existing technologies for electrolysis—the process of generating hydrogen gas from water using electricity—is proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysis. Governments and organizations like the International Renewable Energy Agency are pushing for initiatives to…

23 Oct 23

A Shapeshifting Molecule Leads to a Tiny Piezoresistor

Biotechnology & Biomedical

Electronic sensors that use piezoresistance—that is, a change in the electric resistance of a material due to mechanical activity—are common in many devices, including cars, medical wearables, and smartphones. Now, researchers in Australia have developed a tiny version of a piezoresistor, as small as a single molecule, that could enable…

06 Sep 23

This USC Professor is Developing an Artificial Brain

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

People have expected great things from Alice Parker, who was raised in a family of distinguished scientists and engineers. And Parker, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Southern California has delivered. She helped develop high-level (behavioral) synthesis, an automated computer design process that assists with…

21 May 23

Flat Lenses Made of Nanostructures Transform Tiny Cameras and Projectors

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Inside today’s computers, phones, and other mobile devices, more and more sensors, processors, and other electronics are fighting for space. Taking up a big part of this valuable real estate are the cameras—just about every gadget needs a camera, or two, three, or more. And the most space-consuming part of…

28 Apr 23

Shapeshifting Nano-Devices Slide Into Place

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

The world’s smallest conventional electronics—devices only nanometers in scale—are typically like any other solid object large or small. When they’re manufactured, they’re molded into a shape, and the item retains that same shape over the course of its functional lifetime. Yet what if nanoscale electronic components and devices could shapeshift?…

07 Apr 23

Holograms Supercharge Nanoscale 3D Printing

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Metallurgy & Material Science

Using holograms, a nanoscale 3D printer can now rapidly fabricate complex items with details smaller than a wavelength of visible light, a new study finds. This research can rapidly manufacture nanotechnological arrays of wires, lenses, rotating magnetic gears, and other structures—suggesting applications in electronics, photonics, microrobotics and more.Currently, the most…

2D Gold Sheet Draws Graphene Comparisons

Nanotech Chips Could Solve Hydrogen’s Iridium Roadblock

A Shapeshifting Molecule Leads to a Tiny Piezoresistor

This USC Professor is Developing an Artificial Brain

Flat Lenses Made of Nanostructures Transform Tiny Cameras and Projectors

Shapeshifting Nano-Devices Slide Into Place

Holograms Supercharge Nanoscale 3D Printing

Google won two major awards at MWC Barcelona 2025.

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