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Scientists Bring Visual ‘Magic’ to Light

Scientists Bring Visual ‘Magic’ to Light

A butterfly’s wings and a peacock’s feathers use nanoscale architecture to bend light and produce brilliant colors without pigments or dyes, and scientists have been trying to emulate nature’s design.

Now, scientists from mixed reality technology company Magic Leap Inc., working with researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), have developed…

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Making Polymer Chemistry ‘Click’

Making Polymer Chemistry ‘Click’

A team of researchers has developed a faster and easier way to make sulfur-containing polymers that will lower the cost of large-scale production.

The achievement, published in Nature Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie, opens the door to creating new products from this class of polymers while producing far less hazardous waste. The researchers’ reaction technique, dubbed SuFEx for sulfur(VI)…

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Scientists Print Nanoscale Imaging Probe onto Tip of Optical Fiber

Scientists Print Nanoscale Imaging Probe onto Tip of Optical Fiber

Combining speed with incredible precision, a team of researchers has developed a way to print a nanoscale imaging probe onto the tip of a glass fiber as thin as a human hair, accelerating the production of the promising new device from several per month to several per day.

The high-throughput fabrication technique opens the door for the widespread adoption of this and other nano-optical structures

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Subatomic Microscopy Key to Building New Classes of Materials

Subatomic Microscopy Key to Building New Classes of Materials

Researchers at Penn State and the Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are pushing the limits of electron microscopy into the tens of picometer scale, a fraction of the size of a hydrogen atom.

The ability to see at this subatomic level is crucial for designing new materials with unprecedented properties, such as materials that transition from metalsto semiconductors or that…

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Discovery Could Dramatically Boost Efficiency of Perovskite Solar Cells

Discovery Could Dramatically Boost Efficiency of Perovskite Solar Cells

Scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered a possible secret to dramatically boosting the efficiency of perovskite solar cells hidden in the nanoscale peaks and valleys of the crystalline material.

Solar cells made from compounds that have the crystal structure of the mineral perovskite have captured scientists’ imaginations.…

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Understanding and Predicting Self-Assembly

Understanding and Predicting Self-Assembly

To mimic complex natural proteins’ capabilities as sensors, catalysts, and more using synthetic materials that can withstand industrial conditions, scientists must first know how to finesse the building blocks they’ll use. <a class="StrictlyAutoTagAnchor" href="http://www.scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com/tag/molecular-foundry/” title=”View all articles about Molecular Foundry…

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PIMs May Be the Cup of Choice for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

PIMs May Be the Cup of Choice for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Membranes based on PIMs feature subnanometer-sized pores that allow smaller ions such as LiTFSI to pass through while blocking larger polysulfide ions (Li2Sx). This selectivity prevents unwanted crossovers that reduce battery lifetimes and performance.

Renewable sources of energy including solar and wind are fast gaining ground on fossil fuels, in part because of their sustainability and…

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Newly Discovered ‘Design Rule’ Brings Nature-Inspired Nanostructures One Step Closer

Newly Discovered ‘Design Rule’ Brings Nature-Inspired Nanostructures One Step Closer

Scientists aspire to build nanostructures that mimic the complexity and function of nature’s proteins, but are made of durable and synthetic materials. These microscopic widgets could be customized into incredibly sensitive chemical detectors or long-lasting catalysts, to name a few possible applications.

But as with any craft that requires extreme precision, researchers must first learn how to…

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