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In situ confinement of perovskite nanocrystals for efficient blue light-emitting LEDs
Metal halide perovskites have emerged as promising semiconductor materials for the fabrication of next-generation light-emitting diodes (LEDs) owing to their outstanding luminescent properties, tunable band gaps, high color purity, and low-cost fabrication processes. Perovskite LEDs (PeLEDs) have undergone…
Read article →Synthesis of 2D diamonds
Diamond is renowned for its exceptional hardness, high thermal conductivity, and low chemical reactivity. However, it exhibits low fracture toughness and poor electrical conductivity compared with many metallic materials and nonmetallic inorganic solids. For decades, it has been…
Read article →Competitive reactivities determine the size and composition of multimetallic nanocrystals
Multimetallic nanocrystals (NCs) have attracted considerable attention due to their physical, chemical, and catalytic properties, which often surpass those of their monometallic counterparts. The distinctive properties of NCs are determined by the synergistic interactions among their constituent metals.Synthesizing…
Read article →Self-assembled DNA micelles with Gold Nanoparticles for the Detection of miRNAs Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that represents one of the greatest challenges in modern medicine. The disease is characterized by the abnormal accumulation of beta-amyloid (Aβ) plaques and tau protein in the brain, leading to inflammation,…
Read article →An ultra-sound scanning in vivo light source
Advances concerning the interaction of technological devices with biological tissues still face significant limitations. In many cases, researchers must choose between achieving high spatiotemporal imaging resolution and using flexible systems capable of investigating multiple regions of the body.…
Read article →Grain boundary stabilization of ultrathin ferroelectric ZrO₂ films
Grain boundaries (GBs) are ubiquitous topological defects in polycrystalline materials that play a crucial role in determining their macroscopic properties, such as mechanical strength, radiation tolerance, and thermal conductivity. For example, dense networks of GBs hinder dislocation motion,…
Read article →Practical lithium–organic batteries enabled by an n-type conducting polymer
Currently, the widespread use of portable electronic devices demands batteries with higher storage capacities and longer lifetimes. Among the various options available on the market, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) stand out due to their high energy storage capacity and…
Read article →Consolidating mural plaster layer with nanolime
Treatment of the mural plaster layer with NL. a) Spraying of NL dispersion on the surface of the mural plaster layer. b) Spraying deionized water onto the surface after 10 min the application of the NL dispersion. c)…
Read article →Polyethylene terephthalate waste-derived carbon dots with enhanced photoluminescence
Carbon dots (CDs) are photoluminescent carbon nanoparticles, smaller than 10 nm, that have gained relevance in nanotechnology due to their chemical stability, low production cost, biocompatibility, and tunable optical properties. Thanks to these characteristics, CDs are used in…
Read article →Real-space observation of ultrastrong coupling between optical phonons and surface plasmon polaritons
The physical and chemical properties of atoms and molecules are determined by their energy levels. If these levels can be controlled, it becomes possible to modify material properties, which has important applications in materials science, chemistry, and photonics.A…
Read article →Electrogenerated Excitons for Tuning Lanthanide Electroluminescence
At present, the most common sources of lighting come from modern photonic devices based on light-emitting diode (LED) technology, which converts electrical energy into photons by using the electroluminescence (EL) phenomenon of certain materials. Although major technological advances…
Read article →MOFs: From Their Origins to the Nobel Prize
The term metal organic frameworks (MOFS was coined by Omar M. Yaghi in 1994, who later became the leading figure in the field. However, it was Richard Robson who had already laid the conceptual foundations for these structures…
Read article →Dielectric Constant and Conductivity of Planar-Confined Water
Water is essential for life, and its properties have been extensively studied, yet little is known about its electrical behavior under interfacial or extreme confinement conditions. In such states, water loses its bulk structure and adopts a laminar…
Read article →Cat Video Made With Atoms
Quantum computing promises to solve problems that are impossible for classical computers. Instead of bits that can only be 0 or 1, quantum machines use qubits, which can exist in multiple states at once. This greatly increases computational…
Read article →A new genomic editing strategy using lipid nanoparticles with spherical nucleic acids and CRISPR
CRISPR-Cas systems are a recently discovered biological tool that functions like “molecular scissors,” capable of locating and cutting specific fragments of DNA to modify or correct them with great precision. This gene-editing machinery has transformed biology by offering…
Read article →Reconfigurable Ferroelectric Field-Effect Transistors with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Channels
The rapid development of the internet and artificial intelligence has accelerated data generation, imposing greater demands on data processing. To process data efficiently, it is necessary to reduce device dimensions and operating voltage, thereby lowering energy consumption.However, with…
Read article →Homoepitaxial Growth of MoS₂ in a Rhombohedral Stacking
Two-dimensional (2D) materials possess unique properties that make them suitable for implementation in various technological devices. Manipulating and modifying the stacking order between layers is a way to tune their properties.Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are important candidates…
Read article →Flexible Selenium Nanowires with Tuneable Electronic Bangaps
Changes in the size and geometric shape of nanoparticles allow for the manipulation of semiconductor properties without altering their chemical composition. However, a challenge remains: depending on the synthesis method, the size distribution of the nanoparticles can vary.The…
Read article →Bipolar Cells of the Eye Treated with Plasmonic Gold Nanorods and Activated with Infrared Laser to Restore Vision
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and retinitis pigmentosa are major causes of vision loss. Worldwide, AMD affects approximately 200 million people, and retinitis pigmentosa 1.5 million people.In both conditions, there is a reduction in the sensitivity to light of…
Read article →Functional groups regulate ion concentration and pH in nanopores
To understand the chemical reactions occurring inside the nanopores of nanostructured materials—whether synthetic or natural, such as those found in membranes or ion channels in biological systems—it is essential to determine the ion concentration within them. For this…
Read article →Ab initio structural solutions from nanocrystal powder diffraction using diffusion models
Over the past century, the development of materials science has increasingly relied on the precise determination of atomic arrangements—that is, the crystal structure and its properties. To this end, X-ray diffraction (XRD) is commonly applied, with the sine…
Read article →Synthesis of 2-Dimensional Metals via van der Waals (vdW) Compression
Since the discovery of graphene in 2004, two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted considerable attention from the scientific community. To date, a wide variety of 2D materials are known, such as MXenes and transition metal dichalcogenides, as well as…
Read article →Gold Nanoparticles Conjugated with Aptamers for Targeted microRNA Delivery Promote Dystrophic Muscle Regeneration
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a genetic disorder characterized by the progressive loss of muscle mass due to mutations in the gene coding for dystrophin, a protein essential for muscle stability. In the absence of this functional protein, muscles…
Read article →Design of a Low-Temperature Solar Heat Concentrator for the synthesis of ZnO nanostructures
Diagram and image of the CPC Solar Collector and SEM image of the synthesized ZnOIt has been widely reported that heat obtained from solar radiation can be applied to the synthesis of nanomaterials. In the case of zinc…
Read article →NiFe Sulfide and Ti3C2 MXene Nanocomposites for High-Performance Seawater Electrolysis
Clean and sustainable energy sources are essential to address energy shortage and reduce carbon emissions caused by fossil fuels. One promising solution is the production of "green" hydrogen through water electrolysis using renewable energy sources such as solar…
Read article →Mechanochemistry in Space Promoted by Nanometeoroid Bombardment on an Asteroid
In the universe, phenomena occur that depend on micro- and nano-sized particles that, accelerated by the interplanetary magnetic field, impact and transform celestial bodies, producing surface changes—a process known as space weathering.In 2018-2019, Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft obtained in…
Read article →Machine Learning Algorithms for Calculating the Electronic Structure of Molecules
Advances in nanotechnology largely rely on computational models that help us understand how materials behave at the atomic level. These tools are essential in physics, chemistry, and materials science, as they allow researchers to uncover new mechanisms and…
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