Sharpening the Nanofocus: Berkeley Lab Researchers Use Nanoantenna to Enhance...
Berkeley Lab researchers have developed an antenna-enhanced plasmonic sensing technique for the observation of single catalytic processes in nanoreactors, or the optical detection of low concentrations...
View ArticleBerkeley Lab Researchers Create Nanoscale Waveguide for Future Photonics
Berkeley Lab researchers have demonstrated the first true nanoscale waveguides for next generation on-chip optical communication systems. The waveguides are based on a quasi-particle the researchers...
View ArticleJoint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis-North is Now Open
The Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP) is a DOE Energy Innovation Hub being funded by up to $122 million over five years to develop a solar-fuel technology modeled off plant...
View ArticleTaking the 3D Measure of Macromolecules
Berkeley Lab and German researchers have developed the world’s first three-dimensional plasmon rulers, capable of measuring nanometer-scale spatial changes in macromolecular systems. These 3D plasmon...
View ArticleSplitsville for Boron Nitride Nanotubes
Berkeley Lab researchers, working with scientists at Rice University, have developed a technique for mass-producing defect-free boron nitride nanoribbons (BNNRs) of uniform length and thickness. BNNRs...
View ArticleBreaking Kasha’s Rule:
Berkeley Lab researchers created tetrapod molecules of semiconductor nanocrystals and watched them break a fundamental principle of photoluminescence known as “Kasha’s rule.” The discovery holds...
View ArticleBerkeley Lab Researchers Apply NMR/MRI to Microfluidic Chromatography
By pairing an R&D 100 award-winning remote-detection version of NMR/MRI technology with a unique version of chromatography specifically designed for microfluidic chips, Berkeley Lab researchers...
View ArticleNanocrystal Transformers
Using the TEAM 0.5 microscope, Berkeley Lab researchers recorded the first direct observation of structural transformations within a single nanocrystal of copper sulfide. The results break new ground...
View ArticleClick Chemistry With Copper – A Biocompatible Version
Berkeley Lab researchers have found a way to make copper-catalyzed click chemistry biocompatible. By adding a ligand that minimizes the toxicity of copper but still allows it to catalyze the click...
View ArticleThe Nanoscale Secret to Stronger Alloys
As long ago as the Wright Brothers’ first airplane engine, metallurgists were using nanoparticles to make strong aluminum alloys – although they didn’t realize it, because scientific understanding is...
View ArticleShooting light a curve:
Paving the way for fast-as-light, ultra-compact communication systems and optoelectronic devices, Berkeley Lab scientists have developed a technique for steering the curved path of plasmonic Airy beams...
View ArticleBerkeley Lab Scientists Unveil an X-ray Technique Called HARPES
Berkeley Lab researchers led the development of a technique called HARPES, for Hard x-ray Angle-Resolved PhotoEmission Spectroscopy, that enables the study of electronic structures deep below material...
View ArticleDown to the Wire: Berkeley Lab Researchers Develop Inexpensive Technique for...
Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a solution-based technique for fabricating core/shell nanowire solar cells using the semiconductors cadmium sulfide for the core and copper sulfide for the...
View ArticleShaken, not Stirred: Berkeley Lab Scientists Spy Molecular Maneuvers
Berkeley Lab researchers at the Molecular Foundry like their solutions shaken, not stirred. In this way they have been able to engineer two-dimensional, biomimetic nanosheets with atomic precision for...
View ArticleBerkeley Lab Scientists Develop New Tool for the Study of Spatial Patterns in...
By embedding fixed arrays of gold nanoparticles into fluid lipid bilayers, Berkeley Lab scientists can study with unprecedented detail how the spatial patterns of chemical and physical properties on...
View ArticleBerkeley Lab Researchers Ink Nanostructures with Tiny ‘Soldering Iron’
Berkeley Lab researchers at the Molecular Foundry have shed light on the role of temperature in controlling a fabrication technique for drawing chemical surface patterns as small as 20 nanometers. This...
View ArticleOn the Road to Plasmonics With Silver Polyhedral Nanocrystals
Berkeley Lab researchers may have opened the door to a simpler approach for the fabrication of plasmonic materials – one of the hottest new fields in high tech - by inducing polyhedral-shaped silver...
View ArticleNanocrystals Go Bare:
Berkeley Lab researchers at the Molecular Foundry have discovered a universal technique for stripping nanocrystals of tether-like molecules that pose as obstacles for their integration into devices....
View ArticleNew Path to Flex and Stretch Electronics
Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a promising new inexpensive technique for fabricating large-scale flexible and stretchable backplanes using semiconductor-enriched carbon nanotube solutions. To...
View ArticleA Single Cell Endoscope
Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a nanowire endoscope that can provide high-resolution optical images of the interior of a single living cell, or precisely deliver genes, proteins, therapeutic...
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