Inspired by living organisms, researchers have developed a somatosensory light-driven robot (SLiR) that can simultaneously sense strain and temperature. The SLiR subsumespyro/piezoelectric responses and piezoresistive strain sensation under a photoactuator transducer, enabling simultaneous yet non-interfering perception of its body temperature and actuation deformation states. This design confers soft robots with complex perceptions of their body status, as well as the surrounding environments.
Controlling the interactions at the interface of a magnetic/topological insulator heterostructure is an outstanding challenge with implications in fundamental science and technology. New resesearch has shown that ligands from metal-organic molecules can be used to tailor the properties of these interfaces.
Scientists have developed a first-of-its-kind nanoparticle-based in vivo imaging technique that may one day be used to help diagnose and even treat cancer.
Researchers developed a lithium-ion battery that is flexible enough to be stretched.
With the new modeling method, the calculations became simpler, which gives a possibility to predict the mechanical response to tension and to study its failure mechanism.
Polarization, in sync. On the macro, everyday level, it reads as an oxymoron. To nanoscientists, though, the apparent contradiction makes a kind of harmonious sense.
Graphene and perovskites hybrid resulted in a material that can more sensitively detect these kinds of gas.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can provide an effective way of supporting the development of the next generation of high-performance rechargeable batteries.
This proof-of-concept material would be sensitive enough to detect straightforward low concentration of NO2 in conventional luminescence displays.
A specific fibril tip shape design is the key to achieving elastic dry fibril adhesives with super liquid repellency. This new bioinspired material opens up many possibilities for use, as it prevents any form of liquid droplet or layer from hindering or degrading its adhesion.