Inspired by the way plants absorb and distribute water and nutrients, researchers have developed a groundbreaking method for transporting liquids and gases using 3D-printed lattice design and capillary action phenomena.
According to the researchers, the new technology proposes a way for storing electric information in the thinnest unit known to science, in one of the most stable and inert materials in nature. The allowed quantum-mechanical electron tunneling through the atomically thin film may boost the information reading process much beyond current technologies.
Microfluidic processing could help to make a competitive printed photovoltaics industry a reality by removing the need for expensive, high-temperature fabrication methods.
The three-dimensional (3D) geometry of 3D-printed nanopixels can increase the emission brightness of display pixels, varying with the height of the pixels, and can be used to fabricate super high-resolution devices. 3D printing of perovskite nanopillars can be used for creating nanoscale display pixels as well and the increase of the emission intensity can be saturated by the limited depth of field of the measuring optical system.
As a lattice of nanoscale nickel struts, metallic wood is full of cell-sized pores that radically decrease its density without sacrificing strength. Researchers have now solved a major problem preventing metallic wood from being manufactured at meaningful sizes: eliminating 'inverted cracks', a kind of defect that has plagued similar materials for decades.
Researchers have discovered that minuscule, self-propelled particles called nanoswimmers can escape from mazes as much as 20 times faster than other, passive particles, paving the way for their use in everything from industrial clean-ups to medication delivery.
