Researchers managed to use light to very precisely control the formation of nanocomposites in the shape of corals and vases. By illuminating a solution of the right ingredients with UV light, they can control where, when and which structures arise at the micrometer scale.
Atomic-scale magnetic patterns resembling a hedgehog's spikes could result in hard disks with massively larger capacities than today's devices, a new study suggests. The finding could help data centers keep up with the exponentially increasing demand for video and cloud data storage.
Chemists succeeded in synthesizing particularly complex mesocrystals with largely unknown chemical and physical properties and in shedding light on their structure.
Scientists have shown that they can manipulate single skyrmions - tiny magnetic vortices that could be used as computing bits in future ultra-dense information storage devices - using pulses of electric current, at room temperature.
