Researchers show how light can turn a planar molecule into a chiral molecule with just one particular handedness, providing a solution to the long-standing problem of absolute asymmetric synthesis.
Scientists demonstrated and published yet another quantum mechanical effect in superconductors - the photon assisted coherent quantum phase slip effect in a very thin superconducting nanowire.
A research group has discovered that 2,5-distyrylpyrazine (DSP) crystals undergo a unique photoreaction. The group found that this phenomenon was caused by a surface effect and a cooperative effect, which make reactivity extremely high for molecules at the crystal's edge and those adjacent to molecules that have already changed color.
Researchers combined MXene and laser-induced graphene foam nanocomposite to form a material system that enables a TENG to be stretchy and able to perform on dynamic surfaces, such as the human skin or the leaf of a plant.
Researchers have developed an ultrathin, gold-based transparent coating that is able to convert sunlight into heat. It can be applied to glass and other surfaces to prevent them from fogging.
Graphene oxide - which is used in everything from electronics to sensors for biomolecules - can indirectly affect the immune system via the gut microbiome.
