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Conjugated polymers designed with a twist produce tiny, brightly fluorescent particles with broad applications.

A single-step process transforms carbon dioxide into star-shaped molecules that are promising building blocks for useful polymeric materials.

Roll-to-roll printing of a conductive metal ink offers an inexpensive, high performance alternative to today’s touchscreen technology.

Cellulose nanofibers can help particles in ink and printed electronics disperse evenly, rather than spread apart like dried coffee rings.

Study into spirals of magnetic spin showcases potential of layered materials for future data storage.

A Nagoya University-led research team mimics the rich color of bird plumage and demonstrates new ways to control how light interacts with materials.

Cyanine dyes could improve the efficiency of using molecular probes to identify, for example, the presence of a virus or a tumour receptor.

A new method combining tumor suppressor protein p53 and biomineralization peptide BMPep successfully created hexagonal silver nanoplates, suggesting an efficient strategy for controlling the nanostructure of inorganic materials.

A rechargeable power source printed onto normal paper using a standard inkjet printer could pave a new way for a wide range of ‘smart’ objects.

Adding photoacid to a special kind of melted polymeric crystal allows better and switchable proton conductivity. This could lead to new materials for memory, supercapacitor and transistor technologies.

Template modification could speed up the fabrication of sensing substrates and other novel structures.

Mass production technology for silicon based ultraviolet (UV) light sensors, suitable for smartphones and wearable devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) era, has been jointly developed by a research team at Tohoku University and SII Semiconductor Corporation, a semiconductor manufacturer at Seiko Instruments Group.

A new technique for investigating the action of molybdate on carbon steel could lead to safer treatments for protecting metal alloys.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University launched today the University Research Facility in 3D Printing (U3DP), the first 3D printing facility among higher education institutions in Hong Kong to support teaching, learning and research.

A team from Korea created more flexible neural electrodes that minimize tissue damage and still transmit clear brain signals.

An ultrathin semiconducting sheet showing gas-responsive electronic properties may lead to highly sensitive gas sensors.