Joshua Lequieu, PhD, assistant professor of chemical and biological, has been awarded a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in support of his ...

Researchers have used tip-scan high-speed atomic force microscopy combined with an optical microscope to observe light-induced deformation of azo-polymer films. The process could be followed in real ...

The Stanford team created a metasurface from a polymer previously used in solar panels and printable electronics. They found ...

Millions of tons of microplastics flow into the ocean every year, but tracking the movement and accumulation of those microscopic polymers is difficult. A new study builds a theory of how spherical ...

Since the 1950s, scientists have worked around this problem by coating samples with a thin layer of gold before imaging. While this approach made electron microscopy possible for countless discoveries ...

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Expanding our understanding of a particular process, material, or mechanism usually requires taking a close look at what is going on. Researchers in Japan have now observed the nanoscale behavior of ...

Researchers from Osaka University combine high-speed atomic force microscopy with a laser light source for real-time observation of azo-polymer films Osaka, Japan – Expanding our scientific ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Millions of tons of microplastics flow into the ocean every year, but tracking the movement and accumulation of those microscopic polymers is ...

(Nanowerk News) Expanding our scientific understanding often comes down to getting as close a look as possible at what is happening. Now researchers from Japan have observed the nanoscale behavior of ...