Many peptides and proteins have an innate ability to assemble into long, slender fibers called fibrils and other shapes. Now, researchers have found a way to harness this property to create tubular ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) For decades, researchers have sought to understand and harness the pyroelectric effect in biological materials. Pyroelectricity refers to the phenomenon where heating or cooling a ...

Energetic materials in the form of molecular crystals constructed by the C–N, N–N, and N–O bonds store chemical energy, while their strong electron–phonon coupling interactions promise high-energy ...

In a study that was published in Advanced Materials, Prof. Shibing Long and his colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) proposed a ...

Heat sssssensorsss A large-eyed green pit viper. The pit organs are small depressions between the snake's nostrils and eyes. (Courtesy: iStock_TommyIX) Vipers, pythons and boa constrictors all use ...

Certain species of snake - think pit vipers, boa constrictors and pythons, among others - are able to find and capture prey with uncanny accuracy, even in total darkness. Now scientists have ...

Manufactured by LASER COMPONENTS Detector Group, our pyroelectric detectors are the perfect solution for broadband IR detection. Materials exhibiting the pyroelectric effect convert IR radiation into ...

Applying a noble metal, such as gold, to the surface of a crystal induces an electrical field that 'excites' the structure of the crystal Physicists at University of Warwick demonstrate that by ...