News from the NNI Community - Research Advances Funded by Agencies Participating in the NNI

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(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy)

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have taken the first images of carbon dioxide molecules within a molecular cage – part of a highly porous nanoparticle called a metal-organic framework, which has great potential for separating and storing gases and liquids.

(Funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy)

Researchers from Brown and Columbia Universities have demonstrated previously unknown states of matter that arise in double-layer stacks of graphene, a two-dimensional nanomaterial. These new states arise from the complex interactions of electrons both within and across graphene layers.

(Funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy)

Researchers from Brown and Columbia Universities have demonstrated previously unknown states of matter that arise in double-layer stacks of graphene, a two-dimensional nanomaterial. These new states arise from the complex interactions of electrons both within and across graphene layers.

(Funded by the Army Research Laboratory)

Researchers are working to develop nanophotonic devices that could have applications in thermal imaging and resonant filtering. Nanophotonic devices are used to shape the spectrum of light via photonic lattices and resonance, but their application generally has been limited to short wavelengths. The research team is trying to develop devices that will work in the long-wave infrared spectral region, which is the range in which thermal radiation is emitted.

(Funded by the Army Research Laboratory)

Researchers are working to develop nanophotonic devices that could have applications in thermal imaging and resonant filtering. Nanophotonic devices are used to shape the spectrum of light via photonic lattices and resonance, but their application generally has been limited to short wavelengths. The research team is trying to develop devices that will work in the long-wave infrared spectral region, which is the range in which thermal radiation is emitted.

(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Office of Naval Research)

Electrical engineers have reported solving a lingering question about how a two-dimensional crystal composed of cesium, lead, and bromine emitted a strong green light, opening the door to designing better light-emitting and diagnostic devices.

(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Office of Naval Research)

Electrical engineers have reported solving a lingering question about how a two-dimensional crystal composed of cesium, lead, and bromine emitted a strong green light, opening the door to designing better light-emitting and diagnostic devices.

(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy)

Chemical engineers have devised a new way to create very tiny droplets of one liquid suspended within another liquid, known as nanoemulsions. The researchers also found a way to easily convert the liquid nanoemulsions to a gel when they reach body temperature, which could be useful for developing materials that can deliver medication when rubbed on the skin or injected into the body.

(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy)

Chemical engineers have devised a new way to create very tiny droplets of one liquid suspended within another liquid, known as nanoemulsions. The researchers also found a way to easily convert the liquid nanoemulsions to a gel when they reach body temperature, which could be useful for developing materials that can deliver medication when rubbed on the skin or injected into the body.

(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

Researchers have discovered a way to apply nanoparticles to plant leaves so that they travel through the plant all the way to the root. This is the first time that anyone has systematically studied how nanoparticles move through the leaf, into the plant, to the root, and exude into the soil.