Brookhaven National Laboratory News

Self-Assembly by Instruction: Designing Nanoscale Systems Using DNA-Based Approaches

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:30:00 EST

Join Physicist Oleg Gang of the Center for Functional Nanomaterials as he gives the 474th Brookhaven Lecture tomorrow, Wednesday, January 18.

Brookhaven Researchers Demonstrate Source of Blinking in Quantum Dots

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST

Imagine a tiny light bulb, a handful of nanometers (billionths of a meter) in diameter. It stays on for a time, then blinks unexpectedly out and comes back to life a moment later. On. Off. On. Off. On. Off.

Nanoconfinement of Organic Solar Cell Material Enhances Conductivity

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:30:00 EST

Nanometer-scale restructuring of a polymer used in organic solar cells could lead to improved devices.

New Anode Could Improve Lithium-Ion Battery Performance

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:30:00 EST

With gasoline prices still hovering near $4 per gallon, scientists at Brookhaven Lab’s Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) are helping to develop electric vehicles capable of driving hundreds of miles on a single charge.

Scientists Detect Unusual ‘Quasiparticles’ in Tri-Layer Graphene

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:00:00 EST

Findings reveal new possibilities for manipulating charge and spin in electronic devices.

Nanoimprinting Controls Orientation of Organic Solar Polymers

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:30:00 EST

Restructuring organic polymers could lead to more efficient conversion of sunlight to electricity.

Injecting Electrons into a Single Sheet of Carbon Atoms through Chemical Substitution

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:30:00 EST

Injecting electrons into a single sheet of carbon atoms through chemical substitution may result in transparent conductors for organic solar cells with increased power conversion efficiency.

Tour the Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven Lab on Sunday, July 17

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:30:00 EST

This Sunday, July 17, Brookhaven Lab will be open to all for a tour of the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, where BNL researchers probe structures as tiny as a billionth of a meter.

Columbia Engineers Control Light Propagation in Photonic Chips

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:00:00 EST

Researchers at Columbia Engineering School have built optical nanostructures that enable them to slow photons down and fully control light dispersion.

Brookhaven Lab Wins Two R&D 100 Awards for Imaging Devices Used in Scientific Research

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:00:00 EST

BNL has won two R&D 100 Awards for developing imaging tools that will help researchers study materials ranging from seventeenth-century paintings to photovoltaics.