Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, working with MIT and a multi-university team, have demonstrated a nanomanufacturing method that peels off 10-nanometer-thick crystalline membranes for highly sensitive infrared detection without cryogenic cooling. The approach, called atomic lift-off (ALO), eliminates the buffer “release” layers common in prior techniques and achieved a record pyroelectric response in ultrathin films,…
New “nose-computer interface” aims to upgrade Rover’s nose for better drug detection methods
When you take your dog for a walk, does he stop to sniff every tree trunk and patch of grass he sees, leaving you to wonder what smells so enticing? Scientists have also wondered, although not the trivial lawn fodder, what pups’ sensitive noses pick up to help detect drugs or disease. Lawrence Livermore National…