Creating new opportunities from nanoscale materialsSeptember 23, 2019
Materials science and engineering professor is pioneering new techniques to study materials growth and how structure relates to performance...
Need more energy storage? Just hit ‘print’April 23, 2019
Researchers from TCD and Drexel University develop a conductive ink made from a special type of material - MXene - used to print components for electron...
AMBER and I-Form researchers announce breakthrough for next generation smart wearable devicesApril 23, 2019
Development of new material, called MXene inks, will greatly aid the development of the next generation of smart wearable devices – otherwise k...
Transparent loudspeakers and MICs that let your skin play musicOctober 2, 2018
An international team of researchers has presented an innovative wearable technology that will turn your skin into a loudspeaker...
Tyndall hosts 18th IEEE-NANOJuly 24, 2018
The IEEE-NANO is the flagship IEEE Nanotechnology conference and for the first time is being held in Ireland from July 23-26...
Nanomaterials could mean more algae outbreaks for wetlands and waterwaysJuly 10, 2018
Combined with nutrient runoff from fertilised cropland and manure-filled pastures, nanomaterials in agrochemicals like pesticides and fungicides could l...
17 devices and new technologies as small as computer chip or business cardJune 26, 2018
Our modern world is filled with technology that is the product of miniaturisation including the computer chip and many other devices - just like these,...
Engineer unveils new spin on future of transistors with novel designJuly 4, 2017
The all-carbon, spintronic proposal could replace silicon transistors and lead to smaller, better performing structures in electronics...
Mechanical engineering must futureproof to maximise tomorrow’s technologyJune 6, 2017
Mechanical engineering has always held strong among all engineering disciplines, even in the face of changing technology. Auro Ashish Saha outlines the...
Mechanical engineers develop 3D-printed ‘bionic skin’ to give robots the sense of touchMay 23, 2017
A new process for 3D printing stretchable electronic sensory devices could give robots the ability to feel their environment. The discovery is also a m...
Pioneering nanotechnology that captures energy from people could power mobile phonesDecember 13, 2016
The days of charging mobile phones with finger swipes and powering Bluetooth headsets simply by walking is now much closer, say engineers as they have c...
Plant-to-human communication: nanobionic spinach plants can detect explosivesNovember 15, 2016
By embedding leaves with carbon nanotubes, chemical engineers have transformed spinach plants into sensors that can detect explosives and wirelessly rel...
World expert in advanced manufacturing technologies joins University College DublinOctober 4, 2016
UCD has appointed Prof Fengzhou Fang, an expert in advanced manufacturing research and innovation, to its School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering...
ERC grant brings amount raised by AMBER’s Valeria Nicolosi to €12mAugust 3, 2016
Prof. Valeria Nicolosi is Ireland’s only five-time ERC awardee and has received research funding of €12 million in the past 5 years...
Tiny diamonds could enable huge advances in nanotechnologyJune 14, 2016
Nanomaterials have the potential to improve many next-generation technologies and researchers have developed a new, quick and inexpensive method for con...
Engineers take first step toward flexible, wearable biosensor deviceMay 31, 2016
The Chem-Phys wearable biosensor records electrocardiogram heart signals and tracks levels of lactate, a biochemical that is a marker of physical effort...
Computer modelling for safer nanotechnologiesAugust 11, 2015
Project has investigated the hazards posed by nano-sized objects, developing paradigms to develop a computer model of a human organ...
Nanogel for drug delivery into the body acts as long-term drug depotApril 21, 2015
Chemical engineers have designed a self-healing hydrogel that can be injected through a syringe to release their payload over a specified time period...
Computers that mimic the function of the human brainApril 7, 2015
Engineers have used a promising new material to build more functional memristors, bringing us closer to brain-like computing...
Phonon ‘tunnelling’ explains heat flow across nanometer-wide gapsApril 7, 2015
Mechanical engineers have found that 'phonon tunneling' explains heat flow across nanometer-wide gaps...