University of akron (UA) researchers have developed new materials that function on the nanoscale, which could lead to the creation of lighter laptops, slimmer televisions and crisper smartphone visual displays. Known as "giant surfactants" - or surface films and liquid solutions - the researchers, led by Stephen Z.D. Cheng, dean of UA's College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering used a technique known as nano pattern ing to combine functioning molecular nanoparticles with polymers to build these novel materials. Surfactants are compounds that lower the surface tension (or interfacial tension) between two liquids or between a liquid and a solid.
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