Helical conducting polymers go viral
Researchers have assembled non-harmful virus particles to form 'handed' templates for growing polymers with magnetic properties.
Nov 2nd, 2021
Read moreResearchers have assembled non-harmful virus particles to form 'handed' templates for growing polymers with magnetic properties.
Nov 2nd, 2021
Read moreThe potential of DNA structural properties in single-molecule electronics has finally been harnessed in a single-molecule junction device that shows spontaneous self-restoring ability. Additionally, the device, based on a 'zipper' DNA configuration, shows unconventionally high electrical conductivity, opening doors to the development of novel nanoelectronic devices.
Nov 2nd, 2021
Read moreThe results relied on a cleaner technique to manipulate the flow of electricity, giving graphene greater conductivity than metals such as copper and gold, and raising its potential for use in telecommunications systems and quantum computers.
Nov 1st, 2021
Read moreResearchers resolve a long-standing challenge in quantum optics: optimal Bell-state measurement of time-bin encoded qubits, to enhance the key rate of secure quantum communication.
Nov 1st, 2021
Read moreA team of physicists has discovered how DNA molecules self-organize into adhesive patches between particles in response to assembly instructions. Its findings offer a 'proof of concept' for an innovative way to produce materials with a well-defined connectivity between the particles.
Nov 1st, 2021
Read moreScientists discovered unexpectedly familiar behavior in the antiferroelectric material known as zirconium dioxide, or zirconia. They show that as the microstructure of the material is reduced in size, it behaves similarly to much better understood materials known as ferroelectrics.
Nov 1st, 2021
Read moreAn international team has detected an unusual ferromagnetic property in a two-dimensional system, known as 'easy-plane anisotropy'. This could foster new energy efficient information technologies based on spintronics for data storage, among other things.
Nov 1st, 2021
Read moreImportant step in heterogenous catalysis: Scientists succeed in linking microscopic and macroscopic approaches - and thus solve an old puzzle.
Nov 1st, 2021
Read moreThe study analyzes results of a community effort and determines that machine learning greatly improves the estimation of the properties of diffusing particles.
Nov 1st, 2021
Read moreMachine learning can help explore the interaction between thermal and quantum effects in many-body systems.
Nov 1st, 2021
Read moreResearchers reveal a cause for the stable coupling of ultrashort light flashes and found a way to control their spacing both very precisely and rapidly.
Oct 31st, 2021
Read moreScientists have created thin, paper-like crystalline sheets using a synthetic, protein-like molecule called a polypeptoid. These nanosheets are only one molecule thick, with the molecules arranged in very specific ways. Scientists take images of these nanosheets using electron microscopes under cryogenic conditions.
Oct 30th, 2021
Read moreCombining experiment, theory, and simulation, scientists from around the world discovered basic chemical properties of molecules are imprinted in atomic force microscope images - a step in the ongoing quest to identify unknown molecules based on such images.
Oct 30th, 2021
Read moreNumerical study points to exotic quantum ground state in heavy rare earth.
Oct 30th, 2021
Read moreResearchers unlocked the technology to produce next-generation composite glass for lighting LEDs and smartphone, television and computer screens.
Oct 29th, 2021
Read moreAdvances make high-density, 5D optical storage practical for long-term data archiving.
Oct 28th, 2021
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