A surprisingly simple method improves 'drop casting' fabrication of tiled nanosheets that could be used in next-generation electronic devices. All you need is a pipette and a hotplate.
Feb 3rd, 2021
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Just as pressing a guitar string produces a higher pitch, sending laser light through a material can shift it to higher energies and higher frequencies. Scientists have discovered how to use this process to explore quantum materials in more detail.
Feb 2nd, 2021
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Scientists have developed a first proof-of-concept method that uses the same principle as ultrasound scanning in pregnancies, but on a much, much smaller scale.
Feb 2nd, 2021
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Researchers seeking to make newer, more energy efficient materials have made a breakthrough in understanding how structure dictates electron transfer across surfaces.
Feb 2nd, 2021
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Scientists demonstrate the potential for the development of highly deformable ceramic piezoelectric materials by improving the elastic limit using a 3D hollow nanostructure.
Feb 2nd, 2021
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Cutting-edge photolithography technology has enabled the launch of a new generation of high-performance smartphones featuring powerful and efficient 7nm-node mobile processors.
Feb 2nd, 2021
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An international team of researchers produced islands of amorphous, non-crystalline material inside a class of new metal alloys known as high-entropy alloys. This discovery opens the door to applications in everything from landing gears, to pipelines, to automobiles. The new materials could make these lighter, safer, and more energy efficient.
Feb 2nd, 2021
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Semiconducting 2D alloys could be key to overcoming the technical limitations of modern electronics. Although 2D Si-Ge alloys would have interesting properties for this purpose, they were only predicted theoretically. Now, scientists have realized the first experimental demonstration.
Feb 2nd, 2021
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Scientists have created technology aimed at replacing Morse code with colored 'digital characters' to modernize optical storage. They are confident the advancement will help with the explosion of remote data storage.
Feb 2nd, 2021
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A new method for constructing special solar cells could significantly increase their efficiency. Not only are the cells made up of thin layers, they also consist of specifically arranged nanoblocks.
Feb 2nd, 2021
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Scientists have demonstrated a general approach for characterising the atomic structure, and electronic and magnetic properties of two-dimensional (2D) magnetic insulators using scanning tunnelling microscopy.
Feb 2nd, 2021
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Researchers have provided a fresh perspective on the potential of twisted van der Waals materials for realising novel and elusive states of matter and providing a unique materials-based quantum simulation platform.
Feb 2nd, 2021
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A new kind of wearable health device would deliver real-time medical data to those with eye or mouth diseases.
Feb 1st, 2021
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Structure may reveal conditions needed for high-temperature superconductivity.
Feb 1st, 2021
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The advance allows engineers to control the direction and polarization of light from thin-film LEDs, paving the way for a new generation of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies.
Feb 1st, 2021
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Titanium dioxide nanoparticles decorated by gold absorb about 96% of the solar spectrum and turn it into heat. The material can accelerate the evaporation in desalination plants up to 2.5 times and can track hazardous molecules and compounds.
Feb 1st, 2021
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