Watching 2D materials grow
Atomically thin crystals will play an ever greater role in future -- but how can their crystallisation process be controlled? A new method is now opening up new possibilities.
Aug 29th, 2018
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Science behind world's lightest graphene watch revealed
The RM 50-03 watch was made using a unique composite incorporating graphene to manufacture a strong but lightweight new case to house the watch mechanism which weighed just 40 grams in total, including the strap.
Aug 29th, 2018
Read moreAll that is (nano)gold is not biochemically stable
Researchers stumble upon the lesson that typically stable gold nanoparticles can't always be trusted.
Aug 28th, 2018
Read moreElectric polarization in the macroscopic world and electrons moving at atomic scales
Femtosecond x-ray experiments in combination with a new theoretical approach establish a direct connection between electric properties in the macroscopic world and electron motions on the time and length scale of atoms. The results open a new route for understanding and tailoring the properties of ferroelectric materials.
Aug 28th, 2018
Read moreNanocrystals pave the way for new design of digital devices
Researchers have developed a tiny electrical circuit that may enable an entirely new design of digital devices.
Aug 28th, 2018
Read moreResearchers reveal the growth of graphene near polycrystalline substrate grain boundaries
Scientists have shown how the morphological structure of a catalytic substrate influences the growth of graphene on it. This provides more guidance on the synthesis of high-quality graphene with less domain boundaries.
Aug 28th, 2018
Read moreResearchers develop a method for cloaking nano-sensors for optics and biomedicine
Researchers have developed a model of a new metamaterial, which will improve the accuracy of nano-sensors in optics and biomedicine by cloaking them from external radiation.
Aug 28th, 2018
Read moreFeCo-selenide -- Next-generation material in energy storage devices?
Researchers have fabricated an asymmetric supercapacitor based on FeCo-selenide nanosheet arrays as positive electrode and Fe2O3 nanorod arrays as negative electrode.
Aug 28th, 2018
Read moreAll wired up: New molecular wires for single-molecule electronic devices
Scientists have designed a new type of molecular wire doped with organometallic ruthenium to achieve unprecedentedly higher conductance than earlier molecular wires.
Aug 28th, 2018
Read moreA novel DNA-nanoparticle actuator system
Researchers have developed a novel nanoactuator system, where conformation of biomolecule can be tuned by electric field and probed using optical properties of gold nanoparticle.
Aug 28th, 2018
Read moreCarbon in color: First-ever colored thin films of nanotubes created
A novel method can produce large quantities of pristine single-walled carbon nanotubes in select shades of the rainbow. The secret is a fine-tuned fabrication process - and a small dose of carbon dioxide.
Aug 28th, 2018
Read moreLevitating 2D semiconductor for better performance
Scientists have suspended a 2D semiconductor on a dome-shaped nanostructure to produce a highly efficient semiconductor at a low cost.
Aug 28th, 2018
Read moreReducing friction with an onion-like carbon material
Researchers developed a new self-generating lubricant with great potential for industrial applications.
Aug 27th, 2018
Read moreMedical nanorobot enters Guinness World Records
A 120 nanometer long robot is now world record holder in the Guinness World Records for creating the Smallest Medical Robot.
Aug 27th, 2018
Read moreA novel graphene quantum dot structure takes the cake
In a marriage of quantum science and solid-state physics, researchers have used magnetic fields to confine groups of electrons to a series of concentric rings within graphene, a single layer of tightly packed carbon atoms.
Aug 27th, 2018
Read moreWater vapor annealing technique on diamond surfaces for next-generation power devices
The existing surface termination technique using hydrogen to stabilize the diamond's structure for application in electronic power devices results in two-dimensional hole gas layers (2DHG). Attempting to remove these layers using oxygen-termination roughens the diamond surface and leads to degradation of the device performance. To overcome this, researchers have removed 2DHG from diamond using water vapor annealing and maintained an atomically flat surface.
Aug 27th, 2018
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