Researchers have developed a new method to improve the noise associated with nanoscale chemical imaging using atomic force microscopy. The improvements will increase the versatility and the precision of the instrument.
Jun 26th, 2020
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Spin-gapless semiconductors with their fascinating spin and charge states hold great potential for future spintronic technology.
Jun 26th, 2020
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Researchers deposit gold atoms onto gold nanorods in a practically helicoidal structure.
Jun 25th, 2020
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Researchers have succeeded in producing graphene nanoribbons for the first time directly on the surface of semiconductors. Until now, this was only possible on metal surfaces.
Jun 25th, 2020
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A newly discovered nanocluster has a geometry that has not been observed in chemistry heretofore.
Jun 25th, 2020
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Inorganic nanoparticles stored in the nanomotors create oxygen nanobubbles for propulsion.
Jun 25th, 2020
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Researchers used a simple process to implant atoms precisely into the top layers of ultra-thin crystals, yielding two-sided structures with different chemical compositions. The resulting materials, known as Janus structures after the two-faced Roman god, may prove useful in developing energy and information technologies.
Jun 25th, 2020
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Scientists developed a new technique that uses intense X-ray pulses to measure how atoms move in a sheet of material just one molecule thick.
Jun 25th, 2020
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New study using super resolution technology gives new insight into a poorly understood area of DNA replication.
Jun 25th, 2020
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Researchers have developed a method for the production of wavy surfaces with nanometre precision. In the future this method could be used, for instance, to make optical components for data transmission on the internet even more efficient and compact.
Jun 25th, 2020
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Scientists have studied how magnet nanoparticles affect cancer cells in the human liver.
Jun 25th, 2020
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Researchers have constructed the world's first atomically resolved scanning tunneling microscope (STM) in a hybrid magnet to obtain atomic resolved STM images of graphite in an ultra-high 30.1 T magnetic field and bore of 32mm diameter setting the highest magnetic field for the hybrid magnet,and the same time marking a new magnetic field record for any atomic resolution measurement.
Jun 25th, 2020
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Researchers have proposed a new way to study the properties of individual organic molecules and nanolayers of molecules. The approach relies on V-shaped graphene-metal film structures.
Jun 25th, 2020
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Scientists have developed a completely new method of measuring 'squeezing' - a potential starting point for high-precision sensor technology.
Jun 25th, 2020
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A new study opens important perspectives for treatment of diseases such as Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease, but also epilepsy, brain trauma and stroke.
Jun 25th, 2020
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Environment-friendly solar panels consisting of the abundant materials Cu, Zn, Sn are hindered by their low practical efficiency compared to their theoretical potential. Researchers have now discovered a way to overcome these hurdles.
Jun 25th, 2020
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