Scientists have created a new type of conducting polymer containing both linear and ring elements. The new polymers have very different electronic properties than scientists would expect if the polymers simply added the contributions from each linear and ring-shaped component.
Feb 4th, 2021
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Researchers have shown how the structure of the MOF, and its interactions with the guest molecules, can produce a signal. With this understanding, researchers can design MOFs to be sensor materials for many important applications. These findings could lead to simpler ways to detect chemicals, including explosives.
Feb 4th, 2021
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Sending tiny droplets to a tumor and having them vaporized using focused ultrasound: it could be a new way of tracing a tumor or deliver drugs locally.
Feb 4th, 2021
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Researchers have come much closer to their goal of converting waste heat into electrical power at small temperature differences. They managed to increase electrical power per footprint of thermomagnetic generators based on Heusler alloy films by a factor of 3.4.
Feb 3rd, 2021
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The sensitivity of the device is already superior to commercially available analogs based on semiconductors and superconductors, which opens up prospects for applications of the graphene detector in wireless communications, security systems, radio astronomy, and medical diagnostics.
Feb 3rd, 2021
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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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