The optoelectronic properties of various carbon allotropes and nanomaterials have been well established, while the purely sp-hybridized carbyne remains synthetically inaccessible. Its properties have therefore frequently been extrapolated from those of defined oligomers.
Nov 17th, 2020
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In this study, by using operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy imaging, the researchers revealed a full landscape of the biphasic structural transformation occurring at the nodes inside Ni and Co bimetallic MOF during OER.
Nov 17th, 2020
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Researchers have found that removing random doping in quantum electronic devices dramatically improves their reproducibility - a key requirement for future applications such as quantum-information processing and spintronics.
Nov 17th, 2020
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The proposed device, with a theoretical operating energy budget less than 10 attojoules, uses a differential architecture to compensate for environmental variations and the device can retain sensed information for durations ranging from hours to days.
Nov 17th, 2020
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A new way to arrange very small materials with perfect control could lead to more secure banknotes and passports, and quicker detection of harmful gas through a clever use of light.
Nov 17th, 2020
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Researchers have used experiments and simulations to find out by what means MOFs can be rendered flexible and why: they tricked the system by using clever chemical manipulations to enable a variety of energetically similar arrangements in the crystalline order.
Nov 17th, 2020
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Theoretical researchers have found a way to make quantum sensors exponentially more sensitive by harnessing a unique physics phenomenon.
Nov 16th, 2020
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Scientists have reported a new optical imaging technology, using a glass side covered with gold nanodiscs that allows them to monitor changes in the transmission of light and determine the characteristics of nanoparticles as small as 25 nanometers in diameter.
Nov 16th, 2020
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Researchers have developed a groundbreaking method to detect the dynamics of light on such a small scale with high temporal resolution.
Nov 16th, 2020
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Scientists have developed a photodiode using a crystalline film composed of lead perovskite compounds with organic chiral molecules to detect circularly polarized light without a filter. It is expected as a technology for visualization of the invisible change of object surfaces such as stress intensity and distribution.
Nov 16th, 2020
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Scientists have not only been able to explain how nanostructures in thermoelectric materials can improve energy efficiency but they also propose a commercially more attractive way to manufacture nanostructured thermoelectric materials, increasing the chances for mass-production of thermoelectric energy.
Nov 16th, 2020
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Sometimes, the inside of a material can determine what happens on the outside. A team of physicists has devised a new way to make use of this general truth, in particular in systems that do not conserve energy.
Nov 16th, 2020
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Researchers succeeded in creating a new class of hybrid glass materials that combine organic and inorganic components. To do this, the scientists use special material combinations in which chemical bonds between organometallic and inorganic glasses can be generated.
Nov 16th, 2020
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Researchers have achieved a nearly 90% efficiency converting light energy into surface waves on graphene. They relied on a laser-like energy conversion scheme and collective resonances.
Nov 16th, 2020
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Scientists have developed a scalable electrochemical exfoliation method to synthesise two-dimensional (2D) superconducting material for use in printing technologies.
Nov 16th, 2020
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A new project has been set up to develop an immunologic-based treatment strategy where cancer cells are reprogrammed to become 'visible' to the patient's immune system.
Nov 13th, 2020
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