Antiferromagnets are suitable for dissipationless nanoelectronics, contrary to current theories
A physicist discovers the Hall effect in an antiferromagnet, which - according to current theories - is impossible.
Nov 9th, 2020
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Infection diagnostics 3.0: Faster thanks to nanopore sequencing
To ensure that sepsis patients receive appropriate antibiotics as quickly as possible, researchers have developed a diagnostic procedure that uses high-throughput sequencing of blood samples and delivers results much faster than conventional culture-based techniques. Thanks to the latest single-molecule sequencing techniques, this process has now been further improved so that pathogens can be identified after just a few hours.
Nov 9th, 2020
Read moreCoating plastics with porous MOF nanofilms
A research team has developed a new method for creating metal-organic framework (MOF) thin films that can be applied to sensors and electric devices.
Nov 9th, 2020
Read moreHollow porphyrinic nanospheres
Making such purely organic, atomically precise hollow molecular spheres or cages is synthetically challenging. Now, researchers have successfully developed a template-free, one-pot synthesis of a porphyrin-based gigantic organic cages composed of multi-porphyrin units.
Nov 9th, 2020
Read moreNew insights into the production and dissociation of atomic clusters
Atomic clusters are composed of several atoms of the same or very few different elements. Which conditions lead to the formation of atomic clusters? When and how do they fragment? These questions have been investigated by researchers.
Nov 9th, 2020
Read moreNanocrystal encapsulation and delivery of water-insoluble drugs
New research findings show that besides their applications in bioimaging techniques as phosphorescent markers, the new platinum nanocrystals may also have an application in biomedicine: to encapsulate water-insoluble drugs.
Nov 7th, 2020
Read moreOptimizing the design of new materials
A new approach combines statistical inference, optimization theory, and computational materials physics to design new materials without large amounts of existing data.
Nov 7th, 2020
Read moreGermanium telluride's hidden properties at the nanoscale revealed
Germanium Telluride is an interesting candidate material for spintronic devices. In a comprehensive study, researchers have now revealed how the spin texture switches by ferroelectric polarization within individual nanodomains.
Nov 7th, 2020
Read moreHigher-resolution imaging of living, moving cells using plasmonic metasurfaces
Metasurface of self-assembled gold nanoparticles shown to improve resolution of fluorescence images of living cells under a widefield optical microscope to the theoretical limit.
Nov 6th, 2020
Read moreResearchers discover material with refractive index higher than in silicon
This will potentially allow to create more compact and efficient elements for lasers, sensors, and optical chips. Moreover, it proves the hypothesis that physicists had about the connection between a material's refractive index and its electronic features.
Nov 6th, 2020
Read morePhotons protect their path using topology
Novel type of nonlinear photonic circuitry where light beams define their own paths while rendering themselves impervious to external perturbations.
Nov 6th, 2020
Read moreAnti-hacking based on the circular polarization direction of light
Development of a phototransistor based on the characteristic of light to travel in a straight line while rotating. Possible to prevent unauthorized reproduction and wiretapping with high-performance, low-cost encryption devices.
Nov 6th, 2020
Read moreScientists and students publish blueprints for a cheaper single-molecule microscope
Scientists and students publish blueprints for a cheaper single-molecule microscope to make the specialist technique more widely available.
Nov 6th, 2020
Read moreLarge-area flexible organic photodiodes can compete with silicon devices
The performance of flexible large-area organic photodiodes has advanced to the point that they can now offer advantages over conventional silicon photodiode technology, particularly for applications such as biomedical imaging and biometric monitoring that require detecting low levels of light across large areas.
Nov 6th, 2020
Read moreLithium-ion battery research 'nanoflowers'
Scientists increased battery capacity over many charge and discharge cycles with a promising high-rate electrode material featuring a unique flower-shaped nanostructure.
Nov 5th, 2020
Read moreNext-generation computer chip with two heads
Engineers have developed a computer chip that combines two functions - logic operations and data storage - into a single architecture, paving the way to more efficient devices.
Nov 5th, 2020
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