An expressway for electrons in oxide heterostructures
Physicists have developed a new methodology for determining the impact of screening effects on charge carrier mobility at the interface of complex material structures.
Jul 30th, 2018
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Tin type
Researchers are examining tin as a silicon-friendly material to help create new cost-effective memory devices. The new candidate offers the same performance advantages of more commonly used elements such as copper or silver, yet is compatible with silicon.
Jul 27th, 2018
Read moreCarbon nanotubes on holey silicon make bright source of single photons
Carbon nanotubes coated onto a holey silicon substrate emit a superabundance of single particles of light.
Jul 27th, 2018
Read moreScientists develop novel approach to spontaneous emission using atomic matter waves
The research creates an alternative platform for advancing quantum physics applications.
Jul 27th, 2018
Read moreNew optics: Nano-hedgehogs of light
Researchers have created a new type of optical system. Their 'nano-hedgehogs of light', also known as optical skyrmions, set the stage for a new platform for information processing, transfer and storage applications.
Jul 27th, 2018
Read moreNew two-dimensional material could revolutionize solar fuel generation
International group of researchers obtain new material from iron ore with application as a photocatalyst.
Jul 26th, 2018
Read moreTechnique to easily fabricate ceramic films used as OPV inter-layers developed
Researchers develop coating technique to create ceramic ultra-thin films using solution.
Jul 26th, 2018
Read moreTwo-faced edge makes nanotubes obey
Theorists find mechanism behind nearly pure nanotubes from the unusual catalyst.
Jul 26th, 2018
Read moreResearchers report unraveling the immune recognition of nucleic acid nanoparticles
Particle-specific immune responses may be 'an alphabet for talking to the immune system'.
Jul 26th, 2018
Read moreResearchers design a nano-carrier to release drugs into damaged cells
Researchers have devised strategies to eliminate senescent cells. Senescence is a cell program that is triggered by many types of damage and senescent cells are present in many diseases.
Jul 26th, 2018
Read moreScientists use excitons to take electronics into the future
Scientists have developed a transistor based on excitons that is able to function at room temperature. This breakthrough could lead to a new breed of faster, more energy efficient and smaller electronics.
Jul 25th, 2018
Read moreA nanotechnology breath test for early-stage Parkinson's
Researchers have developed a device with an array of 40 sensors based on gold nanoparticles or single-walled carbon nanotubes.
Jul 25th, 2018
Read moreDOE grant to study single nanoparticles and their ability to act as electrocatalysts
The U.S. DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences has awarded researchers $1.1 million to study single nanoparticles and their ability to act as electrocatalysts.
Jul 25th, 2018
Read moreWhat happens in a solar cell when the lights go out?
Researchers are now able to measure the processes taking place in a perovskite solar cell with great precision.
Jul 25th, 2018
Read moreVibrations at an exceptional point
Scientists have developed a lasing system already adept at producing tiny light packets called photons into a tunable system that also makes little bits of mechanical energy called phonons - the energy products of oscillation, or vibration.
Jul 25th, 2018
Read moreScientists unlock the properties of new 2D material
The research succeeded in the first experimental realisation and structural investigation of single-layer vanadium disulphide.
Jul 25th, 2018
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