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
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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
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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
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Novel type of nonlinear photonic circuitry where light beams define their own paths while rendering themselves impervious to external perturbations.
Nov 6th, 2020
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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
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Scientists and students publish blueprints for a cheaper single-molecule microscope to make the specialist technique more widely available.
Nov 6th, 2020
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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
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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
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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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Blue phosphorus, an atomically thin synthetic semiconductor, becomes metallic as soon as it is converted into a double layer.
Nov 5th, 2020
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Physicists have developed the basic technology for a new 'quantum modem'. It will allow users to connect to a future quantum internet that is based on the existing fibre optic network infrastructure.
Nov 5th, 2020
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Thermal storage systems based on zeolite materials offer great potential, but have so far suffered from a lack of efficient heat transfer between storage material and heat exchanger. Researchers now have found a new way to coat zeolite granulate, so that an efficient heat transfer is made possible.
Nov 5th, 2020
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Researchers have developed a powerful, low-cost method for recycling used cooking oil and agricultural waste into biodiesel, and turning food scraps and plastic rubbish into high-value products.
Nov 5th, 2020
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Scientists have developed a liquid window panel that can simultaneously block the sun to regulate solar transmission, while trapping thermal heat that can be released through the day and night, helping to reduce energy consumption in buildings.
Nov 5th, 2020
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Researchers have taken an important step toward developing a communications network that exchanges information across long distances by using photons, mass-less measures of light that are key elements of quantum computing and quantum communications systems.
Nov 4th, 2020
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Researchers have developed a system of gold nanorods that acts like a tiny light-driven motor, with its direction of motion is determined by the orientation of the motors. This work may lead to smaller and more precise nanomachines.
Nov 4th, 2020
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