Researchers have discovered what makes vanadium dioxide films conduct electricity. Their findings will enable thermal imaging devices with a sensitivity and reaction rate superior to those of the currently existing analogues.
Aug 31st, 2020
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For the first time, researchers successfully manipulated and controlled minute magnetic structures called skyrmions in ways that suggest they could be useful in electronic applications.
Aug 31st, 2020
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Researchers report a chelation strategy for surface engineering of halide perovskite, in which dithiocarbamate molecules can be coordinate to surface Pb sites via strong bidentate chelating bonding.
Aug 28th, 2020
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Researchers have found that nanohemisphere arrays can significantly improve the quality factors of plasmonic surface lattice resonances.
Aug 28th, 2020
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Scientists have realized sub-molecular resolution with single molecule photofluorescence imaging for the first time.
Aug 28th, 2020
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Self-assembly of responsive photonic biobased materials in liquid marbles.
Aug 28th, 2020
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Building quantum computers underground or designing radiation-proof qubits may be needed, researchers find.
Aug 28th, 2020
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Researchers have developed a stretchable, wearable gas sensor for environmental sensing.
Aug 28th, 2020
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Extremely energy-efficient artificial intelligence is now closer to reality after researchers found a way to improve the accuracy of a brain-inspired computing system.
Aug 27th, 2020
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Using a material widely adopted by photonics researchers, researchers have created the smallest electro-optical modulator yet. The modulator is a key component of a photonics-based chip, controlling how light moves through its circuits.
Aug 27th, 2020
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Chemists have successfully tied a series of microscopic knots using individual molecules for the first time, ushering in the advent of a form of nano-scale weaving which could create a new generation of advanced materials.
Aug 27th, 2020
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By mixing electronic resonances in semiconductor nanostructures with the photon field of microresonators, researchers designed a stained mirror that bleaches more easily than ever and could make terahertz lasers ultrafast.
Aug 27th, 2020
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The materials belong to the class of metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs for short, and could open up new opportunities for energy storage.
Aug 27th, 2020
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Scientists have equipped these humble unicellular organisms with semiconductor coatings to create mini power plants, which supply biofuels and are photocatalytically active in sunlight.
Aug 27th, 2020
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The BIOMAP process uses microparticles of varying sizes. The particles are applied to a surface, covering it and form-fitting all the crevices, gaps and patterns through the autonomous processes of self-filtration, capillary pressure and evaporation.
Aug 27th, 2020
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Technique may promote practical use of high-performance magnetoresistive devices comprising half-metallic heusler alloys.
Aug 27th, 2020
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