Alexander Balandin, a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC Riverside, has received the Brillouin Medal from the International Phononics Society.
Jun 10th, 2019
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Two distinct physical mechanisms identified for how simple foams collapse.
Jun 7th, 2019
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Researchers have developed a technique using a hollow sphere to measure the electronic and optical properties of large semiconducting crystals. The approach improves on current photoluminescence spectroscopy techniques.
Jun 7th, 2019
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Copper and platinum nanoparticles added to the surface of a blue titania photocatalyst significantly improve its ability to recycle atmospheric carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels.
Jun 7th, 2019
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Researchers have fabricated a novel solid-state spin filtering device that sandwiches a thin layer of artificial molecular motors.
Jun 7th, 2019
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New research provides insight into the structure of silicon nanocrystals, a substance that promises to provide efficient lithium ion batteries that power your phone to medical imaging on the nanoscale.
Jun 7th, 2019
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Fabrication of ultrathin perovskite oxides down to the monolayer limit could help unlock new quantum computing and energy technologies.
Jun 7th, 2019
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The exfoliated layered MoS2 nanosheets have a thickness of ca. 2.2 nm with 2-3 layers and highly negatively charged properties.
Jun 6th, 2019
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An international team of researchers recently synthesized polyarylether-based covalent organic frameworks, the most stable crystalline porous material on record.
Jun 6th, 2019
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Researchers have discovered a way to achieve self-assembly of low density droplets in microfluidic flows using three dimensional (3D) microchannels.
Jun 6th, 2019
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Researchers have come up with a way to manipulate tungsten diselenide - a promising two-dimensional material - to further unlock its potential to enable faster, more efficient computing, and even quantum information processing and storage.
Jun 6th, 2019
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Manipulating nanoscale light in scanning tunneling microscope junctions is attained by nanofabrication of gold tips using a focused ion beam technique.
Jun 6th, 2019
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A nanotechnology treatment derived from bone marrow stem cells has reversed multiple sclerosis symptoms in mice and could eventually be used to help humans.
Jun 5th, 2019
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Researchers have discovered what is responsible for making the teeth of the deep-sea dragonfish transparent. This unique adaptation, which helps camouflage the dragonfish from their prey, results from their teeth having an unusually crystalline nanostructure mixed with amorphous regions.
Jun 5th, 2019
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Researchers have developed a DNA nanorobot that recognizes HER2 on breast cancer cells, targeting them for destruction.
Jun 5th, 2019
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Technique may be applicable to the development of quantum sensors capable of nanoscale spatial resolution at room temperature.
Jun 5th, 2019
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