An international collaboration between researchers has uncovered a new way how the electron spins in layered materials can interact. They report a hitherto unknown chiral coupling that is active over relatively long distances.
Jun 13th, 2019
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Scientists have discovered what liquid gold looks like on the nanoscale - and in doing so have mapped the way in which nanoparticles melt, which is relevant to the manufacturing and performance of nanotechnology devices such as bio-sensors, nanochips , gas sensors, and catalysts.
Jun 13th, 2019
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Researchers developed a new method to measure the electric potentials of a sample at atomic accuracy. The new scanning quantum dot microscopy method could open up new opportunities for chip manufacture or the characterization of biomolecules such as DNA.
Jun 13th, 2019
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Researchers have demonstrated a new aqueous polymerization procedure for generating polymer nanoparticles with a single chain and uniform shape, which, as another difference to previous methods, involves high particle concentrations.
Jun 13th, 2019
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A new low-power magnetic switching component could aid spintronic devices.
Jun 13th, 2019
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Condensed matter physicists take a step closer to building a graphene-based topological insulator.
Jun 13th, 2019
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The technology is already in use in western Sweden, and researchers and other interested parties hope that the sensor could soon be used in many broad contexts.
Jun 13th, 2019
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'Mxene Yoda' has been created from a SEM scan of oxidized 2-D V2CTx particles that show promise as electrode material for supercapacitors and batteries.
Jun 12th, 2019
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The new anode could help create a safer high energy lithium metal battery.
Jun 12th, 2019
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A stepwise transfer of energy through the different components of the nanostructure boosts its response to light, showing promise for solar cell applications.
Jun 12th, 2019
Read moreResearchers demonstrate a facile, low-cost, scalable fabricating method for water-resistant and skin-adhesive wearable graphene-coated fabric sensors.
Jun 12th, 2019
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In this study, researchers discovered that the carrier density wave induced by electron-electron interaction is the key factor for the appearance of 3D quantum Hall effect. Electrons in such a system can travel freely between different energy bands, like boats traveling in vast ocean.
Jun 12th, 2019
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The oxide ceramic material lanthanum strontium manganite (LSMO) retains its magnetic properties in atomically thin layers if it is 'sandwiched' between two layers of a different ceramic oxide, lanthanum strontium chromium oxide. The findings have implications for future use of LSMO in spintronic-based computing and storage devices.
Jun 11th, 2019
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By finding a certain kind of defect inside a block of diamond and fashioning a pattern of nanoscale pillars on the surface above it, researchers can now control the shape of individual photons emitted by the defect.
Jun 11th, 2019
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The simplest home medical tests might look like a deck of various silicon chips coated in special film, one that could detect drugs in the blood, another for proteins in the urine indicating infection, another for bacteria in water and the like. Add the bodily fluid you want to test, take a picture with your smart phone, and a special app lets you know if there is a problem or not.
Jun 11th, 2019
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What is special about the new material is that, unlike previous shape-memory materials, it consists of a polymer and droplets of a so-called magnetorheological fluid embedded in it. Areas of application for this new type of composite material include medicine, aerospace, electronics and robotics.
Jun 11th, 2019
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