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On the way to new electronic materials with metal-organic networks

Scientists have developed and characterized a novel, metal-organic material which displays electrical properties mimicking those of highly crystalline silicon.

Oct 17th, 2018

New reservoir computer marks first-ever microelectromechanical neural network application

Researchers used oscillations from a microscopic beam of silicon to enable the nonlinear dynamics that allow neural networks to complete tasks ranging from processing image patterns to recognizing words.

Oct 17th, 2018

Ruthenium as a new nanocatalyst for obtaining hydrogen

Chemists have used catalysts with ruthenium nanoparticles to obtain hydrogen under the influence of visible light and UV radiation.

Oct 16th, 2018

Toward unhackable communication: Single particles of light could bring the quantum internet

Hacker attacks on everything from social media accounts to government files could be largely prevented by the advent of quantum communication, which would use particles of light called photons to secure information rather than a crackable code.

Oct 16th, 2018

Exploring new spintronics device functionalities in graphene heterostructures

In new work, scientists show heterostructures built from graphene and topological insulators have strong, proximity induced spin-orbit coupling which can form the basis of novel information processing technologies.

Oct 16th, 2018

Study shows faster, scalable way to make molecular semiconductors

Recent work may enable scalable production of the nanoscale electrodes that are needed in order to explore molecules and exploit their behavior as potentially valuable electronic materials.

Oct 16th, 2018

High entropy alloys hold the key to studying dislocation avalanches in metals

New research findings have made it possible to understand how dislocations organize and react at nanoscale.

Oct 16th, 2018

Blue phosphorus - mapped and measured for the first time

Until recently, the existence of blue phosphorus was pure theory: Now scientists examined samples of blue phosphorus for the first time and confirm via mapping of their electronic band structure that this is actually this exotic phosphorus modification.

Oct 16th, 2018

Graphene expertise for touch screens with a twist

Bendable, rollable, scrunchable - touch screen technology is on the move, and the scope for flexibility is just one of the possibilities that has emerged. With its many exciting properties, graphene is anticipated as a game changer for this shift.

Oct 16th, 2018

Metal-organic frameworks: ready for electronics

Scientists have observed unequivocally for the first time band-like electron transport in an organic based material, a metal organic framework. This semiconducting behavior, together with its cost-effective production, opens the path for employing metal organic frameworks as active materials in electronic devices.