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Materials scientists shuffle atomic layers like playing cards to make new quantum materials

Materials scientists can now shuffle layered compounds together, much like combining two different decks of cards. The technique is leading to development of new materials with unusual electron transport properties that have potential applications in next-generation quantum technologies.

Jul 20th, 2021

Humanity united with art and nanotechnology in space (HUMANS)

A student-run project is collecting messages from around the world, using nanotechnology to etch them on a disk, and sending the disk to the International Space Station.

Jul 20th, 2021

Layer of three crystals produces a thousand times more power in solar cells

The photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric crystals can be increased by a factor of 1,000 if three different materials are arranged periodically in a lattice.

Jul 20th, 2021

Newly discovered high-entropy MXenes have have high-tech applications

This discovery marks another expansion of MXenes since their initial discovery in 2011 and greatly expands the family of existing MXenes.

Jul 20th, 2021

An one-atom thin 2D magnet could advance new applications in computing and electronics

Main attraction: Scientists create world's thinnest magnet.

Jul 20th, 2021

The mathematics of repulsion for new graphene catalysts

A new mathematical model helps predict the tiny changes in carbon-based materials that could yield interesting properties.

Jul 19th, 2021

Achilles heel of graphene exposed

In most materials, ultra-low temperatures must be reached to measure the quantum Hall effect, but in the case of graphene, the effect can even be observed at room temperature, because the gaps between the (Landau) energy levels are larger.

Jul 19th, 2021

Low-cost, sustainable, readily available plasma technology could replace one of the world's rarest materials

New plasma coating technology could see the phase-out of rare earth metal indium that is used in smartphone glass and dimmable windows, which is predicted to run out in 10 years.

Jul 19th, 2021

The paradox of a free-electron laser without the laser

A new way of producing coherent light in the ultra-violet spectral region, which points the way to developing brilliant table-top x-ray sources.

Jul 16th, 2021

A noninvasive test to detect cancer cells and pinpoint their location

Diagnostic nanoparticles could be used to monitor tumor recurrence after treatment or to perform routine cancer screenings.

Jul 16th, 2021

Tiny motors behave like rock climbers

Scientists have uncovered how heavy, motorized objects climb steep slopes - a newly discovered mechanism that also mimics how rock climbers navigate inclines.

Jul 16th, 2021

Producing memory from speckle patterns

A team of researchers has developed a way to significantly increase the memory of speckle patterns, the very complex patterns that result from shining a laser light onto an opaque sheet, such as paper, biological tissue, or fog.

Jul 16th, 2021

Organic electronics possibly soon to enter the GHz-regime

Physicists introduce the first implementation of a complementary vertical organic transistor technology, which is able to operate at low voltage, with adjustable inverter properties, and a fall and rise time demonstrated in inverter and ring-oscillator circuits of less than 10 nanoseconds, respectively.