Quantum technology based on photons, called quantum photonics, will be able to hold much more information than current computer technology. But in order to create a network with photons, you need a photon contact, a kind of transistor that can control the transport of photons in a circuit. Researchers now have managed to create such a contact.
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2015
Read moreScientists have used the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope to manipulate the formation of wrinkles in graphene, opening the way to the construction of graphene semiconductors not through chemical means but by manipulating the carbon structure itself in a form of 'graphene engineering'.
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2015
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Researchers have recently presented a broad overview of halloysite clay tubes.
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2015
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Physicists have just proved to be able to track and control the movement of electrons in molecules.
Posted: Oct 22nd, 2015
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One of the oddest predictions of quantum theory - that a system can't change while you're watching it - has been confirmed in an experiment by physicists.
Posted: Oct 22nd, 2015
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Researchers have developed a new way to control light from phosphorescent emitters at very high speeds. The technique provides a new approach to modulation that could be useful in all kinds of silicon-based nanoscale devices, including computer chips and other optoelectronic components.
Posted: Oct 22nd, 2015
Read moreThree high-tech SMEs finalize the joint EU-funded PICS project on innovative ALD materials and manufacturing equipment.
Posted: Oct 22nd, 2015
Read moreNew photonic microchip component promises advances in telecommunications.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2015
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Microorganisms in the sea organise their power supply via tiny power-cables, thus oxidising the greenhouse gas methane.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2015
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Graphene doped with nitrogen and augmented with cobalt atoms has proven to be an effective, durable catalyst for the production of hydrogen from water.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2015
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During their second annual meeting, held in Venice, Italy on 8-9 October 2015, SUN project partners presented the results obtained during the second 12 months of the SUN - Sustainable Nanotechnologies Project.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2015
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Researchers reported success using an X-ray scattering technique to accurately measure features on a silicon chip to within fractions of a nanometer, or about the width of a single silicon atom.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2015
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A new nanoring design shows potential for generating short magnetic pulses and could be used to explore magnetic switching in materials.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2015
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Selective electrodeposition of tin oxide on platinum alloy nanoparticles provides an effective and robust catalyst for polymer electrolyte fuel cells.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2015
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Luminescent nanostructures may prove to be useful in highly sensitive magnetic sensors or within the realm of quantum computing.
Posted: Oct 20th, 2015
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An important step towards next-generation ultra-compact photonic and optoelectronic devices has been taken with the realization of a two-dimensional excitonic laser. Scientists embedded a monolayer of tungsten disulfide into a special microdisk resonator to achieve bright excitonic lasing at visible light wavelengths.
Posted: Oct 20th, 2015
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