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Sound - a new tool to control enzymatic reactions

Unhackneyed compartmentalization generated by audible sound allows the enzyme reactions to be controlled spatiotemporally.

May 2, 2022 Read more

New strategy for active metasurface design provides a full 360 degree phase tunable metasurface

An international team of researchers has demonstrated a widely applicable methodology enabling a full 360 degree active phase modulation for metasurfaces while maintaining significant levels of uniform light amplitude. This strategy can be fundamentally applied to any spectral region with any structures and resonances that fit the bill.

May 2, 2022 Read more

The era of 'optical computers' operated by light is fast approaching

Researchers developed an ultra-high-speed, high-efficiency optoelectronic logic gates (OELGs) by using organic-inorganic perovskite photodiodes.

May 2, 2022 Read more

Light-infused particles go the distance in organic semiconductors

Polaritons combine light and molecules of organic material, making them ideal vessels for energy transfer in organic semiconductors. However, they are difficult to control, and much of their behavior is a mystery. Now, scientists have found a way to tune the speed of this energy flow.

April 30, 2022 Read more

Making chemical separation more eco-friendly with self-assembled nanoscale membranes

Engineers are developing new membranes for energy-efficient organic separations by rethinking their physical structure on the nanoscale.

April 30, 2022 Read more

Improving the efficiency of tandem solar cells

Researchers have developed a tandem solar cell that can deliver a certified efficiency of 29.2%. This achievement was made possible by combining a perovskite solar cell with a textured silicon solar cell.

April 30, 2022 Read more

A new strategy to boost pseudocapacitive performance of graphene micro-supercapacitors

Using redox-active electrolytes to boost graphene electrodes is a highly-efficient strategy to increase the capacitive performance of micro-supercapacitors.

April 30, 2022 Read more

Infrared probe of ultrahigh-quality nanoribbon resonators

Researchers found that ribbon-like thin films, grown through a bottom-up, self-assembly approach, can act as ultrahigh-quality nanoscale resonators of lattice vibrations at infrared frequencies.

April 30, 2022 Read more

Future wearable health tech could measure gases released from skin

A new study suggests that a wearable sensor may be able to monitor the body's health by detecting the gases released from a person's skin.

April 29, 2022 Read more

Giant tunneling electroresistance in ferroelectric tunnel junctions successfully obtained in a newly suggested scheme

Scientists have studied the interfacial control of transport properties of perovskite oxide ferroelectric tunnel junctions (FTJs) and proposed a new scheme to achieve a giant tunneling electroresistance in FTJs.

April 29, 2022 Read more

Wide-temperature range and high-voltage aqueous MXene planar micro-supercapacitors

A research group developed high-voltage aqueous MXene planar micro-supercapacitors with wide temperature range based on a low-cost, safe, and green water-in-LiCl aqueous electrolyte.

April 29, 2022 Read more

New approach may help clear hurdle to large-scale quantum computing

New method for shuttling entangled atoms in quantum processor at the forefront for building large-scale programmable quantum machines.

April 29, 2022 Read more

Engineering the grain boundary: a promising strategy to configure nanowire arrays for ultrastable supercapacitors

Researchers have obtained NiCoP electrode materials with high specific capacity by doping phosphorus element into nickel-cobalt-based electrode materials.

April 29, 2022 Read more

Researchers create self-assembled logic circuits from proteins

In a proof-of-concept study, researchers have created self-assembled, protein-based circuits that can perform simple logic functions. The work demonstrates that it is possible to create stable digital circuits that take advantage of an electron's properties at quantum scales.

April 28, 2022 Read more

Skyrmions on the rise - new 2D material advances low-power computing

New materials with exotic magnetic features could enable the next generation of tiny, fast, energy-efficient electronic devices.

April 28, 2022 Read more

Researchers add atomic-layer antireflection coatings to complex 3D printed micro-optical systems

New low-temperature coating technique poised to enable high-quality 3D printed microlens systems for applications from endoscopes to virtual reality.

April 28, 2022 Read more