How to use graphene to help future space exploration
Scientists have started testing novel graphene-based thermal management devices for space applications.
Aug 1st, 2019
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From Japanese basket weaving art to nanotechnology with ion beams
Physicists succeeded in producing the world's densest complex nano arrays for anchoring flux quanta, the fluxons.
Aug 1st, 2019
Read moreGraphene discovery could help develop superconductors
Researchers paved the way to solving one of the most enduring mysteries in materials physics by discovering that in the presence of a moire pattern in graphene, electrons organize themselves into stripes, like soldiers in formation.
Aug 1st, 2019
Read moreNanoscopic slip layer dynamics reveal why some fluids flow faster than expected
New microscopy technique provides unprecedented insight into nanoscopic slip layers formed in flowing complex liquids.
Aug 1st, 2019
Read moreDNA origami innovation increases accessibility, lowers cost
Researchers have developed a faster, cheaper and simpler alternative to typical DNA origami fabrication, increasing the technique's accessibility and potential impact in industry and clinical settings.
Aug 1st, 2019
Read moreNew research highlights similarities in the insulating states of twisted bilayer graphene and cuprates
Scientists explain how the electronic structure in twisted bilayer graphene influences the emergence of the insulating state in these systems, which is the precursor to superconductivity in high-Tc materials.
Aug 1st, 2019
Read moreLow voltage LEDs with stacked atomically thin semiconductors
When atomically thin semiconductors are combined together in a Lego style, they emit light at a lower voltage potentially leading to low energy consumption devices.
Aug 1st, 2019
Read moreLight in the nanoworld
Quantum light sources pave the way for optical circuits.
Aug 1st, 2019
Read moreActively swimming gold nanoparticles
Chemotactic movement on the macroscale by a swarm of bacteria-mimicking nanoswimmers.
Jul 31st, 2019
Read moreResearchers produce electricity by flowing water over nanolayers of metal
Oxide layer atop nanometal layer results in electron shuttle, not corrosion.
Jul 31st, 2019
Read moreMagnetic nanosprings break down marine microplastic pollution
Using tiny coil-shaped carbon-based magnets, researchers in have developed a new approach to purging water sources of the microplastics that pollute them without harming nearby microorganisms.
Jul 31st, 2019
Read moreNanobubbles hold clue to improved industrial structures
Insights into how minute, yet powerful, bubbles form and collapse on underwater surfaces could help make industrial structures such as ship propellers more hardwearing, research suggests.
Jul 31st, 2019
Read moreNew way to make 3D carbon nanotube components
Researchers used a 3D printer to make lightweight, strong, highly porous pure carbon nanotube structures using a 3D printer.
Jul 31st, 2019
Read moreExperimental observation of a new class of materials: excitonic insulators
Scientists have found evidence of a new phase of matter predicted in the 1960s: the excitonic insulator.
Jul 31st, 2019
Read moreLights out: Putting the ambient air oxidation of monolayer WS2 to bed
New research shows that the oxidation of monolayers of tungsten disulphide (WS2) in ambient conditions is due to the absorption of visible wavelengths of light.
Jul 31st, 2019
Read moreTreating solar cell materials reveals formation of unexpected microstructures
Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite crystals are more efficient after solution-treating, but there are mechanisms doing more than just removing defects.
Jul 30th, 2019
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