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Bilayer borophene is a first

If one layer of borophene is good, will two be better? Scientists hope so, because they've now made the elusive material.

August 30, 2021 Read more

'Smart' carbon nanotube shirt keeps tabs on the heart

Fexible carbon nanotube fibers woven into clothing gather accurate EKG, heart rate.

August 30, 2021 Read more

Researchers develop novel nanophotonic analog processor for high performance computing

Researchers reveal a new nanophotonic analog processor capable of solving partial differential equations. This nanophotonic processor can be integrated at chip-scale, processing arbitrary inputs at the speed of light.

August 28, 2021 Read more

LED material shines under strain

Researchers devise a simple tactic to increase the efficiency of LED devices.

August 27, 2021 Read more

Atomic snapshots show fast ion migration in ultra-thin clays

New research has found that ions diffuse 10,000 times faster inside atomically thin clays than in bulk clay crystals.

August 27, 2021 Read more

Advanced ferromagnetic tunnel junction using two-dimensional hexagonal-BN

Researchers use hexagonal boron nitride as a tunnel barrier for ferromagnetic tunnel junctions.

August 27, 2021 Read more

Scientists find simple method to control photonic nanojet

Scientists propose a simple method to control and move a photonic nanojet by a ray focusing in a very small local area.

August 27, 2021 Read more

Physicists observe a higher-dimensional topological state with metamaterials

Linked Weyl surfaces, a novel type of topological phase that exists in five-dimensional space, were experimentally observed for the first time.

August 27, 2021 Read more

Ultrafast electron microscopy leads to pivotal discovery

Scientists have discovered that nanoparticles of gold act unusually when close to the edge of a one-atom thick sheet of carbon, called graphene. This could have big implications for the development of new sensors and quantum devices.

August 26, 2021 Read more

Highly conductive and elastic nanomembrane for skin electronics

A float assembly method enables the fabrication of highly conductive, stretchable, and ultrathin nanomembranes.

August 26, 2021 Read more

Engineers create double layer of borophene for first time

For the first time, engineers have created a double layer of atomically flat borophene, a feat that defies the natural tendency of boron to form non-planar clusters beyond the single-atomic-layer limit.

August 26, 2021 Read more

New form of carbon in a mesh tantalizes with prospects for electronics

A newly created form of carbon in a mesh just one atom thick is tantalizing scientists with hints that it could sharply improve rechargeable batteries and allow wires so small that they can operate at a scale where metals fail.

August 26, 2021 Read more

Weakly-bonded salt is a key ingredient for high-purity Li@C60 film

Researchers have devised a way of depositing films based on C60 to provide a robust model to study.

August 26, 2021 Read more

Ultra-efficient heat dissipation for (opto)electronic device cooling thanks to graphene electrons

Scientists report the observation of, and control over, ultrafast electronic heat diffusion in graphene at room temperature.

August 26, 2021 Read more

Development of cadmium-free quantum dot synthesis technology

Researchers have developed a green-emitting Cd-Free quantum dot synthesis technology with high color reproduction rate. The newly developed quantum dot material is expected to be used in various photoelectric devices, including next-generation displays such as AR/VR.

August 26, 2021 Read more

One scientist's trash is another's treasure

A laboratory's 'irritating' byproduct now supplies 2-D materials research.

August 26, 2021 Read more