The standard technique, using a top and a bottom gate, can lead to damaging of the graphene layer. This is avoided in the new method, which also offers linear I-V characteristics at low gate voltage. The two-top-gate structure is expected to be a practical route to a room-temperature terahertz source.
Posted: Nov 6th, 2014
Read moreElectronic devices waste a lot of energy by producing useless heat. This is one of the main reasons our mobiles use up battery power so quickly. Researchers have made a leap forward in understanding how this happens and how this waste could be reduced by controlling energy flows at a molecular level.
Posted: Nov 6th, 2014
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Researchers have invented a simple, one-step process for producing these nanopores in a graphene membrane using the photothermal properties of gold nanorods.
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A new class of low-cost polymer materials, which can carry electric charge with almost no losses despite their seemingly random structure, could lead to flexible electronics and displays which are faster and more efficient.
Posted: Nov 6th, 2014
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Mikro- und Nanoschwimmer lassen sich durch Medien steuern, die Körperflüssigkeiten ähneln.
Posted: Nov 6th, 2014
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What began as research into a method to strengthen metals has led to the discovery of a new technique that uses a pulsing laser to create synthetic nanodiamond films and patterns from graphite, with potential applications from biosensors to computer chips.
Posted: Nov 5th, 2014
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For the first time, researchers have been able to integratively mimic the shape, size, flexibility and surface chemistry of real blood platelets on albumin-based particles. The platelet mimics halt bleeding in mouse models 65 percent faster than nature alone.
Posted: Nov 5th, 2014
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Scientists report on an experiment in which a carbon nanotube mechanical resonator exhibits quality factors of up to 5 million, 30 times better than the best quality factors measured in nanotubes to date.
Posted: Nov 5th, 2014
Read moreMany pollutants with the potential to meddle with hormones are already common in the environment. In an effort to clean up these pollutants found in the soil and waterways, scientists are now reporting a novel way to break them down by recruiting help from nanoparticles and light.
Posted: Nov 5th, 2014
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Researchers report a new kind of ink that mimics the longhorn beetle's color-shifting ability in a way that would be long-lasting and difficult to copy.
Posted: Nov 5th, 2014
Read moreVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed an innovative magnetometer that can replace conventional technology in applications such as neuroimaging, mineral exploration and molecular diagnostics.
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Researchers have taken the first steps towards developing a so-called 'smart bomb' to attack the most common and deadly form of childhood cancer - called B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
Posted: Nov 5th, 2014
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Researchers have observed in real-time how buckyballs arrange themselves into ultra-smooth layers.
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In order to celebrate the great achievements accomplished by the late Dr. Heinrich Rohrer, Nobel Laureate and IBM Fellow and to further promote progress in research and development in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology, an international prize was named after him in 2013 by The Surface Science Society of Japan (SSSJ) in collaboration with IBM Research Zurich, the Swiss Embassy in Japan and his wife Rose-Marie.
Posted: Nov 5th, 2014
Read moreModern hard drives only require an area of a few square nanometers for each bit of information. To protect ourselves from sunburn we use sunscreens that contain nanoparticles of titanium dioxide or zinc oxide. Is this the beginning of the nano era? Younan Xia from Georgia Institute of Technology pursues this question in his editorial.
Posted: Nov 5th, 2014
Read moreThe study results show that TriSilanol POSS, created by silanol bonds at the corners of the POSS molecule, increased both the strength and toughness of A4047 and A359 aluminum alloys. In the A359 sample where POSS was added, elongation to failure increased from 23% to 250% over the control sample. According to the authors, these results hold great promise for the automotive industry.
Posted: Nov 5th, 2014
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