Craters on graphene: Electrons impact
Novel defect control in graphene enables direct imaging of trapped electrons that follow Einstein's rules.
Nov 30th, 2017
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Lighting the way to switch chemical reaction pathways
Could the manufacture of the integrated circuits and chips for our everyday electronic devices be made simpler, safer and cheaper simply by being able to switch coloured light on and off?
Nov 30th, 2017
Read moreHigh-yield production of intrinsic and defect-free MoS2 and WS2 2-D sheets
Researchers report report a general strategy for the high-yield production of MoS2 and WS2 quantum sheets with intrinsic and defect-free characteristics, which was achieved by sequential combination of salt-assisted ball-milling and sonication-assisted solvent exfoliation of the bulk materials.
Nov 30th, 2017
Read moreA space-time sensor for light-matter interactions
Physicists have developed an attosecond electron microscope that allows them to visualize the dispersion of light in time and space, and observe the motions of electrons in atoms.
Nov 30th, 2017
Read moreNanostructure of the sea urchin spines inspires better cement
Based on the nanostructure of the sea urchin spines, researchers develop cement that is significantly more fracture-resistant.
Nov 29th, 2017
Read more'Swiss army knife' nanovaccine carries multiple weapons to battle tumors
Vaccine stimulates multi-pronged immune attack, inhibits tumor-induced immune suppression.
Nov 29th, 2017
Read moreSurprisingly fast heat flow from graphene to its surrounding
Researchers have recently succeeded in observing and following, in real-time, the way in which heat transport occurs in van der Waals stacks, which consist of graphene encapsulated by the dielectric two-dimensional material hexagonal BN.
Nov 29th, 2017
Read moreMagnetoelectric material shows promise as memory for electronics
In new research, scientists describe not only their unique process for making a high-quality magnetoelectric material, but exactly how and why it works.
Nov 29th, 2017
Read moreWatching a quantum material lose its stripes
Study uses terahertz laser pulses to reveal ultrafast coupling of atomic-scale patterns.
Nov 29th, 2017
Read moreScientists make transparent materials absorb light
A group of physicists has demonstrated a highly unusual optical effect: They managed to 'virtually' absorb light using a material that has no light-absorbing capacity.
Nov 29th, 2017
Read moreMimicking reptiles and bug skin for industrial applications
Lizards and bark bugs are more similar than they may at first appear: both have unique ways of dealing with water, and this has caught scientists' eyes. The LiNaBioFluid project hopes to replicate both skin systems in organic and inorganic materials for a wide range of applications.
Nov 29th, 2017
Read moreA transistor made of graphene nanoribbons
Researchers have succeeded in producing nanotransistors from graphene ribbons that are only a few atoms wide.
Nov 29th, 2017
Read moreResearchers compare 'new' and 'aged' catalytic converter at the nanoscale level
Lower diesel emissions may be possible thanks to a catalyst that 'stays young'.
Nov 29th, 2017
Read morePiezoelectrics - Leaving lead behind
Thin films of a lead-free piezoelectric finally match the performance of the lead-bearing standard.
Nov 29th, 2017
Read moreRevolutionary nanomapping microscope and labelling technique maps DNA mutations
A team of scientists has developed a new nanomapping microscope - powered by the laser and optics found in a typical DVD player.
Nov 29th, 2017
Read moreA guidebook for exotic states
A theoretical model will allow systematic study of a promising class of peculiar quantum states.
Nov 29th, 2017
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