How to make large 2-D sheets
Researchers develop method for scaling up production of thin electronic material.
Sep 21st, 2015
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Measuring machines for the nanoscale
The NanoCMM project set out to develop the technology needed for a universal coordinate measuring machines (CMM) that could measure to an accuracy of 50 to 200 nanometres in all three dimensions over a volume several centimetres across.
Sep 18th, 2015
Read moreSurfing over simulated ripples in graphene
Scientists elucidate the theory governing the characteristics of curved or rippled graphene using a simulation model based on an optical lattice.
Sep 18th, 2015
Read moreThe structural memory of water persists on a picosecond timescale
Long-lived sub-structures exist in liquid water as discovered using novel ultrafast vibrational spectroscopies.
Sep 18th, 2015
Read moreDiscovery of a new photonic crystal where light propagates through the surface without being scattered
By merely slightly adjusting positions of insulator or semiconductor cylinders (nanorods) in a honeycomb lattice, electromagnetic waves can propagate without being scattered even at corners of crystal or by defects.
Sep 18th, 2015
Read morePhysicists discover spiral vortex patterns from electron waves
Physicists report an unusual pattern of wave interference produced when an electron is ejected, or ionized, from its orbit around a helium atom.
Sep 18th, 2015
Read morePhysicists defy conventional wisdom to identify ferroelectric material
A team of physicists has defied conventional wisdom by inducing stable ferroelectricity in a sheet of strontium titanate only a few nanometers thick.
Sep 18th, 2015
Read moreNano-trapped molecules are potential path to quantum devices
Single atoms or molecules imprisoned by laser light in a doughnut-shaped metal cage could unlock the key to advanced storage devices, computers and high-resolution instruments.
Sep 18th, 2015
Read moreNano-thin invisibility cloak makes 3D objects disappear (w/video)
Invisibility cloaks are a staple of science fiction and fantasy, from Star Trek to Harry Potter, but don't exist in real life, or do they? Scientists have devised an ultra-thin invisibility 'skin' cloak that can conform to the shape of an object and conceal it from detection with visible light. Although this cloak is only microscopic in size, the principles behind the technology should enable it to be scaled-up to conceal macroscopic items as well.
Sep 18th, 2015
Read moreCarbyne research may boost nanoelectronics
Scientists have investigated a way to create linear chains of carbon atoms from laser-melted graphite. The material, called carbyne, could have a number of novel properties, including the ability to adjust the amount of electrical current traveling through a circuit, depending on the user's needs.
Sep 18th, 2015
Read moreNew diamond structures produce bright luminescence for quantum cryotography and biomarkers applications
Germanium defects in a diamond crystal lattice act as a reliable source for single photons, new research shows. The results provide a promising new route to building components for quantum cryptography and biomarkers.
Sep 18th, 2015
Read moreDesigning switchable electric and magnetic order for low-energy computing
Scientists have developed a new material that combines both electrical and magnetic order at room temperature, using a design approach which may enable the development of low-energy computer memory technologies.
Sep 17th, 2015
Read moreMaking mini-makers
A co-op partnership of Drexel U with Korea's National Research Foundation will give the students a chance to apply their talents in the nanofabrication center frequented by companies like Samsung and Hyundai, using the latest nanomaterials developed by Drexel's materials scientists.
Sep 17th, 2015
Read moreA fast cell sorter shrinks to cell phone size
Researchers describe an acoustic cell sorter capable of the kind of high sorting throughput necessary to compete with commercial fluorescence activated cell sorters.
Sep 17th, 2015
Read moreLaser ablation boosts terahertz emission
Researchers report on the first terahertz (THz) emitter based on femtosecond-laser-ablated gallium arsenide (GaAs), demonstrating a 65% enhancement in THz emission at high optical power compared to the nonablated device. Counter-intuitively, the ablated device shows significantly lower photocurrent and carrier mobility.
Sep 17th, 2015
Read moreHierarchies in matter
The newest discovery in emergent matter science. Skyrmions, which generate new phenomena that defy conventional wisdom, are an emergent phenomenon of electron spins.
Sep 17th, 2015
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