Researchers have demonstrated that carbon nanotubes are suited for use as on-chip light source for tomorrow's information technology, when nanostructured waveguides are applied to obtain the desired light properties.
Apr 19th, 2016
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Scientists used spectroscopic imaging scanning tunnelling microscopy (SI-STM) to determine the g-factors of the topological surface states of topological insulators Bi2Se3 and Sb2Te2Se.
Apr 19th, 2016
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New technology also can be used to turn off peanut and other food allergies.
Apr 18th, 2016
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Using ultrasound, drug particles can be directed to a specific area.
Apr 18th, 2016
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X-ray research details exotic structure formed by liquid crystals.
Apr 18th, 2016
Read moreNew process results in atomically thin, electronically active phosphorene.
Apr 18th, 2016
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Renewable energy storage possible thanks to chemical conversions.
Apr 18th, 2016
Read moreScientists have devised a new way to 'sense' and control external noise in quantum computing.
Apr 18th, 2016
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Researchers have developed a miniaturized version of a frequency converter, using technology similar to that used to make computer chips.
Apr 18th, 2016
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Researchers have devised a new approach for controlling light in a silicon chip by bringing the concept of spatial light modulation to integrated optics.
Apr 18th, 2016
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Semiconducting ternary nanocrystals expand the range of accessible light energy of solar cells to the ultraviolet and infrared regions.
Apr 18th, 2016
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'Inverse spin Hall effect' works in several organic semiconductors.
Apr 18th, 2016
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Physicists have discovered radical new properties in a nanomaterial which opens new possibilities for the fabrication of highly efficient thermophotovoltaic cells, which could one day harvest heat in the dark and turn it into electricity.
Apr 18th, 2016
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The pulse splitting phenomenon, called soliton fission, could lead to novel rainbow light sources used in compact optical communications systems and lab-on-a-chip spectroscopic tools for portable medical diagnostics.
Apr 18th, 2016
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Magnetic nanovortices in magnetite minerals are reliable witnesses of the earth's history.
Apr 18th, 2016
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The achievement of creating this atomically thin solar cell shows the promise of synthesizing mismatched layers to enable new families of functional two-dimensional (2D) materials.
Apr 18th, 2016
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