Electronically connected graphene nanoribbons foresee high-speed electronics
Chemical interconnection bridges electronic properties of graphene-nanoribbons with zigzag-edge features.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read moreChemical interconnection bridges electronic properties of graphene-nanoribbons with zigzag-edge features.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read moreUse of copper as a fluorescent material allows for the manufacture of inexpensive and environmentally compatible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Thermally activated delayed fuorescence ensures high light yield.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read moreResearchers used an ultrabright and ultrashort electron source to study the crystal structure of a platinum compound that comes from a family of materials with the ability to switch between insulating, metallic and superconducting states.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read moreOrganic-inorganic perovskite materials are key components of the new generation of solar cells. Understanding properties of these materials is important for improving lifetime and quality of solar cells.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read moreScientists have identified several mechanisms that make a new, cold-loving material one of the toughest metallic alloys ever.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read moreAn experimental and theoretical study reveals how the interplay of electronic and structural effects leads to intriguing magnetic and electrical properties.
Jan 8th, 2016
Read moreHarnessing quantum systems for information processing will require controlling large numbers of basic building blocks called qubits. The qubits must be isolated, and in most cases cooled. Physicists have recently demonstrated important steps towards implementing a proposed type of gate, which does not rely on super-cooling their ion qubits.
Jan 7th, 2016
Read moreResearchers have created a lightweight but very strong structural metal that could improve energy efficiency in aerospace, automobile, defense, mobile electronics and biomedical applications.
Jan 7th, 2016
Read moreHigh power and rapid tuning for the detection of hazardous chemicals.
Jan 7th, 2016
Read moreNew technique could facilitate use of gold nanoparticles in electronic, medical applications.
Jan 7th, 2016
Read moreImaging method allowed researchers to measure the nanotube quantum capacitance - a very unique property of an object from the nano-world.
Jan 7th, 2016
Read moreThe processes that take place on the molecular scale during the production of organic solar cells are not yet entirely clear. Researchers have now managed to observe these processes in real time.
Jan 7th, 2016
Read moreThe nanoflasks, which have a span of several nanometers, or millionths of a millimeter, can accelerate chemical reactions for research. In the future, they might facilitate the manufacture of various industrial materials and perhaps even serve as vehicles for drug delivery.
Jan 7th, 2016
Read moreMaterial could harvest sunlight by day, release heat on demand hours or days later.
Jan 7th, 2016
Read moreAcoustics experts have created a new class of sound wave - the first in more than half a century - in a breakthrough they hope could lead to a revolution in stem cell therapy.
Jan 7th, 2016
Read moreResearchers have made a chip-based device that can generate a laser signal with frequencies spaced in a comb-like fashion. Their work could be used in telecommunications applications and in chemical analysis.
Jan 7th, 2016
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