Researchers demonstrate size quantization of Dirac fermions in graphene
Quantum mechanics is the field of physics governing the behavior of things on atomic scales, where things work very differently from our everyday world.
Quantum mechanics is the field of physics governing the behavior of things on atomic scales, where things work very differently from our everyday world.
Nanophysics
May 20, 2016
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Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconducting nanocrystals prized for their optical and electronic properties. The brilliant, pure colors produced by QDs when stimulated with ultraviolet light are ideal for use in flat screen displays, ...
Nanophysics
May 9, 2016
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Nanotechnology has led to better diagnostic techniques and more effective treatments for a variety of illnesses. Tiny devices measuring between 1 and 100 micrometers—one micrometer is equal to one millionth of a meter—enable ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 29, 2016
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Materials scientists and physicists at Lehigh University have demonstrated a new method of making single crystals that could enable a wider range of materials to be used in microelectronics, solar energy devices and other ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 21, 2016
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An international group of researchers has synthesized an extremely rare mineral and used it as a catalyst precursor to improve two reactions that are of great importance to the chemical industry.
Materials Science
Feb 16, 2016
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Turn on a skillet and let it heat up until it is well above the boiling point of water. Then sprinkle a teaspoon of water on the skillet and watch. Water droplets will bounce up, form spheres and scurry across the surface.
General Physics
Feb 1, 2016
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Oxygen is indispensable to animal and plant life, but its presence in the wrong places can feed a fire and cause iron to rust.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jan 12, 2016
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How do you get to know a material that you cannot see?
Nanomaterials
Jan 7, 2016
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DNA, which stores genetic information in the majority of organisms on Earth, is not easily destroyed. It readily absorbs ultraviolet (UV) radiation, but finds ways to recover.
Nanomaterials
Dec 8, 2015
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This week, an international group of scientists is reporting a breakthrough in the effort to characterize the properties of graphene noninvasively while acquiring information about its response to structural strain.
Nanomaterials
Sep 29, 2015
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