News tagged with atomic layer
Producing graphene layers using crystallization
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since it's relatively recent discovery, graphene has generated a great deal of interest. Graphene is extracted from graphite in many cases, and consists of a sheet of carbon atoms bound together in a ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
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Graphene on boron nitride work may lead to breakthrough in microchip technology
(Phys.org) -- Graphene is the wonder material that could solve the problem of making ever faster computers and smaller mobile devices when current silicon microchip technology hits an inevitable wall. Graphene, ...
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Controlling silicon evaporation allows scientists to boost graphene quality
Scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology have for the first time provided details of their "confinement controlled sublimation" technique for growing high-quality layers of epitaxial graphene on ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Novel magnetic, superconducting material opens new possibilities in electronics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have reached a crucial milestone that could lead to a new class of materials with useful electronic properties. In research reported in the Sept. 5 issue of Nature Physics, the te ...
Sep 05, 2011 |
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Technique reveals quantum phase transition; could lead to superconducting transistors
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like atomic-level bricklayers, researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory are using a precise atom-by-atom layering technique to fabricate an ultrathin ...
Apr 27, 2011 |
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Tuning graphene film so it sheds water
Windshields that shed water so effectively that they don't need wipers. Ship hulls so slippery that they glide through the water more efficiently than ordinary hulls.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 01, 2011 |
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New transistor for plastic electronics exhibits the best of both worlds
Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a transistor with excellent stability and performance for use on plastic electronics. In addition, it can be manufactured at relatively low temperatures in a regular ...
Jan 27, 2011 |
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How low can you go? Researchers make magnetic sheets just nanometers thick
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using cutting-edge spectroscopy at atomic resolutions, researchers have discovered how to grow ultra-thin manganite films while retaining their magnetic properties.
Jun 18, 2010 |
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Scientists Create Nano-Patterned Superconducting Thin Films
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and the Brookhaven National Laboratory has fabricated thin films patterned with large arrays of nanowires and loops that are superconducting ...
Jun 14, 2010 |
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From butterflies' wings to bank notes -- how nature's colors could cut bank fraud
Scientists have discovered a way of mimicking the stunningly bright and beautiful colours found on the wings of tropical butterflies. The findings could have important applications in the security printing ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 30, 2010 |
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Nanotechnologists reveal the frictional characteristics of atomically thin sheets (w/ Video)
A team of nanotechnology researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University has used friction force microscopy to determine the nanoscale frictional characteristics of four atomically-thin ...
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Peptides control crystal growth with 'switches, throttles and brakes'
(PhysOrg.com) -- By producing some of the highest resolution images of peptides attaching to mineral surfaces, scientists have a deeper understanding how biomolecules manipulate the growth crystals. This research ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 23, 2009 |
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New 'finFETs' promising for smaller transistors, more powerful chips
(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers are making progress in developing a new type of transistor that uses a finlike structure instead of the conventional flat design, possibly enabling engineers ...
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Graphene's versatility promises new applications
Since its discovery just a few years ago, graphene has climbed to the top of the heap of new super-materials poised to transform the electronics and nanotechnology landscape. As N.J. Tao, a researcher at the ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Graphene is thinnest known anti-corrosion coating
New research has established the "miracle material" called graphene as the world's thinnest known coating for protecting metals against corrosion. Their study on this potential new use of graphene appears ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 22, 2012 |
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