Silicon is the second most-abundant element in the earth's crust. When purified, it takes on a diamond structure, which is essential to modern electronic devices—carbon is to biology as silicon is to technology. A team ...
Materials Science
Nov 17, 2014
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Scientists from the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente in the Netherlands have designed a novel type of resonant cavity that serves as a prison for photons. The cavity confines light in all three ...
General Physics
Sep 24, 2014
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Since its discovery, graphene -- an unusual and versatile substance composed of a single-layer crystal lattice of carbon atoms—has caused much excitement in the scientific community. Now, Nongjian(NJ) Tao, a researcher ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 1, 2010
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If you can't find the ideal material, then design a new one.
Materials Science
Jan 30, 2015
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory were able to successfully manipulate the electronic structure of graphene, which may enable the fabrication of graphene transistors— faster and more reliable ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 29, 2017
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A team of researchers from the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering have solved a problem that previously presented a serious hurdle for the use of graphene in electronic devices.
Nanomaterials
Sep 3, 2013
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For most of human history, the discovery of new materials has been a crapshoot. But now, UConn researchers have systematized the search with machine learning that can scan millions of theoretical compounds for qualities that ...
Polymers
Mar 4, 2016
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A new study predicts that researchers could use spiraling pulses of laser light to change the nature of graphene, turning it from a metal into an insulator and giving it other peculiar properties that might be used to encode ...
Nanomaterials
May 28, 2015
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A Florida State University researcher has discovered an artificial material that mimics photosynthesis and potentially creates a sustainable energy source.
Materials Science
Nov 2, 2015
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(Phys.org) -- Researchers at the Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials of the University of Maryland have developed a new type of hot electron bolometer a sensitive detector of infrared light, that can be used in ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 4, 2012
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