News tagged with boron nitride

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, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

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Boron-nitride nanotubes show potential in cancer treatment

A new study has shown that adding boron-nitride nanotubes to the surface of cancer cells can double the effectiveness of Irreversible Electroporation, a minimally invasive treatment for soft tissue tumors in the liver, lung, ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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Microprocessors from pencil lead

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arizona physicists are making discoveries that may advance electronic circuit technology.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Splitsville for boron nitride nanotubes

(PhysOrg.com) -- For Hollywood celebrities, the term "splitsville" usually means "check your prenup." For scientists wanting to mass-produce high quality nanoribbons from boron nitride nanotubes, "splitsville" ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Boron nitride is a promising path to practical graphene devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene is a two-dimensional honeycomb of carbon, just one atom thick, whose intriguing electronic properties include very high electron mobility and very low resistivity. Graphene is so ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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Probing atomic chicken wire

(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene, the material that makes up pencil "lead," could someday make electronic devices smaller, faster and more energy-efficient. Providing the first detailed analysis of graphene on boron ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Z-contrast microscope first to resolve, identify individual light atoms

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the latest in aberration-corrected electron microscopy, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their colleagues have obtained the first images that distinguish individual ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Harnessing the Divas of the Nanoworld

(PhysOrg.com) -- Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) are the divas of the nanoworld. In possession of alluring properties, they are also notoriously temperamental compared to their carbon-based cousins.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists Discover Material Harder Than Diamond

(PhysOrg.com) -- Currently, diamond is regarded to be the hardest known material in the world. But by considering large compressive pressures under indenters, scientists have calculated that a material called ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

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