News tagged with defects
Damaging graphene to create a band gap
(PhysOrg.com) -- "Graphene offers a lot of interesting potential applications for nanoelectronics," Florian Banhart tells PhysOrg.com, "but there is no band gap. This is a well-known problem. Without the band gap, switch ...
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Microscopy reveals 'atomic antenna' behavior in graphene
Atomic-level defects in graphene could be a path forward to smaller and faster electronic devices, according to a study led by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Family of flower-like defects may help graphene structures respond to stress without ripping
Beyond its ability to conduct electrons almost without resistance, the nanomaterial graphene also has amazing mechanical properties, including high strength that could one day make it useful in lightweight, ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 03, 2011 |
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Defect in graphene may present bouquet of possibilities
(PhysOrg.com) -- A class of decorative, flower-like defects in the nanomaterial graphene could have potentially important effects on the material's already unique electrical and mechanical properties, according ...
May 25, 2011 |
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Cause of skin cancer that heals itself found
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists has identified the key gene causing a rare type of skin cancer that grows rapidly for a few weeks or months but then heals itself.
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Scientists find gene linked to congenital heart defect
(PhysOrg.com) -- A gene that can cause congenital heart defects has been identified by a team of scientists, including a group from Princeton University. The discovery could lead to new treatments for those ...
Dec 06, 2010 |
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Looking inside the Earth
(Phys.org) -- Defects found in rocks below the Earth’s surface have a major impact on the transmission of seismic waves, such as those caused by earthquakes, researchers at The Australian National University ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Processes at the surface of catalysts: Oxygen defects act as active centers
In chemical industry, heterogeneous catalysis is of crucial importance to the manufacture of basic or fine chemicals, in catalytic converters of exhaust gas, or for the chemical storage of solar energy. Scientists ...
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Scientists create potent molecules aimed at treating muscular dystrophy
While RNA is an appealing drug target, small molecules that can actually affect its function have rarely been found. But now scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have for the first time designed ...
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Researchers find strange new nanoregion can form in quasicrystals
A team of international researchers has discovered a new type of structural anomaly, or defect, that can appear in quasicrystals, a unique material with some crystal-like properties but a more complex structure.
Feb 16, 2012 |
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ORNL microscopy explores nanowires' weakest link
Individual atoms can make or break electronic properties in one of the world's smallest known conductors—quantum nanowires. Microscopic analysis at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Research: Bedbugs can thrive despite inbreeding
Bedbugs aren't just sleeping with you. They're sleeping with each other. Researchers now say that the creepy bugs have a special genetic gift: withstanding incest.
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Imperfections may improve graphene sensors
Although they found that graphene makes very good chemical sensors, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have discovered an unexpected "twist"—that the sensors are better when the graphene is ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 29, 2011 |
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New insight into the regulation of stem cells and cancer cells
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have gained new insight into the delicate relationship between two proteins that, when out of balance, can prevent the normal development of stem cells in the heart and may also be important ...
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Diabetics get blood vessels made from donor cells
Three dialysis patients have received the world's first blood vessels grown in a lab from donated skin cells. It's a key step toward creating a supply of ready-to-use arteries and veins that could be used ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 27, 2011 |
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