Phosphorene nanoribbons live up to hype in first demonstration
Researchers have incorporated phosphorene nanoribbons into new types of solar cells, dramatically improving their efficiency.
Researchers have incorporated phosphorene nanoribbons into new types of solar cells, dramatically improving their efficiency.
Nanomaterials
Dec 20, 2021
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When physicist Tyler Cocker joined Michigan State University in 2018, he had a clear goal: build a powerful microscope that would be the first of its kind in the United States.
Nanophysics
Nov 24, 2021
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Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are narrow and long strips of graphene with widths below 100 nm. GNRs that have smooth edges, a sizable bandgap and high charge carrier mobility could be highly valuable for a wide range of electronic ...
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), narrow strips of single-layer graphene, have interesting physical, electrical, thermal, and optical properties because of the interplay between their crystal and electronic structures. These novel ...
Nanophysics
May 18, 2021
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An international research team led by the University of Cologne has succeeded for the first time in connecting several atomically precise nanoribbons made of graphene, a modification of carbon, to form complex structures. ...
Nanomaterials
May 12, 2021
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On-surface synthesis has received great attention as a method to create atomically-precise one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) polymers with intriguing properties. In particular, graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), a category ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 2, 2021
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Russian researchers have proposed a new method for synthesizing high-quality graphene nanoribbons—a material with potential for applications in flexible electronics, solar cells, LEDs, lasers, and more. Presented in The ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 11, 2021
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An international multi-institution team of scientists has synthesized graphene nanoribbons—ultrathin strips of carbon atoms—on a titanium dioxide surface using an atomically precise method that removes a barrier for custom-designed ...
Nanophysics
Oct 26, 2020
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Transistors based on carbon rather than silicon could potentially boost computers' speed and cut their power consumption more than a thousandfold—think of a mobile phone that holds its charge for months—but the set of ...
Nanophysics
Sep 24, 2020
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Graphene is a modern wonder material possessing unique properties of strength, flexibility and conductivity whilst being abundant and remarkably cheap to produce, lending it to a multitude of useful applications—especially ...
Nanophysics
Sep 11, 2020
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