A method developed at the University of Duisburg-Essen makes it possible to read data from noisy signals. Theoretical physicists and their experimental colleagues have published their findings in the current issue of Physical ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 8, 2023
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Cooper pairs are pairs of electrons in superconducting materials that are bound to each other at low temperatures. These electron pairs are at the root of superconductivity, a state where materials have zero resistance at ...
Metamaterials, famously likened to Harry Potter's invisible cloak, are artificial nano structures designed to manipulate light properties. However, the practical application of this technology in everyday life depends on ...
Nanophysics
Oct 30, 2023
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The Nobel Prize in chemistry for 2023 goes to three scientists "for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots." The Conversation Weekly podcast caught up with one of this trio, physical chemist Louis Brus, who did foundational ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 23, 2023
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We live in an era of data deluge. The data centers that are operated to store and process this flood of data use a lot of electricity, which has been called a major contributor to environmental pollution. To overcome this ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 17, 2023
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The world woke up on Oct. 3 to learn that Moungi Bawendi of MIT, Louis Brus of Columbia University, and Alexei Ekimov of Nanocrystals Inc. received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery and synthesis of semiconductor ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 11, 2023
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The 2023 Nobel Prize for chemistry isn't the first Nobel awarded for research in nanotechnology. But it is perhaps the most colorful application of the technology to be associated with the accolade.
Nanophysics
Oct 5, 2023
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This year's Nobel Chemistry winners are pioneers in the nanoworld.
Nanomaterials
Oct 4, 2023
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Talk about bouncing back. MIT professor Moungi Bawendi is a co-winner of this year's Nobel chemistry prize for helping develop "quantum dots"—nanoparticles that are now found in next generation TV screens and help illuminate ...
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Oct 4, 2023
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Quantum dots are tiny crystals that scientists can tune to different colors, giving an extra-vivid pop to next-generation TV screens or illuminating tumors inside bodies so surgeons can hunt them down.
Nanophysics
Oct 4, 2023
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