Newly developed nanovalves allow the flow of individual nanoparticles in liquids to be controlled in tiny channels. This is of interest for lab-on-a-chip applications such as in materials science and biomedicine.
Nanophysics
May 22, 2018
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Researchers in UConn's Institute of Materials Science significantly improved the performance of an atomically thin semiconductor material by stretching it, an accomplishment that could prove beneficial to engineers designing ...
Nanomaterials
May 10, 2018
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One of the problems for Javier Vela and the chemists in his Iowa State University research group was that a toxic material worked so well in solar cells.
Materials Science
Mar 14, 2018
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When the energy efficiency of electronics poses a challenge, magnetic materials may have a solution.
General Physics
Mar 12, 2018
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A team of physicists at MIPT has offered a new design of a spin diode, placing the device between two kinds of antiferromagnetic materials. By adjusting the orientation of their antiferromagnetic axes, it is possible to change ...
General Physics
Mar 7, 2018
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Atoms are the basic building blocks of all matter—at least, that is the conventional picture. In a new study, researchers have fabricated the first superatomic 2-D semiconductor, a material whose basic units aren't atoms ...
Call it "liquid sunlight." With the right technology, the gas station of the future will make its own fuel directly from sunlight, in the process sucking up carbon and producing oxygen.
Materials Science
Jan 25, 2018
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A nanostructured gate dielectric may have addressed the most significant obstacle to expanding the use of organic semiconductors for thin-film transistors. The structure, composed of a fluoropolymer layer followed by a nanolaminate ...
Nanophysics
Jan 12, 2018
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Light can generate an electrical current in semiconductor materials. This is how solar cells generate electricity from sunlight and how smart phone cameras can take photographs. To collect the generated electrical current, ...
General Physics
Dec 19, 2017
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Researchers at the University of Konstanz have developed a method for synthesising Europium (II) oxide nanoparticles, a ferromagnetic semiconductor that is relevant for data storage and data transport
Nanomaterials
Nov 22, 2017
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