Synthesis of pure single layer of blue phosphorus could be useful for semiconduction
NUS chemists have developed a method to synthesize monolayer blue phosphorus for potential semiconductor applications.
NUS chemists have developed a method to synthesize monolayer blue phosphorus for potential semiconductor applications.
Nanophysics
Apr 27, 2020
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The field of photonic integration—the area of photonics in which waveguides and devices are fabricated as an integrated system onto a flat wafer—is relatively young compared to electronics. Photonic integration has focused ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 12, 2020
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Quantum engineers from UNSW Sydney have created artificial atoms in silicon chips that offer improved stability for quantum computing.
Quantum Physics
Feb 11, 2020
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Life is pretty easy to recognise. It moves, it grows, it eats, it excretes, it reproduces. Simple. In biology, researchers often use the acronym "MRSGREN" to describe it. It stands for movement, respiration, sensitivity, ...
Astrobiology
Jan 13, 2020
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A new artificial photosynthesis approach uses sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into methane, which could help make natural-gas-powered devices carbon neutral.
Materials Science
Jan 13, 2020
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A new method to fit together layers of semiconductors as thin as a few nanometers has resulted in not only a scientific discovery but also a new type of transistor for high-power electronic devices. The result, published ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 7, 2020
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Scientists have long been puzzled by the existence of so-called "buckyballs"—complex carbon molecules with a soccer-ball-like structure—throughout interstellar space. Now, a team of researchers from the University of ...
Astronomy
Nov 13, 2019
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Nagoya University researchers have discovered a new way to modify reactants that have been widely studied and utilized for over 50 years, enabling more efficient production of some complex organic molecules used in medical ...
Materials Science
Oct 21, 2019
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When exposed to stress and strain, materials can display a wide range of different properties. By using sound waves, scientists have begun to explore fundamental stress behaviors in a crystalline material that could form ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 24, 2019
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Imperfections of crystal structure, especially edge dislocations of an elongated nature, deeply modify basic properties of the entire material and, in consequence, drastically limit its applications. Using silicon carbide ...
General Physics
Aug 29, 2019
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