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Fast, affordable solution proposed for transparent displays and semiconductors
The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) under the Ministry of Science and ICT developed a roll-based damage-free transfer technique that allows two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials to be transferred into wafer ...
Nanomaterials
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Future sparkles for diamond-based quantum technology
Marilyn Monroe famously sang that diamonds are a girl's best friend, but they are also very popular with quantum scientists—with two new research breakthroughs poised to accelerate the development of synthetic diamond-based ...
Nanophysics
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Direct-acting antiviral to treat COVID-19 developed in QLD
An international team of scientists from the Menzies Health Institute Queensland (MHIQ) at Griffith University and from City of Hope, a research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases ...
Bio & Medicine
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A LiDAR device the size of a finger now available
A nanophotonics-based LiDAR technology developed by a POSTECH research team was presented as an invited paper in Nature Nanotechnology, the leading academic journal in the field of nanoscience and nanoengineering.
Nanophysics
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Advance may enable 2D transistors for tinier microchip components
Moore's Law, the famous prediction that the number of transistors that can be packed onto a microchip will double every couple of years, has been bumping into basic physical limits. These limits could bring decades of progress ...
Nanophysics
May 14, 2021
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Reaction kinetics drive chiral nanocrystal formation in tellurium atoms
A team of researchers from Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, the University of Washington and the Kavli Energy NanoScience ...
Emergence of a new heteronanostructure library
Organizing functional objects in a complex, sophisticated architecture at the nanoscale can yield hybrid materials that tremendously outperform their solo objects, offering exciting routes towards a spectrum of applications. ...
Nanomaterials
May 14, 2021
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Hanging by a thread: Imaging and probing chains of single atoms
Low-dimensional materials, such as 1D monoatomic chains, exhibit exotic properties that could find interesting applications. However, single-atom bonds and their mechanical characteristics are difficult to study. In a recent ...
Nanophysics
May 14, 2021
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Microfluidics: The tiny, beautiful tech hidden all around you
When you think of micro- or nanotechnology, you likely think of small electronics like your phone, a tiny robot or a microchip. But COVID-19 tests—which have proven to be central to controlling the pandemic—are also a ...
Bio & Medicine
May 14, 2021
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Nanotech improves cystic fibrosis antibiotic by 100,000-fold
World-first nanotechnology developed by the University of South Australia could change the lives of thousands of people living with cystic fibrosis (CF) as shows it can improve the effectiveness of the CF antibiotic Tobramycin, ...
Bio & Medicine
May 13, 2021
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Contact-free nanoscopy concept shows potential for investigating conductivity of materials
A team of physicists from Germany, the .S. and the U.K. managed to observe the motion of electrons from one atomically thin layer into an adjacent one with nanoscale spatial resolution. The new contact-free nanoscopy concept, ...
Nanophysics
May 13, 2021
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New advancement in nanophotonics explains how collections of hot nanoparticles cool down
Everyone has sat outside on a sunny day and been warmed by the sun's rays. This happens through a process known as radiative heat transfer: the sun emits light (electromagnetic radiation), which travels to the Earth and heats ...
Nanophysics
May 13, 2021
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Novel nanoreactor boosts performance of electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction
Precisely regulating the electronic structures of metal active species is highly desirable for electrocatalysis. Carbon-based substrates with inert surface provide weak metal-support interaction and thus are unable to modulate ...
Nanophysics
May 13, 2021
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Ion-selective smart porous membranes
A research group has developed an ion-selective smart porous membrane that can respond to outer stimuli, potentially paving the way for new applications in molecular separation and sensing applications.
Nanophysics
May 13, 2021
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Researchers observe two-fold symmetric superconductivity in 2D niobium diselenide
In recent years, many material scientists worldwide have been investigating the potential of two-dimensional (2D) materials, which are composed of a single layer or a few ultrathin layers of atoms and have unique physical, ...
New atomically precise graphene nanoribbon heterojunction sensor developed
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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Scaling down ionic transistors to the ultimate limit
The human brain is a vast network of billions of biological cells called neurons which fires electrical signals that process information, resulting in our senses and thoughts. The ion channels of atomic scale in each neuron ...
Nanomaterials
May 12, 2021
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Shaken, not stirred: Ultrafast skyrmion reshuffling
Smaller, faster, more energy-efficient: future requirements to computing and data storage are hard to fulfill and alternative concepts are continuously explored. Small magnetic textures, so-called skyrmions, may become an ...
Nanophysics
May 12, 2021
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Observing individual atoms in 3D nanomaterials and their surfaces
Atoms are the basic building blocks for all materials. To tailor functional properties, it is essential to accurately determine their atomic structures. KAIST researchers observed the 3D atomic structure of a nanoparticle ...
Nanophysics
May 12, 2021
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Transition metal dichalcogenides get weaker when thickness decreases
A new study recently published in Advanced Materials reveals that MoSe2, a prominent material of the transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) family, loses relative stiffness when its thickness is reduced. This work was carried ...
Nanophysics
May 12, 2021
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