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Proliferation of electric vehicles based on high-performance, low-cost sodium-ion battery
Various automobile companies are preparing to shift from internal combustion (IC) engine vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs). However, due to higher cost, EVs are not as easily accessible to consumers; hence, several governments ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 18, 2021
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Atomic-scale tailoring of graphene approaches macroscopic world
Properties of materials are often defined by imperfections in their atomic structure, especially when the material itself is just one atom thick, such as graphene. Researchers at the University of Vienna have now developed ...
Nanophysics
Jun 18, 2021
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New metal-free hydrogel electrodes flex to fit the body's many shapes, avoiding damage to organs
Arrays of metal electrodes are often used in medical procedures that require monitoring or delivering electrical impulses in the body, such as brain surgery and epilepsy mapping. However, the metal and plastic materials that ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 18, 2021
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Changing a 2D material's symmetry can unlock its promise
Optoelectronic materials that are capable of converting the energy of light into electricity, and electricity into light, have promising applications as light-emitting, energy-harvesting, and sensing technologies. However, ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 17, 2021
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Graphene 'camera' captures real-time electrical activity of beating heart
Bay Area scientists have captured the real-time electrical activity of a beating heart, using a sheet of graphene to record an optical image—almost like a video camera—of the faint electric fields generated by the rhythmic ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 16, 2021
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Inducing and tuning spin interactions in layered material by inserting iron atoms, protons
Magnetic-spin interactions that allow spin-manipulation by electrical control allow potential applications in energy-efficient spintronic devices.
Nanophysics
Jun 16, 2021
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Graphene can be used to detect COVID-19 quickly, accurately
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have successfully used graphene—one of the strongest, thinnest known materials—to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus in laboratory experiments. The researchers say the discovery ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 16, 2021
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Machine learning can reduce worry about nanoparticles in food
While crop yield has achieved a substantial boost from nanotechnology in recent years, alarms over the health risks posed by nanoparticles within fresh produce and grains have also increased. In particular, nanoparticles ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 16, 2021
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Lab peers inside 2D crystal synthesis
Scientific studies describing the most basic processes often have the greatest impact in the long run. A new work by Rice University engineers could be one such, and it's a gas, gas, gas for nanomaterials.
Nanomaterials
Jun 14, 2021
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Trions exhibit novel characteristics in moiré superlattices
When two similar atomic layers with mismatching lattice constants—the constant distance between a layer's unit cells—and/or orientation are stacked together, the resulting bilayer can exhibit a moiré pattern and form ...
Nanophysics
Jun 14, 2021
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Researchers observe sound-light pulses in 2D materials for the first time
Using an ultrafast transmission electron microscope, researchers from the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology have, for the first time, recorded the propagation of combined sound and light waves in atomically thin materials.
Nanophysics
Jun 11, 2021
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New family of atomic-thin electride materials discovered
An exploratory investigation into the behavior of materials with desirable electric properties has resulted in the discovery of a structural phase of two-dimensional (2D) materials. The new family of materials are electrides, ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 10, 2021
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Novel liquid crystal metalens offers electric zoom
Researchers from Cornell University's School of Applied and Engineering Physics and Samsung's Advanced Institute of Technology have created a first-of-its-kind metalens—a metamaterial lens—that can be focused using voltage ...
Nanophysics
Jun 10, 2021
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Researchers have turned transparent calcite into artificial gold
In a breakthrough in metamaterials, for the first time in the world, researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed an innovative nanotechnology that transforms a transparent calcite nanoparticle into a sparkling gold-like ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 10, 2021
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Injectable microspheres to repair failing hearts
Biodegradable microspheres can be used to deliver heart cells generated from stem cells to repair damaged hearts after a heart attack, according to new findings by UCL researchers. This type of cell therapy could one day ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 10, 2021
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Forget wearables: Future washable smart clothes powered by Wi-Fi will monitor your health
Purdue University engineers have developed a method to transform existing cloth items into battery-free wearables resistant to laundry. These smart clothes are powered wirelessly through a flexible, silk-based coil sewn on ...
Nanophysics
Jun 09, 2021
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New study presents tip-induced nano-engineering of strain, bandgap, and exciton funneling in 2D semiconductors
A research team, led by Professor Kyoung-Duck Park in the Department of Physics at UNIST has succeeded in investigating and controlling the physical properties of naturally-formed nanoscale wrinkles in two-dimensional (2D) ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 09, 2021
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Nanotech antimicrobial masks filter 99.9% of bacteria, viruses, and haze particles
Materials scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a reusable "nanotech mask" that can filter out 99.9 percent of bacteria, viruses and particulate matter (PM), as well as ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 09, 2021
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Bacteria-sized robots take on microplastics and win by breaking them down
Small pieces of plastic are everywhere, stretching from urban environments to pristine wilderness. Left to their own devices, it can take hundreds of years for them to degrade completely. Catalysts activated by sunlight could ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 09, 2021
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Researchers tame silicon to interact with light for next-generation microelectronics
Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from RAS Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, ITMO University, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and A.M. Prokhorov General ...
Nanophysics
Jun 09, 2021
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