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E-beam atomic-scale 3-D 'sculpting' could enable new quantum nanodevices
By varying the energy and dose of tightly focused electron beams, researchers have demonstrated the ability to both etch away and deposit high-resolution nanoscale patterns on two-dimensional layers of graphene oxide. The ...
Nanophysics
Sep 17, 2020
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Energy harvesting goes organic, gets more flexible
Nanogenerators capable of converting mechanical energy into electricity are typically made from metal oxides and lead-based perovskites. But these inorganic materials aren't biocompatible, so the race is on to create natural ...
Nanophysics
Sep 15, 2020
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New method to design diamond lattices and other crystals from microscopic building blocks
An impressive array of architectural forms can be produced from the popular interlocking building blocks known as LEGOS. All that is needed is a child's imagination to construct a virtually infinite variety of complex shapes.
Nanophysics
Sep 14, 2020
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Get diamonds, take temperature: Quantum thermometer using nanodiamonds senses a 'fever' in tiny worms C. elegans
A team from Osaka City University, in collaboration with other international partners, has demonstrated a reliable, precise, microscope-based thermometer using quantum technology that measures the temperature fo microscopic ...
Nanophysics
Sep 11, 2020
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Understanding electron transport in graphene nanoribbons
Graphene is a modern wonder material possessing unique properties of strength, flexibility and conductivity whilst being abundant and remarkably cheap to produce, lending it to a multitude of useful applications—especially ...
Nanophysics
Sep 11, 2020
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Regulating the absorption spectrum of polydopamine
Polydopamine (PDA) is an advanced functional material and its emergent light absorption properties make it crucial for applications in materials science. However, it is challenging to rationally design and regulate PDA absorption ...
A high-yield method for assembling targeted nanoparticle clusters
A team of researchers from China, the U.S. and Canada has developed a high-yield method for assembling targeted nanoparticle clusters. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes their method and ...
A gold nanoparticle nearly cloaked by a single molecule
A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen has found a way to prove a theory suggesting the possibility of cloaking a nanoparticle using a single ...
Physicists achieve tunable spin wave excitation
Physicists from MIPT and the Russian Quantum Center, joined by colleagues from Saratov State University and Michigan Technological University, have demonstrated new methods for controlling spin waves in nanostructured bismuth ...
Nanophysics
Sep 08, 2020
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Paving the way for tunable graphene plasmonic THz amplifiers
Tohoku University Professor Taiichi Otsuji has led a team of international researchers in successfully demonstrating a room-temperature coherent amplification of terahertz (THz) radiation in graphene, electrically driven ...
Nanophysics
Sep 08, 2020
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New electrode configuration improves volumetric performance of supercapacitors
A new design with an alternately stacked electrode configuration helped to enhance the volumetric performance of supercapacitors and attain high energy density without sacrificing power performance.
Nanophysics
Sep 08, 2020
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Painting with light: Novel nanopillars precisely control intensity of transmitted light
By shining white light on a glass slide stippled with millions of tiny titanium dioxide pillars, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their collaborators have reproduced with astonishing ...
Nanophysics
Sep 04, 2020
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Nanoearthquakes control spin centers in silicon carbide
Researchers from the Paul-Drude-Institut in Berlin, the Helmholtz-Zentrum in Dresden and the Ioffe Institute in St. Petersburg have demonstrated the use of elastic vibrations to manipulate the spin states of optically active ...
Nanophysics
Sep 04, 2020
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Squaring the circle—Breaking the symmetry of a sphere to control the polarization of light
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Institute of Photonic Sciences have developed a method to generate circularly polarized light from the ultimate symmetrical structure: the sphere. Their approach involves breaking ...
Nanophysics
Sep 04, 2020
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Scientists propose nano-confinement strategy to form sub-nanometer reactors
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) are promising in electrocatalysis processes due to their maximum utilization of active species.
Nanophysics
Sep 04, 2020
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Autonomous robot plays with NanoLEGO
Molecules are the building blocks of everyday life. Many materials are composed of them, a little like a LEGO model consists of a multitude of different bricks. But while individual LEGO bricks can be simply shifted or removed, ...
Nanophysics
Sep 03, 2020
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Nanoscale engines far colder than even deepest outer space
The theory of thermodynamics, commonly associated with the steam engines of the 19th century, is a universal set of laws that governs everything from black holes to the evolution of life. But with modern technologies miniaturizing ...
Nanophysics
Sep 03, 2020
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Ambient light alters refraction in 2-D material
Microscopic crystals in tantalum disulfide have a starring role in what could become a hit for 3-D displays, virtual reality and even self-driving vehicles.
Nanophysics
Sep 02, 2020
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Nanoparticle-based computing architecture for nanoparticle neural networks
Scalable nanoparticle-based computing architectures have several limitations that can severely compromise the use of nanoparticles to manipulate and process information through molecular computing schemes. The von Neumann ...
Memory in a metal, enabled by quantum geometry
The emergence of artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques is changing the world dramatically with novel applications such as internet of things, autonomous vehicles, real-time imaging processing and big data ...
Nanophysics
Sep 01, 2020
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