Disperse graphene in a suitable solvent and the resulting nanofluid will have much better thermal properties than the original liquid. Three ICN2 research groups collaborated to describe and explain this effect from the inside ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 26, 2018
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A review published in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics compiles the approaches that have been employed for reading and storing information in antiferromagnets and answers the question about how to write on antiferromagnetics ...
General Physics
Jun 5, 2015
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In a refreshing change of perspective, theoretical physicist Dr. Zeila Zanolli has looked at the proximity effects of graphene on a magnetic semiconducting substrate, finding it to affect the substrate's magnetism down to ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 8, 2018
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Thin-film transistors (TFTs) are powerful devices in semiconductor manufacturing and form the basis of countless electronic devices, such as memory chips, photovoltaic cells, logic gates, and sensors. An interesting alternative ...
Nanophysics
Aug 11, 2014
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Among other carbon-based nanomaterials, graphene represents a great promise for gas sensing applications. In 2009 the detection of individual gas molecules of NO[sub]2[/sub] adsorbed onto graphene surface was reported for ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 11, 2014
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The prospect of transporting spin information over long distances in graphene, possible because of its small intrinsic spin–orbit coupling and vanishing hyperfine interaction, has stimulated intense research exploring spintronics ...
Nanophysics
Nov 12, 2014
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Researchers from the ICN2 Nanostructured Functional Materials Group, in collaboration with other institutions, have used a liquid phase exfoliation process to obtain nanosheets with enhanced electrocatalytical properties. ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 21, 2020
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Graphene has attracted significant interest both for exploring fundamental science and for a wide range of technological applications. Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is currently the only working approach to grow graphene ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 11, 2014
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Scientists from the ICN2 Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors Group led by ICREA Prof. Arben Merkoçi have carried out a study to enhance the sensitivity of lateral flow tests. They included cellulose nanofibers in the test ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 7, 2019
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In a new article published in Nano Letters, ICN2 researchers led by ICREA Prof Sergio O. Valenzuela have investigated hot carrier propagation across graphene using an electrical nonlocal injection/detection method. The results ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 8, 2015
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