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Nanophysics Apr 16, 2024

Evidence for reversible oxygen ion movement during electrical pulsing: Emerging ferroelectricity in binary oxides

Ferroelectric binary oxides thin films are garnering attention for their superior compatibility over traditional perovskite-based ferroelectric materials. Its compatibility and scalability within the CMOS framework make it ...

General Physics Apr 16, 2024

Physicists explain, and eliminate, unknown force dragging against water droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces

Microscopic chasms forming a sea of conical jagged peaks stipple the surface of a material called black silicon. While it's commonly found in solar cell tech, black silicon also moonlights as a tool for studying the physics ...

Nanomaterials Apr 16, 2024

A single atom layer of gold—researchers create goldene

For the first time, scientists have managed to create sheets of gold only a single atom layer thick. The material has been termed goldene. According to researchers from Linköping University, Sweden, this has given the gold ...

Polymers Apr 15, 2024

New colorful plastic films for versatile sensors and electronic displays

Innovative electronics is one of the many applications of modern plastics. Some recent research efforts have used plastic to improve the color realism of display technologies.

Polymers Apr 13, 2024

Researchers study effects of solvation and ion valency on metallopolymers

In a new paper published in JACS Au, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign analyzed the effects of solvation and ion valency on metallopolymers, with implications for critical materials recovery and recycling, ...

Optics & Photonics Apr 11, 2024

A compact metasurface array-based system for single-shot spectroscopic ellipsometry measurement

Spectroscopic ellipsometry is widely adopted in semiconductor processing, such as in the manufacturing of integrated circuits, flat display panels, and solar cells. However, a conventional spectroscopic ellipsometer, as shown ...

Nanomaterials Apr 11, 2024

Laser-patterned thin films that swell into kirigami-like structures offer new opportunities in hydrogel technology

New options for making finely structured soft, flexible and expandable materials called hydrogels have been developed by researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT).

Nanomaterials Apr 11, 2024

Nothing is everything: How hidden emptiness can define the usefulness of filtration materials

Voids, or empty spaces, exist within matter at all scales, from the astronomical to the microscopic. In a new study, researchers used high-powered microscopy and mathematical theory to unveil nanoscale voids in three dimensions. ...

Condensed Matter Apr 9, 2024

Researchers develop mechanism of electrical 180° switching of Néel vector in spin-splitting antiferromagnet

A research team led by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Tsinghua University has theoretically proposed a new mechanism of electrical 180° switching of Néel vector and experimentally realized ...

Nanomaterials Apr 5, 2024

Utilizing palladium for addressing contact issues of buried oxide thin film transistors

A novel method that employs palladium to inject hydrogen into the deeply buried oxide-metal electrode contacts of amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOSs) storage devices, which reduces contact resistance, has been developed ...

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