Don't underestimate undulating graphene: Unique electronics made possible by wavy patterns that channel electrons
Lay some graphene down on a wavy surface, and you'll get a guide to one possible future of two-dimensional electronics.
Lay some graphene down on a wavy surface, and you'll get a guide to one possible future of two-dimensional electronics.
Nanomaterials
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The research group led by Prof. Xiao Zhengguo from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences prepared large-area and efficient sky-blue perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) ...
Materials Science
Mar 21, 2022
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Semiconductors are the foundation of modern technology while superconductors with their zero electrical resistance could become the basis for future technologies, including quantum computers. So-called "hybrid structures"—carefully ...
Superconductivity
Mar 16, 2022
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Could a spritz of super-tiny particles of gold and peptides on a damaged heart potentially provide minimally invasive, on-the-spot repair?
Bio & Medicine
Mar 15, 2022
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Machines and electronic devices often generate waste heat that is difficult to utilize. If electricity could be generated from this waste heat, it would offer a means for a clean and sustainable power production: Such a technology ...
Nanophysics
Jan 18, 2022
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One of the most abundant iron-containing minerals on Earth, and also the oldest known magnetic material, is magnetite, Fe3O4. Magnetite has applications in many fields, such as the study of paleomagnetism—magnetism in rocks ...
A Quantum Dot (QD) is a nanometer-sized semiconductor nanocrystal that has unique optical properties such as the ability to emit light in the range of optical frequencies depending on its size. QDs have already been applied ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 5, 2022
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Scorchingly hot granite deep underground can be tapped for energy by opening up cracks in the rock. This potential resource, known as enhanced geothermal energy, requires a clear sense of changes happening in the rock over ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2021
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Just as a voltage difference can generate electric current, a temperature difference can generate a current flow in thermoelectric materials governed by its "Peltier conductivity" (P). Now, researchers from Japan demonstrate ...
Materials Science
Nov 26, 2021
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Researchers from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that foliar-phosphorus (P) fractions of Alhagi sparsifolia changed with different P availability soils.
Plants & Animals
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