Researchers at The University of Tokyo have shown that for amorphous materials, cyclic material fatigue can begin to fracture at the same level of stress as fractures due to constant loading. By using computer simulations, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 11, 2022
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Plasmonic devices—such as superlenses, hyperlenses and plasmonic waveguides—have exciting potential for research and commercial applications because they permit optical lithography, imaging and waveguiding to be performed ...
Nanophysics
Jul 2, 2014
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Miniaturizing microscopic metallic objects while enhancing their strength is critical to developing high-performance devices that integrate transistor-like electronics with mechanical components. When these objects consist ...
Nanophysics
Jul 31, 2013
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High-performance photodetectors with great detection capability have been widely deployed in our daily life, such as driverless technology, intraoperative navigated surgery, face recognition, anti-counterfeiting, and so on. ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 25, 2022
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While doctors use X-rays to see the broken bones inside our bodies, scientists have developed a new X-ray technique to see inside continuously packed nanoparticles, also known as grains, to examine deformations and dislocations ...
Condensed Matter
May 23, 2017
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Perovskites are currently a hot topic in materials science due to their remarkable properties and potential applications, including sustainable energy technologies, catalysis, and optoelectronics, to name a few.
Analytical Chemistry
May 16, 2024
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Recently, the research group led by Prof. Liu Changsong from Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP), Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed a set of software for simulating ...
Condensed Matter
May 4, 2023
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Grain boundaries (GBs) in PSCs have been found to be detrimental to the photovoltaic performance of the devices. Numerous papers reported that the defects in perovskite GBs should be passivated by suitable materials, such ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 1, 2021
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On April 14th, Prof. Ma Cheng from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and his colleagues reported an important discovery regarding the mechanism of Li-ion migration ...
Nanophysics
Apr 17, 2020
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A way to transport highly confined light energy over long distances using extended networks of partially fused gold nanoparticles has been demonstrated by an international team of researchers. This demonstration raises the ...
Nanophysics
May 13, 2015
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