Researchers at Purdue University have developed new heterostructures that could make optoelectrical devices, such as solar panels and sensors, more efficient.
Nanomaterials
Feb 23, 2018
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Graphene floating on water does not repel water, as many researchers believe, but rather attracts it. This has been demonstrated by chemists Liubov Belyaeva and Pauline van Deursen and their supervisor Grégory F. Schneider. ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 21, 2017
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Each atomic layer thin, tear-resistant, and stable. Graphene is seen as the material of the future. It is ideal for e.g. producing ultra-light electronics or highly stable mechanical components. But the wafer-thin carbon ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 25, 2017
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A new atomically thin material similar to graphene has been proven to be a promising new superconductive material.
Nanomaterials
Apr 12, 2017
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Researchers from MIPT's Laboratory of 2-D Materials, Optoelectronics, Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics, and Tohoku University (Japan) have theoretically demonstrated the possibility of creating compact sources ...
General Physics
Sep 30, 2016
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For the first time researchers succeeded to place a layer of graphene on top of a stable fatty lipid monolayer. Surrounded by a protective shell of lipids graphene could enter the body and function as a versatile sensor. ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 28, 2016
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Among the unusual properties of graphene, one of the most exciting and least understood is the additional degree of freedom experienced by electrons.
Nanophysics
Aug 5, 2016
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In what could prove to be a significant advance in fabricating new technologies, scientists discovered a new self-assembly mechanism that surprisingly drives negatively charged molecules to clump together to form islands ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 27, 2016
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A*STAR researchers have designed a low-cost, stable and ultrafast responsive sensor that is easy to manufacture, overcoming the challenge of producing a simple, fast and highly sensitive version.
Engineering
Jul 27, 2016
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Adapting an old trick used for centuries by both metalsmiths and pastry makers, a team of researchers at MIT has found a way to efficiently create composite materials containing hundreds of layers that are just atoms thick ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 21, 2016
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