Nothing in the world is perfect. This is also true in materials research. In computer simulations, one often represents a system in a highly idealized way; for example, one calculates the properties that an absolutely perfect ...
Nanophysics
Aug 29, 2023
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Researchers from The University of Manchester and the University of Warwick finally solved the long-standing puzzle of why graphene is so much more permeable to protons than expected by theory.
Nanophysics
Aug 23, 2023
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Researchers from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), have proposed a laser-assisted layer-by-layer covalent growth method to prepare highly crystalline all-graphene macrostructures ...
Condensed Matter
Aug 18, 2023
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Obtaining useful work from random fluctuations in a system at thermal equilibrium has long been considered impossible. In fact, in the 1960s eminent American physicist Richard Feynman effectively shut down further inquiry ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 18, 2023
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A Princeton University-led team of scientists has imaged the precise microscopic underpinnings responsible for many quantum phases observed in a material known as magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG). This remarkable ...
Condensed Matter
Aug 16, 2023
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Graphene nanoribbons have outstanding properties that can be precisely controlled. Researchers from Empa and ETH Zurich, in collaboration with partners from Peking University, the University of Warwick and the Max Planck ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 15, 2023
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Think you know everything about a material? Try giving it a twist—literally. That's the main idea of an emerging field in condensed matter physics called "twistronics," which has researchers drastically changing the properties ...
Nanophysics
Aug 11, 2023
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By some estimates, the human nose can detect up to a trillion different smells with its hundreds of scent receptors. But even just catching a quick whiff of certain chemicals known as nerve agents can be lethal, even in tiny ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 9, 2023
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In 2004, the public first became acquainted with graphene- a remarkably thin, flexible, and electrically conductive material possessing considerable strength. However, harnessing graphene's potential as a component has presented ...
Nanophysics
Aug 8, 2023
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Graphene has long been put forward as a wonder material. Undeniably, it has astounding properties—stronger than steel, a better electrical conductor than copper, and lighter than almost anything else with similar properties. ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 7, 2023
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