A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has developed a revolutionary, light-activated semiconductor nanocomposite material that can be used in a variety of applications, including microscopic actuators and ...
Nanophysics
Oct 18, 2016
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Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and collaborators have proposed a design for the first DNA sequencer based on an electronic nanosensor that can detect tiny motions as small as a ...
Nanophysics
Sep 28, 2016
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Small balloons made from one-atom-thick material graphene can withstand enormous pressures, much higher than those at the bottom of the deepest ocean, scientists at the University of Manchester report.
Nanomaterials
Aug 25, 2016
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The old rules don't necessarily apply when building electronic components out of two-dimensional materials, according to scientists at Rice University.
Nanophysics
Jul 25, 2016
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The future of movies and manufacturing may be in 3-D, but electronics and photonics are going 2-D; specifically, two-dimensional semiconducting materials.
Nanophysics
May 13, 2016
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Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Yale-NUS College have established the mechanisms for spin motion in molybdenum disulfide, an emerging two-dimensional (2D) material. Their discovery resolves a ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 1, 2016
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Making an incredibly fast photodetector is one thing, but actually measuring its speed is another.
General Physics
Dec 21, 2015
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Scientists have demonstrated that microwaves can help create nanostructured molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) catalysts with an improved ability to produce hydrogen.
Materials Science
Oct 27, 2015
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Photonic circuits, which use light to transmit signals, are markedly faster than electronic circuits. Unfortunately, they're also bigger. It's difficult to localize visible light below its diffraction limit, about 200-300 ...
Nanophysics
Oct 5, 2015
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EPFL scientists have developed a method that improves the accuracy of DNA sequencing up to a thousand times. The method, which uses nanopores to read individual nucleotides, paves the way for better - and cheaper - DNA sequencing.
Bio & Medicine
Sep 21, 2015
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