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- Plumbene, Cousin Of Graphene, Created By Researchers 22/05/2019 Two-dimensional materials made of Group 14 elements, graphene's cousins, have attracted enormous interest in recent years because of their unique potential as useful topological insulators.
- As Quantum Technology Matures What Industries Should Care? 22/05/2019 “In the next 5-10 years a quantum computer will do a calculation that a supercomputer can’t do,” Rupesh Srivastava told around 65 invited attendees at the OxLEP led Quantum Technologies briefing at the UK’s House of Commons.
- Scientists Find A Way To Increase The Capacity Of Energy Sources For Portable Electronics 22/05/2019 Scientists from Skoltech, Moscow State University (MSU) and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have proposed a new approach to replacing carbon atoms with nitrogen atoms in the supercapacitor's crystal lattice and developed a novel capacity enhancement method based on carbon lattice modification with the aid of plasma.
- Condensing Droplets Get A Boost From Micron-Thin Polymer Coating 21/05/2019 Condensation plays an important role in many large-scale industrial processes including refrigeration, liquification, waste heat recovery and distillation.
- Adding A Carbon Atom Transforms 2-D Semiconducting Material 21/05/2019 A technique that introduces carbon-hydrogen molecules into a single atomic layer of the semiconducting material tungsten disulfide dramatically changes the electronic properties of the material.
- Researchers Create Soft, Flexible Materials With Enhanced Properties 21/05/2019 A team of polymer chemists and engineers from Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new methodology that can be used to create a class of stretchable polymer composites with enhanced electrical and thermal properties.
- Researchers Discover How A Nanocatalyst Works At The Atomic Level 21/05/2019 Researchers of the Nanoscience Center (NSC) at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and Xiamen University, China, have discovered how copper particles at the nanometer scale operate in modifying a carbon-oxygen bond when ketone molecules turn into alcohol molecules.
- Electric-Field-Controlled Superconductor-Ferromagnetic Insulator Transition 21/05/2019 High-temperature (Tc) superconductivity typically develops from antiferromagnetic insulators, and superconductivity and ferromagnetism are always mutually exclusive.
- Less Can Be More: Semiconductor Nanowires For Flexible Photovoltaics 21/05/2019 Capturing and manipulating light at nanoscale is a key factor to build high efficiency solar cells. Researchers in the 3-D Photovoltaics group have recently presented a promising new design.
- Capturing Real-Time Data As Nanofibers Form Makes Electrospinning More Affordable And Effective 20/05/2019 Electrospinning, a nanofiber fabrication method, can produce nanometer- to micrometer-diameter ceramic, polymer, and metallic fibers of various compositions for a wide spectrum of applications: tissue engineering, filtration, fuel cells and lithium batteries.
- Atomic Engineering With Electric Irradiation 20/05/2019 Atomic engineering can selectively induce specific dynamics on single atoms followed by combined steps to form large-scale assemblies thereafter.