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- Graphene Membrane Forms a Soft, Stretchable Wearable Heater 20/10/2022 Wearable heaters are highly desirable for low-temperature environments. However, the fundamental challenge in achieving such devices is to design electric-heating membranes with flexible, breathable, and stretchable properties.
- New characterization methods developed to identify light elements 18/10/2022 In research published today in Nano Letters, physicists have delivered an unexpected boost for researchers with a new technique for 3D nanoscale elemental analysis for ion-electron microscope systems that allows the scientific community to take their work to the next level—particularly in the fields of energy storage and sustainability
- In situ synthesis of hierarchically-assembled three-dimensional ZnS nanostructures and 3D printed visualization 13/10/2022 Nanomaterials have gained enormous interest in improving the performance of energy harvest systems, biomedical devices, and high-strength composites.
- New form of silicon could revolutionize semiconductor industry 11/10/2022 After a 10-year research study that started by accident and was met with skepticism, a team of Northeastern University mechanical engineers was able to synthesize highly dense, ultra-narrow silicon nanowires that could revolutionize the semiconductor industry. Their research appears in Nature Communications.
- High-Temperature Superconductivity Understood at Last 06/10/2022 A new atomic-scale experiment all but settles the origin of the strong form of superconductivity seen in cuprate crystals, confirming a 35-year-old theory.
- Researchers use light to control magnetic fields at nanoscale 04/10/2022 In thin, two-dimensional semiconductors, electrons move, spin and synchronize in unusual ways. For researchers, understanding the way these electrons carry out their intricate dances—and learning to manipulate their choreography—not only lets them answer fundamental physical questions, but can yield new types of circuits and devices.
- Building better quantum sensors 29/09/2022 Usually, a defect in a diamond is a bad thing. But for engineers, miniscule blips in a diamond's otherwise stiff crystal structure are paving the way for ultrasensitive quantum sensors that push the limits of today's technologies. Now, researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have developed a method to optimize these quantum sensors, which can detect tiny perturbations in magnetic or electric fields, among other things.
- Quantum dot matrix printer creates 3D structures 27/09/2022 Quantum dots have been turned into a 3D printer ink by researchers in China. The technique could be used to make advanced light-emitting devices or photodetectors.
- Microscopy technique reveals hidden nanostructures in cells and tissues 22/09/2022 Separating densely packed molecules before imaging allows them to become visible for the first time.
- Silicon nanopillars for quantum communication 20/09/2022 Around the world, specialists are working on implementing quantum information technologies
- Scientists made a Möbius strip out of a tiny carbon nanobelt 15/09/2022 The new twist on nanocarbon joins other structures including nanotubes and buckyballs