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- Fully recyclable printed electronics ditch toxic chemicals for water 13/04/2023 Engineers at Duke University have produced the world's first fully recyclable printed electronics that replace the use of chemicals with water in the fabrication process. By bypassing the need for hazardous chemicals, the demonstration points down a path industry could follow to reduce its environmental footprint and human health risks.
- Discovery of ferroelectricity in an elementary substance 11/04/2023 National University of Singapore (NUS) physicists have discovered a novel form of ferroelectricity in a single-element bismuth monolayer that can produce regular and reversible dipole moments for future applications of non-volatile memories and electronic sensors.
- Using operando Raman spectroscopy to investigate converting carbon dioxide to ethanol on Ag nanowires 07/04/2023 In a study, published in the journal Science China Chemistry and led by Prof. Pingping Fang (School of Chemistry, Zhejiang University) and Prof. Jianfeng Li (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University), experiments were performed by using an Xplora Raman spectrometer with a 50x microscope objective and an excitation wavelength of 638 nm from a He–Ne laser.
- Discovery of a new topological phase could lead to exciting developments in nanotechnology 05/04/2023 Cambridge researchers have discovered a new topological phase in a two-dimensional system, which could be used as a new platform for exploring topological physics in nanoscale devices.
- Quantum entanglement makes quantum communication even more secure 30/03/2023 Quantum devices don’t have to be perfectly understood to be snoop-proof, three studies show
- Quantum physics exponentially improves some types of machine learning 28/03/2023 Quantum techniques outperform classical when learning about quantum systems
- Qubits put new spin on magnetism: Boosting applications of quantum computers 23/03/2023 Research using a quantum computer as the physical platform for quantum experiments has found a way to design and characterize tailor-made magnetic objects using quantum bits, or qubits. That opens up a new approach to develop new materials and robust quantum computing.
- These shape-shifting devices melt and re-form thanks to magnetic fields 21/03/2023 Gallium plus magnetism equals something straight out of Terminator 2
- An interdisciplinary solution for enhanced high-resolution imaging in electron and optical microscopy 09/03/2023 Although electron microscopy can already reveal details as small as one nanometer, ongoing research seeks to break through barriers limiting image quality and reducing the optical dose on the samples. Aberration is a common problem in electron microscopy that can reduce the resolution and quality of the images produced.
- Reaching superconductivity layer by layer 07/03/2023 Imagine a sheet of material just one layer of atoms thick—less than a millionth of a millimeter. While this may sound fantastical, such a material exists: it is called graphene and it is made from carbon atoms in a honeycomb arrangement. First synthesized in 2004 and then soon hailed as a substance with wondrous characteristics, scientists are still working on understanding it.
- Boosting superconductivity in graphene bilayers 02/03/2023 Nearly a decade ago, researchers heralded the discovery of a new wonder class of ultrathin materials with special optical and electrical properties that made it a potential rival for graphene, a form of carbon discovered in 2004 whose own special properties interest both scientists and engineers.