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- 20/04/2021 Can room-temperature superconductors work without extreme pressure? Physicists aim to make practical materials that conduct electricity with zero resistance.
- 15/04/2021 A new technique to synthesize superconducting materials Researchers who demonstrated superconducting materials at room temperatures last fall, now report a new technique in the quest to also create the materials at lower pressures. They describe separating hydrogen atoms from yttrium with a thin film of palladium inside a diamond anvil.
- 13/04/2021 Plasma gun sprays out high-quality graphene The fast, low-cost method splits graphite particles into graphene flakes, showing promise for mass production
- 08/04/2021 Twisted trilayer graphene supports existence of exotic superconductivity ‘Magic angle’ twist in three layers of graphene offers new insight into superconductivity current models can’t explain
- 06/04/2021 2D materials combine, becoming polarized and giving rise to photovoltaic effect For the first time, researchers have discovered a way to obtain polarity and photovoltaic behavior from certain nonphotovoltaic, atomically flat (2D) materials. The key lies in the special way in which the materials are arranged. The resulting effect is different from, and potentially superior to, the photovoltaic effect commonly found in solar cells.
- 01/04/2021 Cadmium cyanide surprises chemists by shrinking when irradiated with x-rays Contraction expands potential applications for inorganic materials
- 30/03/2021 Subtle quantum phenomenon found to alter chemical reactivity for the first time
- 25/03/2021 Ionization source for mass spectrometry needs no external power supply Device could have applications for portable instruments
- 23/03/2021 Warped nanographene at odds with aromaticity Scientists discover a π-electron circuit with an odd number of electrons in a polycyclic system
- 18/03/2021 Nano-gate: Researchers create voltage-controlled nanopores that can trap particles as they try to pass through Scientists from the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research at Osaka University fabricated nanopores in silicon dioxide, that were only 300 nm, in diameter surrounded by electrodes. These nanopores could prevent particles from entering just by applying a voltage, which may permit the development of sensors that can detect very small concentrations of target molecules, as well as next-generation DNA sequencing technology.