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- Asphaltene changed into graphene for composites 29/11/2022 The flash Joule heating process turns asphaltenes, a byproduct of crude oil production, into graphene for use in composite materials.
- The world's largest quantum chemistry dataset to empower new materials design and drug discovery 24/11/2022 Predicting the properties of an object is a most natural task for machine learning (ML) algorithms, and molecules or crystals are not an exception. Every drug discovery or materials design pipeline depends on the ability to predict a future product's physical and chemical properties.
- New quantum phase discovered for developing hybrid materials 22/11/2022 Scientists discovered a hybrid state in which crystals exhibit both crystalline and amorphous characteristics near the structural quantum critical point
- The direct measurement of a proton's generalized polarizabilities in the strong quantum chromodynamics regime 18/11/2022 Quantum chromodynamics is an area of study that explores the strong interactions between quarks mediated by gluons. Quarks are elementary particles with an electric charge, which are building blocks of composite particles, such as hadrons and protons.
- Fluorescence achieved in light-driven molecular motors 17/11/2022 Rotary molecular motors were first created in 1999, in the laboratory of Ben Feringa, Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Groningen. These motors are driven by light. For many reasons, it would be good to be able to make these motor molecules visible. The best way to do this is to make them fluoresce. However, combining two light-mediated functions in a single molecule is quite challenging. The Feringa laboratory has now succeeded in doing just that, in two different ways. These two types of fluorescing light-driven rotary motors were described in Nature Communications (September 30) and Science Advances (November 4).
- New Entanglement Results Hint at Better Quantum Codes 10/11/2022 A team of physicists has entangled three photons over a considerable distance, which could lead to more powerful quantum cryptography.
- Novel molecular orbital interaction that stabilizes cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries 08/11/2022 A large international team led by scientists from the Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials at the University of Wollongong has verified that the introduction of novel molecular orbital interactions can improve the structural stability of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries.
- Ultra Strong Carbon Fibers from Fused DWNT Nanotubes- Proof of Principle 03/11/2022 Ultra Strong Carbon Fibers from fused DWNT nanotubes have been made and the work was published in Science Advances.
- Scientists discover exotic quantum state at room temperature 01/11/2022 For the first time, physicists have observed novel quantum effects in a topological insulator at room temperature. This breakthrough, published as the cover article of the October issue of Nature Materials, came when Princeton scientists explored a topological material based on the element bismuth.
- Quantum Entanglement Has Now Been Directly Observed at The Macroscopic Scale 27/10/2022 Quantum entanglement is the binding together of two particles or objects, even though they may be far apart – their respective properties are linked in a way that's not possible under the rules of classical physics.
- The Future of 1D Nanoengineering in Batteries 25/10/2022 One-dimensional (1D) nanostructures exhibit distinct properties that vary from those of bulk materials. They provide significant benefits in designing next-generation batteries due to facile electronic and ionic transport and strong tolerance to stress changes. Thus, contributing to the high performance of energy storage systems.