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Researchers advance graphene spintronics with 1D contacts to improve mobility in nano-scale devices

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at The University of Manchester may have cleared a significant hurdle on the path to quantum computing, demonstrating step-change improvements in the spin transport characteristics of nanoscale graphene-based electronic devices.

Feb 11, 2022

Nanotube Films Open Up New Prospects for Electronics

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Physicists from MIPT and Skoltech have found a way to modify and purposely tune the electronic properties of carbon nanotubes to meet the requirements of novel electronic devices. The paper was published in the Carbon journal.

Feb 11, 2022

Researchers Identify Novel Method to Modify and Tune the Electronic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Physicists at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) have discovered a method to alter and intentionally tune the electronic...

Feb 11, 2022

Tiny Antenna Enables Portable Biomedical, Food-Analysis, and Other Gadgets Driven by Integrated Nano- and Terahertz Technologies

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A Skoltech professor and his colleagues from Germany have designed a very small and flat antenna for receiving and transmitting terahertz signals.

Feb 11, 2022

Astra's cubesat launch for NASA ends in failure

Engadget   -   General News Websites

Space startup Astra's effective commercial debut didn't quite go according to plan. As SpaceNews reports, the company's first practical mission for NASA failed when the Rocket 3.3 vehicle's upper stage flew out of control short...

Feb 10, 2022

These Superabsorbent Batteries Charge Faster the Larger They Get

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Quantum physics can often make an object behave in seemingly impossible ways, such as tunneling through barriers as if they were not there or seemingly existing in two or more places at the same time. Now scientists have used quantum physics to cr...

Feb 10, 2022

Nanotube films open up new prospects for electronics

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Physicists from MIPT and Skoltech have found a way to modify and purposely tune the electronic properties of carbon nanotubes to meet the requirements of novel electronic devices. The paper appeared in the Carbon journal.

Feb 10, 2022

Ion-based quantum computers could boost battery performance, how fuel cells are decarbonizing energy – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

This podcast has an energy-storage theme. The post Ion-based quantum computers could boost battery performance, how fuel cells are decarbonizing energy appeared first on Physics World.

Feb 10, 2022

Tiny antenna enables portable biomedical, food-analysis, and other gadgets driven by integrated nano- and terahertz technologies

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

A Skoltech professor and his colleagues from Germany have designed a very small and flat antenna for receiving and transmitting terahertz signals. THz waves are a band of electromagnetic radiation that holds much promise for applications as divers...

Feb 10, 2022

Reusable Catalyst Makes C–H Bond Oxidation Using Oxygen Easier and More Efficient

Tokyo Institute of Technology   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

The selective oxidation of C–H bonds using oxygen has become a much simpler and more sustainable endeavor, thanks to a novel manganese (Mn)-based catalyst developed by scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech).

Feb 10, 2022

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