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New microscope can image an invisible 2D material

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have found a new way to image layers of boron nitride that are only a single atom thick. This material is usually nearly invisible in optical microscopes because it has no optical resonances. To resolve this issue, the team uses nonlin...

Dec 8, 2025

Expanding the search for quantum-ready 2D materials

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Scientists have created a high-throughput computational strategy, creating a new, data-driven approach to finding ideal 2D materials and substrates.

Dec 8, 2025

Magnetically doped quantum dots promise brighter lights and smarter future tech

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

With the successful introduction of manganese into perovskite nanoparticles, researchers have 'doped the undopable'.

Dec 8, 2025

From fullerenes to 2D structures: A unified design principle for boron nanostructures

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New model explains stability and electronic behavior of boron nanostructures from hollow clusters to ultrathin 2D layers, linking them to atomic coordination.

Dec 8, 2025

Researchers harness plant-virus proteins to create nanomaterials

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Researchers develop a cheaper, safer material for use in solar panels, sensors and optical devices.

Dec 8, 2025

Single-molecule water dynamics on h‑BN and graphene interfaces

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers from Graz University of Technology and the University of Surrey have examined how subtle atomic-level differences between graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h‑BN) affect the behavior of water on their surfaces. Understanding such wa...

Dec 7, 2025

Nanoengineered hard-carbon anodes enable ultrafast sodium storage

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Nanoengineered hard-carbon with nanoporous channels and an ultrathin SEI boosts fast, reversible all-slope sodium storage in hard-carbon anodes.

Dec 6, 2025

Ultrafast, highly reversible sodium storage in engineered hard carbon achieved

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has demonstrated ultrafast and highly reversible all-slope sodium storage using specially engineered hard carbon anodes.

Dec 5, 2025

Chameleon-like nanomaterial can adapt its color to mechanical strain

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, a team of scientists from the University of Amsterdam have developed a material that can reflect different colors of light, depending on how it is stretched. The results were recently published in the jour...

Dec 5, 2025

A 1950s material just set a modern record for lightning-fast chips

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers engineered a strained germanium layer on silicon that allows charge to move faster than in any silicon-compatible material to date. This record mobility could lead to chips that run cooler, faster, and with dramatically lower energy co...

Dec 5, 2025

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