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Unexpected Behavior – Bending 2D Nanomaterial Could “Switch On” Future Technologies

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Scientists at Rice University have discovered a new workable feature of a particular class of 2D materials. Rice University materials scientist Boris Yakobson and his...

Mar 9, 2023

Knots smaller than human hair make materials unusually tough

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In the latest advance in nano- and micro-architected materials, engineers at Caltech have developed a new material made from numerous interconnected microscale knots.

Mar 9, 2023

Revolutionary Material May Solve Key Quantum Computing Issue for IBM and Google

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An international team of researchers has discovered that a novel form of heterostructure made up of layered two-dimensional (2D) materials could help overcome the major...

Mar 9, 2023

Quantum effects could help make twisted bilayer graphene a superconductor – Physics World

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BCS equations for superconductivity need to be modified for materials that have very slow-moving charges The post Quantum effects could help make twisted bilayer graphene a superconductor appeared first on Physics World.

Mar 9, 2023

Tireless microbial killers in new nanocomposites

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They kill with a molecular sting or oxidative shock and don't know the meaning of fatigue. The latest biocidal nanocomposites, designed and synthesized by scientists at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPJ P...

Mar 9, 2023

New method for detecting nanoplastics in blood

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A new study has used flow cytometry to detect and measure nanoplastics in peripheral human blood. People with various medical conditions were included in the study so as to investigate potential differences for nanoplastic accumulation across the ...

Mar 9, 2023

Electrocatalysis under the atomic force microscope

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A further development in atomic force microscopy now makes it possible to simultaneously image the height profile of nanometer-fine structures as well as the electric current and the frictional force at solid-liquid interfaces. A team has succeede...

Mar 9, 2023

In the world's smallest ball game, scientists throw and catch single atoms using light: Free-flying atoms could enable new type of quantum computer and the study of single-atom collisions

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Researchers show that individual atoms can be caught and thrown using light. This is the first time an atom has been released from a trap -- or thrown -- and then caught by another trap. This technology could be used in quantum computing applicati...

Mar 9, 2023

Electrocatalysis under the atomic force microscope

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A further development in atomic force microscopy now makes it possible to simultaneously image the height profile of nanometer-fine structures as well as the electric current and the frictional force at solid-liquid interfaces. A team from the Hel...

Mar 9, 2023

Tunable hybrid zeolites prepared by partial interconversion to create superior catalysts

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The Laboratory of Molecular Nanotechnology (NANOMOL) of the University of Alicante (UA) has developed a new family of materials as a state-of-the-art opportunity for the chemical industry, renewables, and the reduction of pollutants. The finding, ...

Mar 9, 2023

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