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Collective circular dichroism by chiral plasmonic nanoparticles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers developed a new method to determine and quantify the molecular chirality even at low concentration.

Dec 22, 2022

Optomechanics simulates graphene lattices

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have overcome the scaling challenges of quantum optomechanical systems and realized the first superconducting circuit optomechanical graphene lattice.

Dec 21, 2022

Scientists turn single molecule clockwise or counterclockwise on demand (w/video)

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Controlling the rotation of this molecule could lead to new technologies for microelectronics, quantum computing and more.

Dec 21, 2022

Neutron experiments reveal what maintains good function in bones

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Around 500 million years ago, early vertebrates in the seas became fish, adopting an inner skeleton and a flexible spine based on a nanocomposite of fibers and mineral, known as bone material. This "invention" of evolution was so success...

Dec 21, 2022

At the edge of graphene-based electronics

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Team develops graphene-based nanoelectronics platform.

Dec 21, 2022

Researchers discover 'dormant' magnetosome genes in non-magnetic bacteria

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Magnetic bacteria can align their movement with the Earth's magnetic field thanks to chains of magnetic nanoparticles inside their cells. The blueprints for making and linking these magnetosomes are stored in the bacteria's genes.

Dec 21, 2022

Paper-Thin Solar Makes Any Surface Photovoltaic

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

MIT researchers have made solar panels thinner than human hair that provide 18 times as much power per kilogram as today’s glass and silicon-based solar panels. These solar cells are in fact one-hundredth the weight of conventional photovoltaics.

Dec 21, 2022

At the edge of graphene-based electronics

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers developed a new graphene-based nanoelectronics platform compatible with conventional microelectronics manufacturing, paving the way for a successor to silicon.

Dec 21, 2022

Team develops graphene-based nanoelectronics platform

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A pressing quest in the field of nanoelectronics is the search for a material that could replace silicon. Graphene has seemed promising for decades. But its potential has faltered along the way, due to damaging processing methods and the lack of a...

Dec 21, 2022

Scientists turn single molecule clockwise or counterclockwise on demand

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Controlling the rotation of this molecule could lead to new technologies for microelectronics, quantum computing and more.

Dec 21, 2022

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