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Atomically-smooth gold crystals help to compress light for nanophotonic applications

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have successfully demonstrated a new platform for guiding the compressed light waves in very thin van der Waals crystals. Their method to guide the mid-infrared light with minimal loss will provide a breakthrough for the practical appl...

Jul 14, 2022

Physicists Find The 'Missing Link' That Could Provide Quantum Internet Technology

ScienceAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Linking up qubits.

Jul 14, 2022

Caltech’s Nanoparticle Vaccine Protects Against a Wide Range of COVID-19-Causing Variants and Related Viruses

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

A new type of vaccine provides protection against a variety of SARS-like betacoronaviruses, including COVID-19 variants, in mice and monkeys, according to a new study... The post Caltech’s Nanoparticle Vaccine Protects Against a Wide Range of COV...

Jul 13, 2022

Research aims to optimize MXene in complex 3D device architectures

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Despite being only a few atoms thick, MXene packs a powerful punch. This class of single layer, two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials exhibits desirable properties like excellent thermal and electrical conductivity, heat resistance and high specific ...

Jul 13, 2022

Tiny motors take a big step forward

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Motors are everywhere in our day-to-day lives—from cars to washing machines. A futuristic scientific field is working on tiny motors that could power a network of nanomachines and replace some of the power sources we use in devices today.

Jul 13, 2022

Atomically-smooth gold crystals help to compress light for nanophotonic applications

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Highly compressed mid-infrared optical waves in a thin dielectric crystal on monocrystalline gold substrate investigated for the first time using a high-resolution scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope.

Jul 13, 2022

Atomically-smooth gold crystals help to compress light for nanophotonic applications

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) researchers and their collaborators at home and abroad have successfully demonstrated a new platform for guiding the compressed light waves in very thin van der Waals crystals. Their metho...

Jul 13, 2022

New metrological technique uses stress for nanotomography

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Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues in Russia and Spain have reported a proof-of-concept demonstration of a new radiation-safe method for mapping the internal structure and stress distribution in samples of materials at the nanoscale, w...

Jul 13, 2022

"Starfish embryos swim in formation like a 'living crystal,' could inform the design of self-assembling robotic swarms"

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In its earliest stages, long before it sprouts its signature appendages, a starfish embryo resembles a tiny bead, spinning through the water like a miniature ball bearing.

Jul 13, 2022

Surface modification of high-volume micro-nanoparticles with atomic accuracy

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Surface modification of micro-nanoparticles at the atomic and close-to-atomic scales is of great importance to their applications in a variety of fields, such as energy storage, catalysis, sensors, and biomedicine. In order to meet the industry re...

Jul 13, 2022

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