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Examining the Influences on Microrobot Collective Behavior

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In an article recently published in the journal ACS Nano, the authors prepared cubic and walnut-shaped light-driven hematite/platinum (Pt) microrobots, followed by their transformation into Janus...

Apr 27, 2022

Solar Production of Hydrogen Peroxide with Carbon Quantum Dots

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team of researchers recently published a paper in the journal Advanced Science that demonstrated an efficient and eco-friendly hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) generation method based on piezoelectric...

Apr 27, 2022

DRR Spectroscopy Ideal for TMD Strain Investigations

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A recent work published in the journal ACS Nano demonstrated how high pressure may be utilized to control the electrical characteristics of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and to...

Apr 27, 2022

Tailoring Three-Phase Nanocomposites for Nanophotonics Applications

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A novel approach for merging two or more materials to form hybrid materials with artificially tunable properties has been presented in a study published in the journal ACS Applied Nano Materials....

Apr 27, 2022

Lighting up artificial neural networks with optomemristors

Tech Xplore   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of international scientists have performed difficult machine learning computations using a nano-scale device, named an "optomemristor."

Apr 27, 2022

Nanoplastic particles love company: Researchers analyze polyethylene degradation in the environment

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Polyethylene, a plastic that is both cheap and easy to process, accounts for nearly one-third of the world's plastic waste. An interdisciplinary team from the University of Bayreuth has investigated the progressive degradation of polyethylene...

Apr 27, 2022

Developing the world's smallest gear wheel

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Ever smaller and more intricate—without miniaturization, we wouldn't have the components today that are required for high-performance laptops, compact smartphones or high-resolution endoscopes. Research is now being carried out in the nanosca...

Apr 27, 2022

Nanoplastic particles love company: Researchers analyze polyethylene degradation in environment

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Polyethylene accounts for nearly one-third of the world's plastic waste. An interdisciplinary team has now investigated the progressive degradation of polyethylene in the environment for the first time. Although the degradation process leads ...

Apr 27, 2022

High-Performance Lasers Make Waves in Self-Driving Cars, Quantum Devices

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

JPL photonics inventions improve lasers and oscillators for autonomous vehicles, next-generation communications, and quantum computing

Apr 27, 2022

From conventional to strange metal behavior in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG) is a graphene-based material with a unique structure, consisting of two graphene sheets layered on top of each other with a misalignment of approximately 1.1°. This unique structure has been found to ho...

Apr 27, 2022

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