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‘Frustrated’ nanomagnets order themselves through disorder

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Microscopic arrays of magnets with strange and unusual properties can order themselves by increasing entropy or the tendency of physical systems to disorder. This behaviour contradicts standard thermodynamics—but doesn’t.

Apr 11, 2022

Implantable film fires up nearby nerve cells when triggered with light

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

By taking ultrathin films and color pigments used routinely in the food industry, scientists have developed an implantable device that can stimulate nerve cells to accelerate healing. Activated by light, the technology was demonstrated in first-of...

Apr 11, 2022

Nanobrücken 2022: Nanomechanical Testing Conference

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Charles University and Bruker are pleased to announce that Nanobrücken 2022 will take place June 8-10 in the beautiful city of Prague. Nanobrücken, Bruker’s annual Nanomechanical...

Apr 11, 2022

Researchers detect 'twistons' that assist the magic angles necessary for superconductivity in trilayer graphene

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Researchers from Columbia University, Harvard University, Japan's National Institute for Materials Science and Austria's University of Innsbruck have studied the structural and electronic properties of twisted trilayer graphene using low...

Apr 10, 2022

Researchers develop electrically tunable graphene device to study rare physics

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An international research team, led by The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI), has developed a tunable graphene-based platform that allows for fine control over the interaction between light and matter in the terahertz (T...

Apr 10, 2022

"Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: 'Frustrated' nanomagnets order themselves through disorder: Interactions between alternating layers of exotic, 2D material create 'entropy-driven order' in a structured system of magnets at equilibrium"

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Extremely small arrays of magnets with strange and unusual properties can order themselves by increasing entropy, or the tendency of physical systems to disorder, a behavior that appears to contradict...

Apr 9, 2022

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Nanomedicine for brain cancer

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (Director General: Prof. Kazunori Kataoka) has announced that Dr. Sabina Quader et al. published a review article focusing on the recent nanomedicines for brain cance...

Apr 9, 2022

"Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Faster, more efficient nanodevice to filter proton and alkaline metal ions: Monash University researchers have developed a faster, more efficient nanodevice to filter proton and alkaline metal ions which will help design next-generation membranes for clean energy technology, conv"

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Faster, more efficient nanodevice to filter proton and alkaline metal ions. Monash University researchers have developed a faster, more efficient nanodevice to filter proton and alkaline metal ions...

Apr 9, 2022

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Graphene-driving strain engineering to enable strain-free epitaxy of AlN film for deep ultraviolet light-emitting diode Peer-Reviewed Publication

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The direct band gap of AlN-based materials makes them suitable for fabricating DUV optoelectronic devices, which have a wide range of application prospects in the fields of curing, water and air disin...

Apr 9, 2022

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: USTC found a pathway to high-quality ZnSe quantum wires

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

One-dimensional semiconductor nanowires with strong quantum confinement effect, i.e. quantum wires (QWs), are of great interest for applications in advanced optoelectronics and photochemical conversio...

Apr 9, 2022

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