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Graphene assists in observing the elusive Schwinger effect

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers at The University of Manchester, MIT and other international collaborators have succeeded in observing the so-called Schwinger effect, an elusive process that normally occurs only in cosmic events. By applying high currents through spe...

Jan 28, 2022

Tiny materials lead to a big advance in quantum computing

NanoDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Like the transistors in a classical computer, superconducting qubits are the building blocks of a quantum computer. While engineers have been able to shrink transistors to nanometer scales, however, superconducting qubits are still measured in mil...

Jan 28, 2022

Nano-architected material refracts light backward; an important step toward creating photonic circuits

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A newly created nano-architected material exhibits a property that previously was just theoretically possible: it can refract light backward, regardless of the angle at which the light strikes the material.

Jan 28, 2022

Void-confinement effect of nanoreactor promotes heterogeneous catalysis

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A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has recently obtained a catalyst composed of the hollow carbon sphere and inner Ni nanoparticles (Ni@HCS), which displayed good performance wh...

Jan 28, 2022

Phase-change material enables active tuning of lattice Kerker effect

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The phenomenon of completely eliminated backscattering in a hypothetical magnetic sphere is called the Kerker effect. It has been generalized in nanophotonics and meta-optics, and has recently been applied to such functionalities as scattering man...

Jan 28, 2022

Magnetic nanoparticles for SARS-CoV-2 and other virus detection systems

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Researchers discuss the contributions that have been provided by magnetic nanoparticles for the molecular diagnosis of human viruses.

Jan 28, 2022

Digitalizing Food Quality with Graphite Carbon Black Nanoparticles

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In the present work published in the journal ACS Applied Nano Materials, graphite carbon black-based laser desorption ionization- mass spectroscopy (GCBLDI-MS) is reported as one of a kind of surface assisted LDI-MS technique. Here, detection of t...

Jan 28, 2022

New Moisture-Wicking Metafabric Passively Cools the Wearer

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have synthesized a moisture-wicking passive cooling hierarchical metafabric, as reported in ACS Nano. Study: A Moisture-Wicking Passive Radiative Cooling Hierarchical Metafabric....

Jan 28, 2022

Analyzing Cost-Effective Applications of Ag Nanoparticles in Water Treatment

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new study published in Nanomaterials has focussed on the synthesis of nanoparticles, which could effectively remove potential water contaminants cost-effectively.

Jan 28, 2022

The Benefits of Exploring Ion/Molecule Transport Behavior in Nano Confinement

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The latest developments in the abnormal ionic/molecular transport characteristics in nano and sub-nano confinement are discussed in a recent paper published in the journal Nano Letters....

Jan 28, 2022

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