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Depositing quantum dots on corrugated chips improves photodetector capabilities

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Near-infrared photodetectors are used in biomedical sensing and defense and security technologies. For enhanced performance and integrated, compact imaging systems, the photodetectors must be able to detect multiple wavelengths of light at once on...

May 1, 2025

Precision-engineered surface can enhance silicon solar cell performance

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Converting sunlight into electricity is the task of photovoltaic solar cells, but nearly half the light that reaches a flat silicon solar cell surface is lost to reflection. While traditional antireflective coatings help, they only work within a n...

May 1, 2025

Unique molecule may lead to smaller, more efficient computers

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Today, most of us carry a fairly powerful computer in our hand—a smartphone. But computers weren't always so portable. Since the 1980s, they have become smaller, lighter, and better equipped to store and process vast troves of data. Yet the s...

May 1, 2025

New Bayesian method enables rapid detection of quantum dot charge states

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers developed a fast, accurate method using Bayesian inference to identify electron charge states in quantum dots for quantum computing applications.

May 1, 2025

Unique molecule may lead to smaller, more efficient computers

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team of physicists developed a new type of molecule that could offer a groundbreaking material for computer chips.

May 1, 2025

Depositing dots on corrugated chips improves photodetector capabilities

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The technique eliminates the need for post-processing and advances the scalability and performance of quantum dot-based photodetectors.

May 1, 2025

Structure dictates effectiveness, safety in nanomedicine

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Historically, the vast majority of pharmaceutical drugs have been meticulously designed down to the atomic level. The specific location of each atom within the drug molecule is a critical factor in determining how well it works and how safe it is....

May 1, 2025

Exciting moments on the edge – unique properties confirmed in phosphorene nanoribbons

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An international research collaboration, including The University of Warwick, The University of Cambridge and UCL, has demonstrated that ‘wonder material’ phosphorene nanoribbons (PNRs) exhibit both magnetic and electronic properties at room tempe...

May 1, 2025

Sponge-like carbon nanotube thermoelectric generator easily molds to complex shapes and powers sensors

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Researchers created a flexible thermoelectric generator using sponge-like carbon nanotubes to efficiently power small wearable sensors via heat harvesting.

Apr 30, 2025

Exceptional points boost sensitivity of surface acoustic wave sensors for gas detection

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In an advance in microsensor technology, researchers have unveiled an ultra-sensitive gas detection method using surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors enhanced by the physics of exceptional points (EPs). These EPs, phenomena from non-Hermitian syste...

Apr 30, 2025

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