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Moiré than meets the eye: Phasons enable interlayer excitons to move at low temperatures for quantum stability

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A moiré pattern appears when you stack and rotate two copies of an image with regularly repeating shapes, turning simple patterns of squares or triangles into a groovy wave pattern that moves across the combined image in an optical delight.

Mar 24, 2025

Light-induced symmetry changes in tiny crystals allow researchers to create materials with tailored properties

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Imagine building a Lego tower with perfectly aligned blocks. Each block represents an atom in a tiny crystal, known as a quantum dot. Just like bumping the tower can shift the blocks and change its structure, external forces can shift the atoms in...

Mar 24, 2025

3D nanotech blankets offer new path to clean drinking water

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers have developed a new material that, by harnessing the power of sunlight, can clear water of dangerous pollutants. Created through a combination of soft chemistry gels and electrospinning—a technique where electrical force is applied to...

Mar 24, 2025

3D nanotech blankets offer new path to clean drinking water

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed a new material that, by harnessing the power of sunlight, can clear water of dangerous pollutants.

Mar 24, 2025

Nanotechnology could improve odds in treating aggressive breast cancers

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists are developing novel nanoparticles that could dramatically increase the effectiveness of immunotherapies when treating triple-negative breast cancer.

Mar 24, 2025

Phosphorene nanoribbons show magnetic and semiconducting behavior

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Room-temperature magnetic and electronic traits make phosphorene nanoribbons promising for next-gen, energy-efficient nanoelectronics.

Mar 24, 2025

Moire than meets the eye

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Phasons, low-temperature quasiparticles found in crystal lattices, help interlayer excitons move at ultra-low temperatures, offering insights for materials science and potential boosts to quantum tech stability.

Mar 24, 2025

Tunable magnetic system achieves 99.2% speech recognition accuracy

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The human brain effortlessly converts spoken words into meaning, requiring minimal energy while achieving remarkable accuracy. Replicating this feat in artificial systems has proved challenging. Although speech recognition technology has advanced ...

Mar 24, 2025

3D self-supported nanocatalysts offer new path to clean drinking water

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a new nanostructured material that, by harnessing the power of sunlight, can clear water of dangerous pollutants.

Mar 24, 2025

2D Photonics / CamGraphIC raises €25 million to advance graphene-based photonics

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Frontier IP Group has announced that its portfolio company, 2D Photonics, has raised €25 million in a Series A funding round to advance the development of graphene photonics transceivers. 2D Photonics is closely related to CamGraPhIC - 2D Photoni...

Mar 24, 2025

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