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Quantum computer based on shuttling ions is built by Honeywell – Physics World

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Design could allow large numbers of qubits to be integrated in one device The post Quantum computer based on shuttling ions is built by Honeywell appeared first on Physics World.

Apr 11, 2021

Quantum Photonics Breakthrough Promises a New Era of Powerful Optical Circuits

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A world-first method to enable quantum optical circuits that use photons—light particles—heralds a new future for secure communication and quantum computing. The modern world is... The post Quantum Photonics Breakthrough Promises a New Era of Pow...

Apr 11, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Chile coating and composite industry makes leap forward leveraging graphene nanotube solutions

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The most cutting-edge technologies for the production of coatings, composites, and plastics with a new set of properties are now available for industry in Chile as a result of OCSiAl and Compañía Come...

Apr 10, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Energy transmission by gold nanoparticles coupled to DNA structures

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Using DNA structures as scaffolds, Tim Liedl, a scientist of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich, has shown that precisely positioned gold nanoparticles can serve as efficient energy trans...

Apr 10, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Graphene: Everything under control: Research team demonstrates control mechanism for quantum material

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How can large amounts of data be transferred or processed as quickly as possible? One key to this could be graphene. The ultra-thin material is only one atomic layer thick, and the electrons it contai...

Apr 10, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Optically active defects improve carbon nanotubes: Heidelberg scientists achieve defect control with a new reaction pathway

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The properties of carbon-based nanomaterials can be altered and engineered through the deliberate introduction of certain structural "imperfections" or defects. The challenge, however, is to control t...

Apr 10, 2021

Better metric for thermoelectric materials means better design strategies

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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that a quantity known as "thermoelectric conductivity" is an effective measure for the dimensionality of newly developed thermoelectric nanomaterials. Studying films of semiconduc...

Apr 10, 2021

Optically active defects improve carbon nanotubes: Scientists achieve defect control with a new reaction pathway

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The properties of carbon-based nanomaterials can be altered and engineered through the deliberate introduction of certain structural 'imperfections'. The challenge, however, is to control the number and type of these defects. Chemists an...

Apr 9, 2021

High index surfaces-exposed nanodendrites as ORR electrocatalyst

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Alloying is a general and efficient strategy to boost the catalytic activity of Pt catalysts toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) through electronic and geometric effects. Besides, high-index surfaces (HISs) of Pt also exhibit superior ORR activ...

Apr 9, 2021

Optically active defects improve carbon nanotubes

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The properties of carbon-based nanomaterials can be altered and engineered through the deliberate introduction of certain structural "imperfections" or defects. The challenge, however, is to control the number and type of these defects. ...

Apr 9, 2021

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