Ridges and wrinkles in a graphene sheet can affect electrons and cause them to behave as they do inside electrical components, creating the possibility of smaller and faster computer processors
Feb 16, 2021
A research team has developed a high-resolution imaging method based on extreme short-wave UV light. It can be used to examine internal structures in semiconductors non-destructively, and with nanometer precision.
Feb 16, 2021
Scientists have suggested using innovative thin films to considerably reduce friction and thus increase the durability of surfaces in mechanisms. This discovery can be important for many fields, from medicine to space technologies.
Feb 16, 2021
In our ongoing struggle to reduce the usage of fossil fuel, technology to directly convert the world's waste heat into electricity stands out as very promising. Thermoelectric materials, which carry out this energy conversion process, have, t...
Feb 16, 2021
Experimental physicists have developed the smallest microchips ever - 100 times smaller than conventional microchips. They believe that this next generation of microchips could lead to computers and phones running thousands of times faster.
Feb 16, 2021
For the first time, physicists have produced a graphene compound consisting of carbon atoms and a small number of nitrogen atoms in a regular grid of hexagons and triangles. This honeycomb-structured ''kagome lattice'' behaves ...
Feb 16, 2021
Scientists develop a relatively simple synthesis strategy to produce high-performance tin telluride nanosheets, a promising thermoelectric material.
Feb 16, 2021
Scientists looked into the latest research to find the most exciting potential applications of graphene in point-of-care tests. This includes diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, but also detecting other viruses, ba...
Feb 16, 2021
In a breakthrough study, physicists from the University of Basel have created for the first time a graphene compound containing carbon atoms and a few number of nitrogen atoms in a regular pattern of...
Feb 16, 2021
Switching based on manipulating the crystal lattice of zirconium pentatelluride might find use in quantum computing applications and high-speed, low-power electronics The post Laser light induces giant current in topological material appeared firs...
Feb 16, 2021
