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A magnetic twist to graphene

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By combining ferromagnets and two rotated layers of graphene, researchers open up a new platform for strongly interacting states using graphene's unique quantum degree of freedom.

Feb 8, 2021

Researchers produce tiny nanoparticles and reveal their inner structure for the first time

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Tiny nanoparticles can be furnished with dyes and could be used for new imaging techniques, as chemists and physicists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) show in a recent study. The researchers have also been the first to fully det...

Feb 8, 2021

Switching Nanolight On and Off: A New Way to Program Light on an Ultra-Small Scale

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A team of researchers led by Columbia University has developed a unique platform to program a layered crystal, producing imaging capabilities beyond common limits on... The post Switching Nanolight On and Off: A New Way to Program Light on an Ult...

Feb 7, 2021

SDU researchers and Abena join forces to create face masks that neutralise and alert about corona

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Nanoscientists from SDU and Abena, a production and trading company, want to create a face mask that not

Feb 6, 2021

The ethics of quantum computing, starter homes on the Moon – Physics World

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Excerpts from the Red Folder The post The ethics of quantum computing, starter homes on the Moon appeared first on Physics World.

Feb 5, 2021

Breakthrough in quantum photonics promises a new era in optical circuits: Method to enable quantum optical circuits that use photons--heralds a new future for secure communication and quantum computing

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Researchers have shown that single photons can be emitted in a uniform way from quantum dots arranged in a precise pattern. The team has used such methods to create single-quantum dots, with their remarkable single-photon emission characteristics....

Feb 5, 2021

New way to power up nanomaterials for electronic applications

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Materials scientists have discovered that perovskites, a class of promising materials that could be used for low-cost, high-performance solar cells and LEDs, have a previously unutilized molecular component that can further tune the electronic pro...

Feb 5, 2021

New way to power up nanomaterials for electronic applications

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UCLA materials scientists and colleagues have discovered that perovskites, a class of promising materials that could be used for low-cost, high-performance solar cells and LEDs, have a previously unutilized molecular component that can further tun...

Feb 5, 2021

New way to power up nanomaterials for electronic applications

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Scientists have discovered that perovskites, a class of promising materials that could be used for low-cost, high-performance solar cells and LEDs, have a previously unutilized molecular component that can further tune the electronic property of p...

Feb 5, 2021

Trapping gases better with boron nitride 'nanopores'

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What is common between a technology for storing energy in a solar cell and that for water purification? They both rely on the use of porous materials, or more specifically, 'nanoporous' materials that can trap gas molecules within narrow...

Feb 5, 2021

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