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Carbon nanocomposites are now one step closer to practical industrial

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A research team from the Center for Design, Manufacturing and Materials at Skoltech has recently published a study focusing on multifunctional materials created through the addition of carbon nanoparticles to polymer matrices, designed to allow se...

Nov 23, 2020

Vibrational encounters—phonon polaritons meet molecules

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Researchers from CIC nanoGUNE BRTA (San Sebastian, Spain), in collaboration with the Donostia International Physics Center (San Sebastián, Spain) and the University of Oviedo (Spain) employed a spectroscopic nanoimaging technique to study how infr...

Nov 23, 2020

Direct visualization of quantum dots reveals shape of quantum wave function

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Researchers used a scanning tunneling microscope to visualize quantum dots in bilayer graphene, an important step toward quantum information technologies.

Nov 23, 2020

Self-diagnostic carbon nanocomposites

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Researchers have created multifunctional materials through the addition of carbon nanoparticles to polymer matrices, designed to allow self-diagnostic monitoring through an inexpensive technique.

Nov 23, 2020

Molecular spins show promise as quantum bits – Physics World

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Physicists and chemists team-up to create new materials for quantum computing The post Molecular spins show promise as quantum bits appeared first on Physics World.

Nov 23, 2020

Strain engineering of 2-D semiconductor and graphene

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Strain engineering usually refers to a kind of material processing technology which aims to regulate the properties of materials or optimize related devices' performance by inherent or external strain. In recent years, with the development of...

Nov 23, 2020

Controlling fully integrated nanodiamonds: Physicists integrate diamond-based quantum systems into nanophotonic circuits

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Physicists have succeeded in fully integrating nanodiamonds into nanophotonic circuits and at the same time addressing several of these nanodiamonds optically. The study creates the basis for future applications in the field of quantum sensing sch...

Nov 23, 2020

Controlling fully integrated nanodiamonds

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Using modern nanotechnology, it is possible nowadays to produce structures which have a feature sizes of just a few nanometres. This world of the most minute particles—also known as quantum systems—makes possible a wide range of technological appl...

Nov 23, 2020

Vibrational encounters - phonon polaritons meet molecules

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Scientists have employed a spectroscopic nanoimaging technique to study how infrared nanolight and molecular vibrations interact with each other. The images reveal that vibrational strong coupling can be achieved, which is a phenomenon that recent...

Nov 23, 2020

Scientists' atomic resolution protein models reveal new details about protein binding

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Atom-scale models of proteins that incorporate ligands, like drug molecules, shows a strong correlation between minimally frustrated binding sites and drug specificity. Such models could lead to better-designed drugs with fewer side effects.

Nov 23, 2020

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