CEA-Leti announced plans to build a quantum photonics platform to develop technologies for industries requiring ultrasecure data transmission. The project is funded by Carnot, a French multidisciplinary network.
Oct 29, 2020
For the first time, a team at HZB has identified the atomic substructure of amorphous silicon with a resolution of 0.8 nanometres using X-ray and neutron scattering at BESSY II and BER II. Such a-Si:H thin films have been used for decades in solar...
Oct 29, 2020
Researchers have created fundamental electronic building blocks out of tiny structures known as quantum dots and used them to assemble functional logic circuits.
Oct 29, 2020
For the first time, scientists have identified the atomic substructure of amorphous silicon with a resolution of 0.8 nanometres. The results show that three different phases form within the amorphous matrix, which dramatically influences the quali...
Oct 29, 2020
A spot of pressure enables chemical conversion to hardened 2D material.
Oct 29, 2020
For the first time, a team has identified the atomic substructure of amorphous silicon with a resolution of 0.8 nanometers using X-ray and neutron scattering at BESSY II and BER II. Such a-Si:H thin films have been used for decades in solar cells,...
Oct 29, 2020
N-heterocycles are organic substances used in the chemical industry and medicine. To produce them, expensive catalysts made from noble metals are used. A chemist from RUDN University developed a nanoc...
Oct 29, 2020
Quantum dot logic circuits provide the long-sought building blocks for innovative devices, including printable electronics, flexible displays, and medical diagnostics.
Oct 29, 2020
One of the biggest challenges in making hydrogen production clean and cheap has been finding an alternative catalyst necessary for the chemical reaction that produces the gas, one that is much cheaper and abundant than the very expensive and rare ...
Oct 29, 2020
Researchers have identified a potential catalyst alternative - and an innovative way to produce them using chemical 'scissors' - that could make hydrogen production more economical.
Oct 29, 2020
