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Stacking and twisting graphene unlocks a rare form of magnetism: Twisting a monolayer and a bilayer sheet of graphene into a three-layer structure leads to new quantum mechanical states.

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A team of researchers has discovered that a variety of exotic electronic states, including a rare form of magnetism, can arise in a three-layer graphene structure.

Oct 12, 2020

Surface waves can help nanostructured devices keep their cool

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A research team has demonstrated that hybrid surface waves called surface phonon-polaritons provide enhanced thermal conductivity in nanoscale membranes. These surface waves can aid in the thermal management of nanostructured devices as convention...

Oct 12, 2020

Stacking and twisting graphene unlocks a rare form of magnetism

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Since the discovery of graphene more than 15 years ago, researchers have been in a global race to unlock its unique properties. Not only is graphene—a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon arranged in a hexagonal lattice—the strongest, thinnest material ...

Oct 12, 2020

Surface waves can help nanostructured devices keep their cool

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have demonstrated that hybrid surface waves called surface phonon-polaritons provide enhanced thermal conductivity in nanoscale membranes. These surface waves can aid in the thermal management of nanostructured devices as conventional ...

Oct 12, 2020

Stacking and twisting graphene unlocks a rare form of magnetism

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Twisting a monolayer and a bilayer sheet of graphene into a three-layer structure leads to new quantum mechanical states.

Oct 12, 2020

Direct visualization of electromagnetic wave dynamics by laser-free ultrafast electron microscopy

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Femtosecond lasers can be integrated with electron microscopes to directly image transient structures and morphologies in materials in real time and space. In a new report, Xuewen Fu and a team of scientists in condensed matter physics, microsyste...

Oct 12, 2020

Nanomaterial acts as a molecular thermometer

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A layered material developed by KAUST researchers can act as a precise temperature sensor by exploiting the same principle used in biological ion channels.

Oct 12, 2020

Biochip innovation combines AI and nanoparticle printing for cancer cell analysis

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Electrical engineers, computer scientists and biomedical engineers at the University of California, Irvine have created a new lab-on-a-chip

Oct 12, 2020

Emitter Generates Identical Single Photons on Demand

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a method of generating single identical photons on demand, a crucial step in realizing quantum communication. The photon emitter is based on a common 2D semiconductor material (...

Oct 12, 2020

Growing metallic crystals in a liquid-metal solvent

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Pulsing liquid alloys for nanomaterials synthesis.

Oct 12, 2020

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