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Near-Optimal Chip-Based Photon Source Developed for Quantum Computing

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Researchers at the University of Bristol have developed a new CMOS-compatible silicon photon source that satisfies all the requirements necessary for large-scale photonic quantum computing. To meet the stringent requirements for single-photon sour...

Sep 4, 2020

A nano-confinement strategy to form sub-nanometer reactors

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers propose a nano-confinement strategy to host multiple Fe and Cu single atoms inside the extremely narrow yet regular surface cavities of graphitic carbon nitride to form sub-nanometer reactors.

Sep 4, 2020

Researchers synthesize silver sulfide/reduced graphene oxide composite catalysts

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The development of efficient electrocatalyst to produce molecular hydrogen from water is receiving considerable attention, in an effort to decrease our reliance on fossil fuels. Silver sulfide nanocrystals have attracted enormous interests due to...

Sep 4, 2020

Nanoearthquakes control spin centers in SiC at room temperature

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have demonstrated the use of elastic vibrations to manipulate the spin states of optically active color centers in SiC at room temperature. They show a non-trivial dependence of the acoustically induced spin transitions on the spin qua...

Sep 4, 2020

Protein corona determines fate and cytotoxicity of nanoparticles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The physicochemical properties of nanoparticles alone cannot predict the fate of nanoparticles in biological systems. Current evidence suggests that the formation of a corona on the nanoparticle surface is the most important parameter that control...

Sep 4, 2020

University of Texas professor receives grant to advance the study of traumatic brain injuries

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The Office of Naval Research has awarded a grant to Ashfaq Adnan, professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, to acquire equipment for nanoscale damage analysis of brains.

Sep 4, 2020

Painting with light: Novel nanopillars precisely control intensity of transmitted light

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By shining white light on a glass slide stippled with millions of tiny titanium dioxide pillars, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their collaborators have reproduced with astonishing fidelity the luminou...

Sep 4, 2020

Scientists propose nano-confinement strategy to form sub-nanometer reactors

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Prof. LIU Jian from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and his collaborators proposed a nano-confinement strategy to host multiple Fe and Cu single atoms inside the extremely narrow yet regular surfa...

Sep 4, 2020

New technology lets quantum bits hold information for 10,000 times longer than previous record

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Quantum bits, or qubits, can hold quantum information much longer now thanks to efforts by an international research team. The researchers have increased the retention time, or coherence time, to 10 milliseconds - 10,000 times longer than the prev...

Sep 4, 2020

Nanoearthquakes control spin centers in SiC

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Researchers from the Paul-Drude-Institut in Berlin, the Helmholtz-Zentrum in Dresden and the Ioffe Institute in St. Petersburg have demonstrated the use of elastic vibrations to manipulate the spin states of optically active color centers in SiC a...

Sep 4, 2020

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