Scientists propose a new method to confine light in an atomically thin graphene layer by leveraging topological phenomena that occur at the interface of specially designed nanomaterials.
Aug 20, 2020
Researchers used an ultrathin graphene 'sandwich' to create a tiny magnetic field sensor that can operate over a greater temperature range than previous sensors, while also detecting miniscule changes in magnetic fields that might otherw...
Aug 20, 2020
Researchers discovered a way to bind and stack nanoscale clusters of copper molecules that can self-assemble and mimic these complex biosystem structures at different length scales. The clusters provide a platform for developing new catalytic prop...
Aug 20, 2020
Aerogel is an excellent thermal insulator. So far, however, it has mainly been used on a large scale, for example in environmental technology, in physical experiments or in industrial catalysis. Researchers have now succeeded in making aerogels ac...
Aug 20, 2020
Plastic pollution of land, water and air is a global problem. Even when plastic bags or water bottles
Aug 20, 2020
Aerogel is an excellent thermal insulator. So far, however, it has mainly been used on a large scale, for example in environmental technology, in physical experiments or in industrial catalysis. Empa researchers have now succeeded in making aeroge...
Aug 20, 2020
There are many things quantum dots could do, but the most obvious place they could change our lives is to make the colors on our TVs and screens more pristine. Research using the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan is hel...
Aug 20, 2020
There are many things quantum dots could do, but the most obvious place they could change our lives is to make the colours on our TVs and screens more pristine.
Aug 20, 2020
Metamaterials are materials designed with a particular geometric structure in order to obtain new physical properties. A metamaterial can alter the propagation of elastic waves so as to reduce or block them over a certain range of frequencies — th...
Aug 20, 2020
Researchers succeeded in making aerogels accessible to microelectronics and precision engineering: They show how 3D-printed parts made of silica aerogels and silica composite materials can be manufactured with high precision.
Aug 20, 2020
