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Research on metallic nanoparticles may lead to improved solar cells

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In a new study, a research group at Uppsala University explain their outstanding success in harvesting "hot electron holes." The results of their work can be used to improve solar cells, photochemical reactions, and photosensors. The sci...

Jul 28, 2020

Magnetic nanoparticles change their magnetic structure in a magnetic field

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When ultrafine magnetic particles are exposed to an external magnetic field, their magnetic core grows in a previously unexpected way. This was observed by a team of scientists from the University of Cologne (UoC), Forschungszentrum Jülich and th...

Jul 28, 2020

Strain Engineering of 2D Materials Enables More Effortless Photodetection

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Using a 2D material and an approach it calls “strainoptronics,” a George Washington University research team created a photodetector that can operate with high efficiency at the wavelength of 1550 nm, a spectral region that offers low-loss transmi...

Jul 28, 2020

Water molecules are gold for nanocatalysis

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Nanocatalysts made of gold nanoparticles dispersed on metal oxides are very promising for the industrial, selective oxidation of compounds, including alcohols, into valuable chemicals. They show high catalytic activity, particularly in aqueous so...

Jul 28, 2020

Mapping crystal shapes could fast-track 2-D materials

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Materials scientists at Rice University and the University of Pennsylvania are calling for a collective, global effort to fast-track the mass production of 2-D materials like graphene and molybdenum disulfide.

Jul 28, 2020

New Study to Accelerate Mass Production of 2D Materials like Graphene, MOS2

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Materials scientists at Rice University and the University of Pennsylvania are calling for a collective, global effort to fast-track the mass production of 2D materials like graphene and molybdenum...

Jul 28, 2020

New Study to Develop Techniques for Ultra-Accurate Measurement on Nanoscale

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Scientists at the University of Huddersfield have been awarded millions of pounds for a five-year research project that will accelerate a new industrial revolution by developing techniques for...

Jul 28, 2020

Ferried across: Figuring out unconventional spin transport in quantum spin liquids

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists uncover the peculiar mechanism by which spin perturbations travel through a seemingly unpassable region of a quantum spin liquid system. This new insight may represent another building block in next-generation electronics and even quant...

Jul 28, 2020

Solving materials problems with a quantum computer

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Scientists at Argonne and the University of Chicago have developed a method paving the way to using quantum computers to simulate realistic molecules and complex materials. They tested the method on a quantum simulator and IBM quantum computer.

Jul 28, 2020

Metal-breathing bacteria could transform electronics, biosensors, and more

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When the Shewanella oneidensis bacterium "breathes" in certain metal and sulfur compounds anaerobically, the way an aerobic organism would process oxygen, it produces materials that could be used to enhance electronics, electrochemical e...

Jul 28, 2020

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