Elisa Riedo, professor at the New York University (NYU) Tandon school of Engineering led an international team that used thermal scanning probe lithography (t-SPL) to fabricate state-of-the-art "p-n junctions" on a single atomic layer of...
Jul 28, 2020
The movement of fluids through small capillaries and channels is crucial for processes ranging from blood flow through the brain to power generation and electronic cooling systems, but that movement often stops when the channel is smaller than 10 ...
Jul 28, 2020
Heterostructured Co/CoO nanosheet arrays with electron-deficient Co were constructed and exhibited excellent performances for nitrate electroreduction to ammonia: Faradaic efficiency (93.8%) and selectivity (91.2%), greatly outperforming Co NSAs.
Jul 28, 2020
Valleytronics, based on the valley degree of freedom rather than charge, is a promising candidate for next-generation information devices beyond complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology. Although many intriguing valleytronic prope...
Jul 27, 2020
Asahi Kasei Corporation succeeded in designing a laser diode that emits deep-ultraviolet light. The laser diode emits the world’s shortest lasing wavelength, at 271.8 nanometers (nm), under pulsed current injection at room temperature. Previous e...
Jul 27, 2020
Materials scientists are calling for a collective, global effort to fast-track the mass production of 2D materials like graphene and molybdenum disulfide.
Jul 27, 2020
New, finely-controlled technique produces a molecule with a precise, reversible quantum state for use in quantum computing and simulation applications The post Researchers form single molecule in an optical tweezer appeared first on Physics World.
Jul 27, 2020
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 sol...
Jul 27, 2020
Materials scientists are calling for a collective, global effort to fast-track the mass production of 2D materials like graphene and molybdenum disulfide.
Jul 27, 2020
The Innovation Center of NanoMedicine in Japan announced that a new strategy to specifically target to the brain was discovered in collaboration with the Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo. The detail...
Jul 27, 2020
