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Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Graphene: It is all about the toppings: To fully exploit the potential of the'wonder material' graphene, it has to be combined with other materials

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Graphene consists of a single layer of carbon atoms. Exceptional electronic, thermal, mechanical and optical properties have made graphene one of the most studied materials at the moment. For many applications in electronics and energy technology,...

Jul 10, 2020

Scientists Aim UVC Light to Stop Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Indoors

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Experts in the fields of virology, immunology, aerosols, architecture, and physics surveyed the possible methods to prevent SARS-CoV-2 propagation in indoor spaces. Based on the survey results, they recommend the use of UVC light as a short-term, ...

Jul 10, 2020

Bose-Einstein Condensate Formed in Record-Breaking Time

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Researchers at Aalto University and the University of Eastern Finland have created a Bose-Einstein condensate in femtoseconds (fs) — a record-breaking time for producing this state of matter. Bose-Einstein condensation is a quantum phenomenon in...

Jul 10, 2020

Magnetic memory states go exponential

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In a new study, a group of researchers led by Prof. Lior Klein, from the physics department and the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials at Bar-Ilan University, has shown that relatively simple structures can support an exponential n...

Jul 10, 2020

Highly sensitive plasmonic metasensors based on atomically thin perovskite

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Researchers have designed and fabricated an ultrasensitive plasmonic biosensor with the integration of atomically thin perovskite nanomaterials on metasurfaces. For that purpose, they used an atomically thin perovskite nanomaterial with high absor...

Jul 10, 2020

Researchers print nanocoating on next-generation solar cells, allowing them to work in tandem with silicon solar cells to boost efficiencies

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Researchers have developed a method to 'print' a protective coating of copper oxide over the perovskite device. They have shown that only a 3-nanometre thick coating is sufficient to prevent any damage to the perovskite after depositing ...

Jul 10, 2020

Forge Nano and Brookhaven Lab to Develop Nanocages for Nuclear Power Production

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A research proposal submitted by the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) and Nuclear Science and Technology (NST) Department at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, with the startup Forge Nano as a partn...

Jul 10, 2020

Nano-radiomics unveils treatment effect on tumor microenvironment

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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital have developed a novel noninvasive approach called nano-radiomics that analyzes imaging data to assess changes in the tumor microenvironment that are not detected with co...

Jul 10, 2020

Orbital engineering of quantum confinement in high-Al-content AlGaN quantum well

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Recently, professor Kang's group focus on the limitation of quantum confine band offset model, the hole states delocalization in high-Al-content AlGaN quantum well are understood in terms of orbital intercoupling. The potential barriers of di...

Jul 10, 2020

Optical shaping of polarization anisotropy in a laterally-coupled-quantum-dot dimer

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Coupled-quantum-dot (CQD) structures are considered to be an important building block in the development of scalable quantum devices. We found that emission of a laterally-coupled QD structure is strongly polarized along the coupled direction and ...

Jul 10, 2020

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