Better understanding the science that underpins well-known techniques for developing quantum dots—tiny semiconducting nanocrystals—can help reduce the guesswork of current practices as material scientists use them to make better solar panels and d...
Jul 9, 2020
Imagine taking movies of the fastest chemical processes, or imaging atomic-scale detail of single virus particles without damaging them. Researchers from Japan have advanced the state-of-the-art in s...
Jul 9, 2020
Due to the wide application of photodetectors in fields including optical communication, environmental monitoring, and image sensing, research for developing highly efficient photodetectors has attracted extensive attention in recent decades. Sinc...
Jul 9, 2020
Graphene-based facemasks could provide a renewable and effective weapon in the fight against the spread of COVID-19.
Jul 9, 2020
The first-ever porous graphene ribbons have been produced by a group of chemists and physicists with certain carbon atoms present in the crystal lattice replaced with nitrogen atoms. The individual...
Jul 9, 2020
Adding multi-walled carbon nanotubes to a common refrigerant reduced the power consumption of a domestic fridge by nearly 30% The post Nanolubricant makes household fridges more efficient appeared first on Physics World.
Jul 9, 2020
Researchers at the Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies, in cooperation with CEA LETI and STMicroelectronics, have demonstrated a power-efficient and high-speed silicon-germanium avalanche photo receiver. The device is fully compatible wi...
Jul 9, 2020
Specific properties of small amounts of molecules can now be isolated with the use of graphene-metal film structures, thanks to the work of scientists in Russia and Spain. Their work focuses on a plasmon, which is an electron oscillation that is...
Jul 9, 2020
Easily produced, nature-like nanostructures of cobalt phosphide are highly effective catalysts for the electrolysis of water, according to
Jul 9, 2020
The nanoparticle targets only leukemic cells and therefore would reduce the severe adverse effects of current treatments. The receptor for this nanoparticle is expressed in 20 types of cancer and associated with a poor prognosis, so this drug coul...
Jul 9, 2020
