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Biocompatible, piezoelectric nanofibers can help repair broken bones

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Healing broken bones could get easier with a device that provides both a scaffold for the bone to grow on and electrical stimulation to urge it forward.

Jun 30, 2020

Summer Intern Helps Develop New Model to Describe Defects and Errors in Quantum Computers

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

A summer internship in Bilbao, Spain, has led to a paper in the prestigious journal Physical Review Letters for Jack Mayo, a Master’s student in... The post Summer Intern Helps Develop New Model to Describe Defects and Errors in Quantum Computers...

Jun 30, 2020

Researchers find contactless way to measure thickness of carbon nanotube films

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have figured out a non-invasive way to measure the thickness of single-walled carbon nanotube films, which may find applications in a wide variety of fields from solar energy to smart textiles.

Jun 30, 2020

World's widest graphene nanoribbon promises the next generation of miniaturized electronics

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Standard semiconductor technology is reaching its limit in miniaturization, but the demand for smaller electrical devices with higher performance continues to grow. The research group introduced the widest graphene nanoribbon prepared by the botto...

Jun 30, 2020

Wide graphene nanoribbon promises the next generation of miniaturized electronics

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A research group introduced the widest graphene nanoribbon prepared by the bottom-up approach with electrical properties surpassing those of silicon semiconductors, promising a new generation of miniaturized electronic devices.

Jun 30, 2020

RUB Scientists Show Radiative Auger Process in Quantum Dots

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Scientists at Ruhr-University Bochum, working with researchers based in Basel and Copenhagen, have demonstrated the connection between the radiative Auger process and quantum optics. The scientists experimentally confirmed the radiative Auger proc...

Jun 30, 2020

No touching: Researchers find contactless way to measure thickness of carbon nanotube films

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists from Skoltech and their colleagues from Russia and Finland have figured out a non-invasive way to measure the thickness of single-walled carbon nanotube films, which may find applications in a wide variety of fields from solar energy to...

Jun 30, 2020

How to design more reliable nano- and micro-electro-mechanical systems

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists present insights from sophisticated small-scale mechanical experiments explaining unexpected plastic deformation of silicon on the nanoscale.

Jun 30, 2020

A new theory for Semiconductors made of nanocrystals

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at ETH have provided the first theoretical explanation for how electrical current is conducted in semiconductors made of nanocrystals. In the future, this could lead to the development of new sensors, lasers or LEDs for TV screens. A ...

Jun 30, 2020

Developing new techniques to improve atomic force microscopy

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Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology have developed a new method to improve the detection ability of nanoscale chemical imaging using atomic force microscopy. These improvements reduce the noise that is associa...

Jun 30, 2020

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