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Current-Voltage Curve of Graphene Nanoribbons Measured Using TEM

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) have successfully measured the current-voltage curve of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) that were suspended between two...

Jun 16, 2020

New Method to Create Customizable Nanocarbons on Flexible Materials

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Fabrication of flexible and wearable electronics often requires integrating various types of advanced carbon nanomaterials - such as graphene, nanotubes, and nanoporous carbon - because of their remarkable electrical, thermal, and chemical propert...

Jun 16, 2020

Experimental Observation of Plasmon Nanojets Could Help Localize Radiation

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Russian and Danish researchers have made a first-ever experimental observation of a plasmon nanojet. This physical phenomenon enables nanoscale focusing of light and, theoretically, allows engineers...

Jun 16, 2020

Nanobiohybrids: A synergistic integration of bacteria and nanomaterials in cancer therapy

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Nanobiohybrids: A Synergistic Integration of Bacteria and Nanomaterials in Cancer Therapy- BIO Integration. Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. In this mini review article the authors Yuhao Chen, Meng Du, Jinsui Yu, L...

Jun 16, 2020

Scientists grow optical chips in a petri dish

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The modern photonics industry is constantly working on making its devices more compact, be it computing systems or sensors and lidars. For this, it is necessary to make lasers, transistors and other elements smaller. A team of scientists led by IT...

Jun 16, 2020

Support drives fate of protected gold nanoclusters as catalysts

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In collaboration with experimentalists from Ghent University, Belgium and Utrecht University, Netherlands, researchers at the Nanoscience Center (NSC) at the University of Jyväskylä, have recently discovered that the choice of a support material f...

Jun 16, 2020

All of the performance, none of the fuss: Nitrile hydrogenation done right

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Researchers developed a nano-cobalt phosphide catalyst (nano-Co2P) for the hydrogenation of nitriles to primary amines. The catalyst was stable in air and achieved activity up to 500-fold higher than other catalysts. A range of nitriles were hydro...

Jun 16, 2020

Quantum Programming Breakthrough: First Intuitive Language for Quantum Computers

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Several technical advances have been achieved recently in the pursuit of powerful quantum computers. Now, Computer scientists from ETH Zurich have made an important breakthrough... The post Quantum Programming Breakthrough: First Intuitive Langua...

Jun 15, 2020

The first intuitive programming language for quantum computers

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Several technical advances have been achieved recently in the pursuit of powerful quantum computers. Now, Computer scientists have made an important breakthrough in the field of programming languages: their quantum language is the first of its kin...

Jun 15, 2020

A phase battery for quantum technologies

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The first quantum phase battery has been realized. It consist of an indium arsenide nanowire in contact with aluminum superconducting leads and is a key element for quantum technologies based on phase coherence.

Jun 15, 2020

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