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With a 'catch-and-release' process, researchers advance graphene electronics

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New findings could make fabrication of advanced graphene devices more efficient.

Jun 15, 2020

New Technique Developed for Self-Assembling Nanostructures

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A new technique has been developed by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University for self-assembling nanostructures with gamma-modified peptide nucleic acid (γPNA)—an artificial imitator of...

Jun 15, 2020

New supelens has potential to circumvent classical optics laws

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Researchers have made a first-ever experimental observation of a plasmon nanojet. This physical phenomenon enables nanoscale focusing of light and, theoretically, allows engineers to bypass one of the fundamental limitations of the ordinary conver...

Jun 15, 2020

Current-voltage curve of graphene nanoribbons measured, with implications for graphene switches

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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 electrodes. Measurements were performed using transmissio...

Jun 15, 2020

Fabrication Technique Brings Metasurface Production Closer

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Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology have developed a new method of creating metasurfaces, which could bring mass production of ultrathin lenses closer to reality. Metasurfaces consist of a multitude of interacting nanoparticles th...

Jun 15, 2020

Spontaneous Formation of Nanoscale Hollow Structures Could Boost Battery Storage

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An unexpected property of nanometer-scale antimony crystals — the spontaneous formation of hollow structures — could help give

Jun 15, 2020

Discovery of graphene switch

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Scientists have successfully measured the current-voltage curve of graphene nanoribbons that were suspended between two electrodes.

Jun 15, 2020

Optimal Nanostructure Helps Minimize Thermal Conductivity of Semiconductor Materials

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Professor Junichiro Shiomi et al. from The University of Tokyo aimed to reduce the thermal conductivity of semiconductor materials by reducing the internal nanostructure, and successfully minimized...

Jun 15, 2020

Dirac electrons come back to life in magic-angle graphene

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A new symmetry-broken parent state discovered in twisted bilayer graphene.

Jun 15, 2020

Superlens squeezes light into nanospace

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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 to bypass one of the fundamental limitations of ...

Jun 15, 2020

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