The fundamental principle of a spin valve is that the resistance is dependent on the parallel or antiparallel configurations of the two ferromagnetic electrodes, thus associating the magnetoresistance (MR) effect, whose basic structure consists of...
May 27, 2020
3D micro-/nanofabrication holds the key to build a large variety of micro-/nanoscale materials, structures, devices, and systems with unique properties that do not manifest in their 2D planar counterparts. Recently, scientists have explored some v...
May 27, 2020
Researchers have demonstrated a facile synthesis of hollow-structured photocatalysts with controllable spatial location of active metals, chemical compositions and tunable shell thickness.
May 27, 2020
Researchers from France, China, and Brazil have developed plasmonic metasurfaces that provide an efficient saturable absorption that can be tuned with the polarization of light.
May 27, 2020
Researchers in Spain and France have measured the vibrations of individual bacteria by coupling them to a nanomechanical device with a similar resonance frequency. This new optomechanical spectrometry technique could offer an alternative to curren...
May 27, 2020
Researchers have found a way to impart durable antiviral and antibacterial properties to an aluminum alloy used in hospitals.
May 27, 2020
An international team of researchers has proposed a new way to test the structural stability of predicted 2D materials. The testing revealed a number of materials erroneously proposed earlier. The scholars believe that the use of the new method wi...
May 27, 2020
Some memory devices where information from smartphones and computers is stored are based on a very precise control of the magnetic properties, at nanoscopic scale. The more precise this control is, the more storage capacity and speed they can have.
May 27, 2020
Scientists find a unique knotted structure -- one that repeats itself throughout nature -- in a ferroelectric nanoparticle, a material with promising applications in microelectronics and computing.
May 27, 2020
For the first time, scientists have added microscopic tracking devices into the interior of cells, giving a peek into how development starts.
May 27, 2020
