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Unique Nanostructure Enables Leap in Using Silicon for Battery Anodes

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Novel nanostructure design lends extraordinary strength to a promising storage ingredient. The same material you’ll find at the tip of a pencil — graphite —... The post Unique Nanostructure Enables Leap in Using Silicon for Battery Anodes appeared...

Apr 28, 2020

Q&A: Architect of New “Inspire”; Quantum-Computing Platform on Spin Qubits and Programming Quantum Chips

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Richard Versluis, the system architect, describes Europe’s first public-access quantum-computing platform

Apr 28, 2020

Funding boost to make quantum circuits reliable

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

The commercial development of quantum computers calls for breakthroughs in three important areas: quantum logic, readout of quantum

Apr 28, 2020

Nanoarchitected metamaterial with material achieves the theoretic limits of stiffness and strength

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The strength of the carbon plate structures was up to 639% stronger and up to 522% stiffer than same-weight beam nanolattices of the same material. This is the first experimental evidence that plate-architecture is superior to the established beam...

Apr 28, 2020

Nanoarchitected metamaterial with material achieves the theoretic limits of stiffness and strength

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The strength of the carbon plate structures was up to 639% stronger and up to 522% stiffer than same-weight beam nanolattices of the same material. This is the first experimental evidence that plate-architecture is superior to the established beam...

Apr 28, 2020

Wide bandgap semiconductor devices based on silicon carbide may revolutionize electronics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Growth of high-quality substrates for microelectronic applications is one of the key elements helping drive society toward a more sustainable green economy. Today, silicon plays a central role within the semiconductor industry for microelectronic ...

Apr 28, 2020

Success in specific detection of molecules using deformation of a single graphene sheet

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers developed a test chip using graphene. The chip has a trampoline structure with a narrow gap of 1 micrometer or less formed under a monoatomic graphene film, and can specifically trap a biomarker, a protein included in bodily fluids, on...

Apr 28, 2020

Success in specific detection of molecules using deformation of a single graphene sheet

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers developed a test chip using graphene. The chip has a trampoline structure with a narrow gap of 1 micrometer or less formed under a monoatomic graphene film, and can specifically trap a biomarker, a protein included in bodily fluids, on...

Apr 28, 2020

Novel nanostructure design lends extraordinary strength to a promising battery anode

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers developed a unique nanostructure that limits silicon's expansion while fortifying it with carbon. Their work could inform new electrode material designs for other types of batteries and eventually help increase the energy capacity...

Apr 28, 2020

Novel nanostructure design lends extraordinary strength to a promising battery anode

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers developed a unique nanostructure that limits silicon's expansion while fortifying it with carbon. Their work could inform new electrode material designs for other types of batteries and eventually help increase the energy capacity...

Apr 28, 2020

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