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Spider combs tame unruly nanofibers

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Cribellate spiders spin thousands of tiny nanofibers into sticky threads. To keep from getting caught in their own webs, these spiders use a nonstick comb on their back legs. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Nano Materials have patterned ...

Apr 22, 2020

Novel method for gentle laser processing of perovskites at the nanoscale

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Scientists have developed a method for precise, fast and high-quality laser processing of halide perovskites, promising light-emitting materials for solar energy, optical electronics, and metamaterials.

Apr 22, 2020

Scientists devise method for gentle laser processing of perovskites at nanoscale

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Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) in partnership with colleagues from ITMO University, and universities in Germany, Japan, and Australia, have developed a method for precise, fast and high-quality laser processing of halide perov...

Apr 22, 2020

Spider combs tame unruly nanofibers

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have patterned an antiadhesive nanostructure inspired by the comb on spiders'legs onto a foil surface, creating a handy tool to control sticky lab-made nanomaterials for medical, smart textile and other applications.

Apr 22, 2020

Researchers Move Closer to Unraveling the Physics of Quasiparticles in Carbon Nanotubes

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team of researchers from Osaka University, TU Wien, Nanyang Technological University, Rice University, University of Alberta and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale comes closer to unraveling...

Apr 22, 2020

Rapidly Cooling Magnon Particles to Advance Quantum Nanotechnology

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The team, led by physicists at the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TUK) in Germany and University of Vienna in Austria, generated the Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) through a sudden change...

Apr 22, 2020

Quantum research unifies two ideas offering an alternative route to topological superconductivity

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Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Microsoft Quantum researchers, have used a pencil-shaped semiconductor measuring only a few hundred nanometers in diameter to uncover a new route to topological superconductivity a...

Apr 22, 2020

'Nanocardboard' Flyers Could be Used to Explore the Skies of Other Worlds

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This summer, NASA plans to launch its next Mars rover, Perseverance, which will carry with it the first aircraft to ever fly on another planet, the Mars Helicopter. As the first of its kind, the Mars...

Apr 22, 2020

A new way to cool down electronic devices, recover waste heat

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Using electronic devices for too long can cause them to overheat, which might slow them down, damage their components or even make them explode or catch fire. Now, researchers reporting in ACS' Nano Letters have developed a hydrogel that can ...

Apr 22, 2020

New Discovery Helps Close the Gap Towards Optically-Controlled Quantum Computation

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Scientists at Ames Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the University of Alabama Birmingham have discovered a light-induced switching

Apr 22, 2020

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