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Cool down fast to advance quantum nanotechnology

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Rapidly cooling magnon particles proves a surprisingly effective way to create an elusive quantum state of matter, called a Bose-Einstein condensate. The discovery can help advance quantum physics research and is a step towards the long-term goal ...

Apr 21, 2020

Terahertz science discloses the ultrafast photocarrier dynamics in carbon nanotubes

Phys.org   -   Scientific News 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 the physics of quasiparticles in carbon nanotubes.

Apr 21, 2020

Diamonds shine in energy storage solution

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have proposed the design of a new carbon nanostructure made from diamond nanothreads that could one day be used for mechanical energy storage, wearable technologies, and biomedical applications.

Apr 21, 2020

Class project leads to a paper on nanoparticles in peer reviewed international journal

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

When a research idea is offered to a multidisciplinary class and it results in a journal paper that

Apr 21, 2020

Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis Make Software Available Free for Home Use

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis is pleased to announce the launch of AZtecTimed; a free, timed offline license for the whole of the AZtec suite1. This means that anyone with existing data from an...

Apr 21, 2020

Cool down fast to advance quantum nanotechnology

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Rapidly cooling magnon particles proves a surprisingly effective way to create an elusive quantum state of matter, called a Bose-Einstein condensate. The discovery can help advance quantum physics research and is a step towards the long-term goal ...

Apr 21, 2020

Penn Engineers' 'nanocardboard' flyers could serve as martian atmospheric probes

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Penn Engineers are suggesting a new way to explore the sky: tiny aircraft that weigh about as much as a fruit fly and have no moving parts.These flyers are plates of 'nanocardboard,' which levitate when bright light is shone on them. As ...

Apr 21, 2020

High-quality boron nitride grown at atmospheric pressure

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Graphene Flagship researchers reported a significant step forward in growing monoisotopic hexagonal boron nitride at atmospheric pressure for the production of large and very high-quality crystals.

Apr 21, 2020

Scientists shed new light on viral protein shell assembly

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

New insight on the conditions that control self-assembly in the protective shell of viruses has been published today in eLife.

Apr 21, 2020

New hybrid material improves the performance of silicon in Li-ion batteries

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed a new hybrid material of mesoporous silicon microparticles and carbon nanotubes that can improve the performance of silicon in Li-ion batteries.

Apr 21, 2020

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