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Boson particles discovery provides insights for quantum computing

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have discovered a key insight for the development of quantum devices and quantum computers. Scientists found that a class of particles known as bosons can behave as an opposite class of particles called fermions, when forced into a line.

Apr 14, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Graphene heterostructures with black phosphorus, arsenic enable new infrared detectors

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

MIPT scientists and their colleagues from Japan and the U.S. have calculated the parameters of photodetectors comprised by layers of graphene and a combination of black phosphorus and black arsenic. T...

Apr 14, 2020

Using Magnetic Nanowires to Make Smart Computers More Energy Efficient

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The rapid progression of technology has led to a huge increase in energy usage to process the massive troves of data generated by devices. But researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The...

Apr 14, 2020

Hierarchically mesoporous titanium dioxide materials for energy and environmental applications

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Since the first discovery of photocatalytic water splitting on a TiO2 electrode under ultraviolet (UV) light, TiO2 materials have been widely investigated over the past few decades due to their unique properties such as nontoxicity, abundance, eas...

Apr 14, 2020

Substances trapped in nanobubbles exhibit unusual properties

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Skoltech scientists modeled the behavior of nanobubbles appearing in van der Waals heterostructures and the behavior of substances trapped inside the bubbles. In the future, the new model will help obtain equations of state for substances in nano-...

Apr 14, 2020

New electronic cooling technology to enable miniaturization of quantum computers

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VTT researchers have successfully demonstrated a new electronic refrigeration technology that could enable major leaps in the development of quantum computers. Present quantum computers require extremely complicated and large cooling infrastructur...

Apr 14, 2020

"Stronger Than Diamonds" Carbon Nanostructure Designed – Reaches Theoretical Limit of Performance

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have architecturally designed plate-nanolattices – nanometer-sized carbon structures – that are stronger than diamonds as... The post “Stronger Than Diamonds” Carbon Nanos...

Apr 14, 2020

Researchers create tiny self-powered temperature sensors

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A team of researchers from the University of Oxford, Delft University and IBM Zurich have demonstrated that graphene can be used to build sensitive and self-powering temperature sensors. The findings pave the way for the design of highly sensitive...

Apr 14, 2020

Tiny self-powered temperature sensors built with graphene

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have demonstrated that graphene can be used to build sensitive and self-powering temperature sensors. The findings pave the way for the design of highly sensitive thermocouples, which could be integrated in nanodevices and even living ...

Apr 14, 2020

Substances trapped in graphene nanobubbles exhibit unusual properties

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists modeled the behavior of nanobubbles appearing in van der Waals heterostructures and the behavior of substances trapped inside the bubbles. The new model will help obtain equations of state for substances in nano-volumes, opening up new ...

Apr 14, 2020

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