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Unique nanodisk pushing photonic research forward

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have succeeded in combining two major research fields in photonics by creating a nano-object with unique optical qualities. Since the object is a thousand times thinner than the human hair, yet very powerful, the breakthrough has great...

Sep 11, 2024

Researchers develop a stretchable, wearable device that lights up an LED using only the warmth of your skin

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed a flexible, durable electronic prototype that can harvest energy from body heat and turn it into electricity that can be used to power small electronics, such as batteries, sensors or LEDs. This device is also resilient ...

Sep 11, 2024

Unique nanodisk pushing photonic research forward

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Photonic applications harness the power of light-matter interactions to generate various intriguing phenomena. This has enabled major advances in communications, medicine, and spectroscopy, among others, and is also used in laser and quantum techn...

Sep 11, 2024

Overcoming magnetic disorder: towards low-energy topological electronics

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Overcoming magnetic disorder is key to exploiting the unique properties of QAH insulators. The Monash-led team demonstrated that the breakdown in topological protection is caused by magnetic disorder, explaining previous observations that topologi...

Sep 11, 2024

BNNT nanofibers can effectively block neutrons in space radiation

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

With the success of the Nuri launch last year and the recent launch of the newly established Korea Aerospace Administration, interest in space has increased, and both the public and private sectors are actively investing in space-related industrie...

Sep 11, 2024

Solving a memristor mystery to develop efficient, long-lasting memory devices

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Phase separation, when molecules part like oil and water, works alongside oxygen diffusion to help memristors – electrical components that store information using electrical resistance – retain information even after the power is shut off, accordi...

Sep 11, 2024

Thermosensitive hydrogel offers fast detection of nitrite

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nitrite is commonly used as a food additive, but when ingested, it can harm the body's oxygen transport system. The World Health Organization limits nitrite to 1.0 mg/L in drinking water and 30 mg/kg in meat products. However, current nitrite...

Sep 11, 2024

Stretchable, wearable device lights up an LED using only the warmth of your skin

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

One of the drawbacks of fitness trackers and other wearable devices is that their batteries eventually run out of juice. But what if in the future, wearable technology could use body heat to power itself?

Sep 11, 2024

Premier Graphene, HGI Industrial Technologies and Defense Atomics announce strategic partnership for graphene solutions in ballistic protection

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Premier Graphene, HGI Industrial Technologies and Defense Atomics have announced a strategic partnership aimed at advancing the production and application of graphene in ballistic protection technologies. This collaboration brings together experti...

Sep 11, 2024

Novel quantum dot hydrogel shows improved photothermal conversion efficiency

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Biomolecules-based materials hold great promise for malignant tumor phototherapy. However, current supramolecular biomaterials primarily suffer from poor tissue penetration, inadequate tumor accumulation, and particularly neglecting the unique ben...

Sep 10, 2024

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