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Secrets of nanospiral formation revealed by machine learning – Physics World

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Insights into crystal growth could lead to new optical metamaterials The post Secrets of nanospiral formation revealed by machine learning appeared first on Physics World.

Feb 7, 2020

Jackiw-Rebbi zero-mode: Realizing non-Abelian braiding in non-Majorana system

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As an important branch of quantum computation, topological quantum computation has been drawing extensive attention for holding great advantages such as fault-tolerance. Topological quantum computation is based on the non-Abelian braiding of quant...

Feb 7, 2020

Silver sawtooth creates valley-coherent light for nanophotonics

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Scientists at the University of Groningen used a silver sawtooth nanoslit array to produce valley-coherent photoluminescence in two-dimensional tungsten disulfide flakes at room temperature. Until now, this could only be achieved at very low tempe...

Feb 7, 2020

Researchers Synthesize Nanosize Semiconductors in a Plasmonic Nanoantenna

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Researchers at Hokkaido University have developed an approach to placing nanoscale semiconductors on metallic particles that is precise and cost-effective. Heat is localized on a gold nanoparticle within a butterfly-shaped nanostructure. The heat ...

Feb 7, 2020

Silver sawtooth creates valley-coherent light for nanophotonics

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Scientists used a silver sawtooth nanoslit array to produce valley-coherent photoluminescence in two-dimensional tungsten disulfide flakes at room temperature. Until now, this could only be achieved at very low temperatures.

Feb 7, 2020

The power of going small: Copper oxide subnanoparticle catalysts prove most superior

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Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have shown that copper oxide particles on the sub-nanoscale are more powerful catalysts than those on the nanoscale. These subnanoparticles can also catalyze the oxidation reactions of aromatic hydrocarb...

Feb 7, 2020

The power of going small: Copper oxide subnanoparticle catalysts prove most superior

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Scientists have shown that copper oxide particles on the sub-nanoscale are more powerful catalysts than those on the nanoscale. These subnanoparticles can also catalyze the oxidation reactions of aromatic hydrocarbons far more effectively than cat...

Feb 7, 2020

Can polarity-inverted membranes self-assemble on Saturn's moon Titan?

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Astrobiologists are focused on resolving two central questions to understand the environmental and chemical limits of life. By understanding life's boundaries, they intend to identify possible biosignatures in exoplanet atmospheres and in the...

Feb 7, 2020

Scientists learn more about the first hours of a lithium-ion battery's life

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The first hours of a lithium-ion battery's life largely determine just how well it will perform. In those moments, a set of molecules self-assembles into a structure inside the battery that will affect the battery for years to come. This com...

Feb 7, 2020

Magnetic microrobots use capillary forces to coax particles into position

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At microscopic scales, picking, placing, collecting, and arranging objects is a persistent challenge. Advances in nanotechnology mean that there are ever more complex things we'd like to build at those sizes, but tools for moving their compon...

Feb 7, 2020

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