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... The post Microscopic Robots, Remotely Driven by Magnetic Fields,...
Feb 8, 2020
Scientists at Hokkaido University have developed a novel technique for creating nanosized semiconductors on a metal surface. The technique was described in the Nano Letters journal and could induce...
Feb 7, 2020
Sometimes the smallest of things lead to the biggest ideas. Case in point: Nano 2020, a University of Arizona-led initiative to develop curriculum and technology focused on educating students in the rapidly expanding field of nanotechnology.
Feb 7, 2020
Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) that emit light in the near- and mid-infrared (IR) spectral ranges have the potential to power a range of optical devices. However, fundamental physical limitations decrease the intensity of IR-emitting QDs. At lon...
Feb 7, 2020
Ligand-protected metal clusters in assembled structures show peculiar properties, which are different from those of corresponding bulk metals.
Feb 7, 2020
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
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
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 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
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
