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Designer-defect clamping of ferroelectric domain walls for more-stable nanoelectronics: Improved stability a significant step forward for domain-wall nanoelectronic data storage

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Engineered defects in ferroelectric materials provides key to improved polariaztion stability, a significant step forward for domain-wall nanoelectronics in data storage. Researchers achieved stability greater than one year (a 2000% improvement).

Jan 21, 2020

Buckyballs can pave the way for molecular electronics

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Organic self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) have been around for over forty years. The most widely used form is based on thiols, bound to a metal surface. However, exposure of these monolayers to air will lead to breakdown within a single day. Scient...

Jan 21, 2020

Addressing global warming with new nanoparticles and sunshine

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Harvesting sunlight, IBS scientists reported a new strategy to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) into oxygen (O2) and pure carbon monoxide (CO) without side-products in water. This artificial photosynthesis method could bring new solutions to environ...

Jan 21, 2020

Dialing up the heat on nanoparticles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Rapid progress in the field of metallic nanotechnology is sparking a science revolution that is likely to impact all areas of society.

Jan 21, 2020

Informative white paper demonstrates benefits of novel EAF4 technology

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

An informative white paper from Postnova Analytics demonstrates how its novel Electrical and Asymmetrical Field Flow Fractionation (EAF4) technology can be used to separate a wide variety of nano-sized materials while simultaneously determining su...

Jan 21, 2020

Smart soft robotic grippers enabled by self-powered tribo-skins

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Grippers or end effectors are an essential tool integrated with robotic arms for implementing grasping and manipulating functions in a variety of tasks, ranging from picking up and holding objects, to digging and sorting, to locomotion and scratch...

Jan 21, 2020

Let the europium shine brighter

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A stacked nanocarbon antenna makes a rare earth element shine 5 times more brightly than previous designs, with applications in molecular light-emitting devices.

Jan 21, 2020

Let the europium shine brighter

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A stacked nanocarbon antenna makes a rare earth element shine 5 times more brightly than previous designs, with applications in molecular light-emitting devices.

Jan 21, 2020

Study Shows Large Molecules Move Faster on Rough Surfaces at Nanoscale

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have not been able to perform any experiment that can test whether the behavior of molecules actually obeys the same trend as seen at human scale. Led by Simone Napolitano, a research...

Jan 20, 2020

Heuristic Approach Uses Photonics to Solve Complex Problems Fast

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at MIT and the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies have opened the path to solving NP-complete problems with integrated photonics, by developing a heuristic algorithm dedicated to solving the NP-complete Ising problem using photonic...

Jan 20, 2020

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