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Molecular Electronics Chip With 100 Million DNA Reading Devices | NextBigFuture.com

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Roswell has developed the first Molecular Electronics chip. Roswell uses advances in semiconductor technology, nano-fabrication and bio-sensors to create standard CMOS chips that directly integrate sensor molecules into the CMOS integrated circuit...

Dec 30, 2019

Corrugated Structure of 2D Material Silicene Precisely Measured

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Silicene consists of a single layer of silicon atoms. In contrast to the ultra-flat material graphene, which is made of carbon, silicene shows surface irregularities... The post Corrugated Structure of 2D Material Silicene Precisely Measured appe...

Dec 30, 2019

Scientists create tiny lasers from nanoparticles and plastic beads

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Researchers found a way to create lasers smaller than red blood cells. These microlasers convert infrared light into light at higher frequencies. Made from nanoparticles, these are among the smallest, continuously emitting lasers of their kind eve...

Dec 30, 2019

Strategies to generate larger pores in metal-organic frameworks

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Due to the advantages such as large specific surface area, adjustable pore size and tunable functionality, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown great application potential in the fields of gas adsorption and separation, catalysis, sensing an...

Dec 30, 2019

New class of crosslinker-free nanofiber biomaterials from Hydra nematocyst proteins

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Nematocysts are stinging organelles of cnidarians that have remarkable mechanical properties to undergo 50 percent volume changes during explosive exocytosis (process by which cells excrete waste and large molecules), while withstanding osmotic pr...

Dec 30, 2019

Strategies to generate larger pores in metal-organic frameworks

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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous crystalline materials assembled from organic ligands and metal nodes. Construction of hierarchically porous MOFs is vital to achieve the augmentation of pore size to mesopores or macropores, which can enh...

Dec 30, 2019

Scientists develop ceramic materials that are IR-transparent

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Researchers have developed nanocomposite ceramics with uniform distribution of two phases, microhardness over 11 GPa, and average grain size of 250 nm. It capable of transmitting over 70% of IR-range with wavelength up to 6,000 nm.

Dec 29, 2019

New Zoo of Previously Unobserved States in Twisted Bi-Layer Graphene

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A Plethora of States in Magic-Angle Graphene A team of ICFO researchers used twisted bi-layer graphene to unveil a new zoo of previously unobserved states,... The post New Zoo of Previously Unobserved States in Twisted Bi-Layer Graphene appeared f...

Dec 29, 2019

Chip-to-chip Quantum Teleportation and Multi-photon Entanglement in silicon | NextBigFuture.com

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Silicon is a compelling platform for classical optical telecommunications as well as quantum communications, both through optical fibers. In general, the silicon-based integrated quantum transceivers could provide possible low-cost and high-perfor...

Dec 28, 2019

Storing Medical Records Below the Skin’s Surface With Quantum Dot Dye

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Specialized dye, delivered along with a vaccine, could enable “on-patient” storage of vaccination history. Every year, a lack of vaccination leads to about 1.5 million... The post Storing Medical Records Below the Skin’s Surface With Quantum Dot ...

Dec 28, 2019

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