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2-D materials: Arrangement of atoms measured in silicene

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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 that influence its electronic properties. Now, physicists from the University of ...

Dec 23, 2019

Computing with molecules: A big step in molecular spintronics

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Spintronics or spin electronics in contrast to conventional electronics uses the spin of electrons for sensing, information storage, transport, and processing. Potential advantages are nonvolatility, increased data processing speed, decreased elec...

Dec 23, 2019

New nano-barrier for composites could strengthen spacecraft payloads

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Researchers developed a robust multi-layered nano-barrier for ultra-lightweight and stable carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRPs) that could be used to build high precision instrument structures for future space missions.

Dec 23, 2019

Buckyballs release electron-positron pairs in forward directions: Theoretical calculations reveal that when impacted by positrons of particular energies, spherical nanoparticles release unstable electron-positron pairs, with signals dominating in the same direction as the incoming positrons.

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New research reveals the characteristics of positronium formation within football-shaped nanoparticles, C60, for the first time. At specific positron impact energies, the study shows that positronium emission dominates in the same direction as inc...

Dec 23, 2019

Buckyballs release electron-positron pairs in forward directions

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When electrons collide with positrons, their antimatter counterparts, unstable pairs can form in which both types of particle orbit around each other. Named 'positronium,' physicists have now produced this intriguing structure using a di...

Dec 23, 2019

New nano-barrier for composites could strengthen spacecraft payloads

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The University of Surrey has developed a robust multi-layed nano-barrier for ultra-lightweight and stable carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRPs) that could be used to build high precision instrument structures for future space missions.

Dec 23, 2019

The coolest LEGO ® in the universe

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For the first time, LEGO ® has been cooled to the lowest temperature possible in an experiment which reveals a new use for the popular toy -- the development of quantum computing. A figure and four blocks were placed inside the most effective refr...

Dec 23, 2019

Printing wirelessly rechargeable solid-state supercapacitors for soft, smart contact lenses

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Recent advances in smart contact lenses can assist biomedical engineers to realize medical applications and vision imaging for augmented reality with wireless communication systems. Previous research on smart contact lenses were driven by a wirele...

Dec 23, 2019

Chemist develops a way to produce new materials for solar panels

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A chemist from RUDN University has synthesized new types of optically active materials with the structure of the mineral perovskite. He proposed an environmentally friendly, fast, and easily reproducible mechanochemical method, which allows obtain...

Dec 23, 2019

Researchers break the geometric limitations of moiré pattern in graphene heterostructures

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Researchers at the University of Manchester have uncovered interesting phenomena when multiple two-dimensional materials are combined into van der Waals heterostructures (layered "sandwiches" of different materials).

Dec 23, 2019

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