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Insects' drag-based flight mechanism could improve tiny flying robots

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Thrips don't rely on lift in order to fly. Instead, the tiny insects rely on a drag-based flight mechanism, staying afloat in airflow velocities with a large ratio of force to wing size. Researchers have performed the first test of drag force...

Dec 10, 2019

How to induce magnetism in graphene: Elusive molecule predicted in the 1970s finally synthesized

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Graphene, a two-dimensional structure made of carbon, is a material with excellent mechanical, electronic and optical properties. However, it did not seem suitable for magnetic applications. Researchers have now succeeded in synthesizing a unique ...

Dec 10, 2019

Porous polymers show remarkable stability at high pressure

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Umeå physicists in collaboration with the Technical University of Dresden and Chalmers University are the first to show high stability of the porous nanomaterial COF-1. The study is published in Angewandte Chemie, Int. Ed.

Dec 10, 2019

How to induce magnetism in graphene

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Graphene, a two-dimensional structure made of carbon, is a material with excellent mechanical, electronic and optical properties. However, it did not seem suitable for magnetic applications. Together with international partners, Empa researchers h...

Dec 10, 2019

Physicists image electrons flowing like water for the first time

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Physicists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have imaged electrons flowing viscously through a nanodevice, just like water flowing through a pipe. Long predicted but only now visualized for the first time, this curious new behavior f...

Dec 10, 2019

Imec Presents forksheet Device as the Ultimate Solution to Push Scaling Towards the 2nm Technology Node

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

This week, at the 2019 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, presents first standard cell...

Dec 10, 2019

Tiny crystals work better when they double up with designer frameworks

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers wrote a set of design rules that they then used to direct the self-assembly of the crystals and the cages into new types sheet-like structures.

Dec 10, 2019

Pushing the precision of nanoscale mapping

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Like all scanning probe microscopes, AFM is susceptible to instrument 'crosstalk', or background signals that can mask the true atomic force measurement of interest and create misleading results. For the first time, researchers offer a n...

Dec 10, 2019

Microscopy Method Helps Study Ultrafast Events in Nano-Objects

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

For many years, it had remained an inexplicit dream to analyze the single-particle dynamics at the femtosecond level and nanoscale. A single photon stimulates emission of a second, twin photon from...

Dec 10, 2019

Imec Shows Excellent Performance in Ultra-Scaled FETs with 2D-Material Channel

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

At this year’s IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (Dec 7-11 2019), imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, reports an in-depth...

Dec 10, 2019

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