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Armored with plastic 'hair' and silica, new perovskite nanocrystals show more durability

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Researchers have demonstrated a novel approach aimed at addressing the material's durability problem: encasing the perovskite inside a double-layer protection system made from plastic and silica.

Nov 29, 2019

Armored with plastic 'hair' and silica, new perovskite nanocrystals show more durability

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Perovskite nanocrystals hold promise for improving a wide variety of optoelectronic devices—from lasers to light emitting diodes (LEDs) - but problems with their durability still limit the material's broad commercial use.

Nov 29, 2019

Electro-optical device provides solution to faster computing memories and processors

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The first ever integrated nanoscale device which can be programmed with either photons or electrons has been developed by scientists in Harish Bhaskaran's Advanced Nanoscale Engineering research group at the University of Oxford.

Nov 29, 2019

New algorithms to determine eigenstates and thermal states on quantum computers

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Determining the quantum mechanical behavior of many interacting particles is essential to solving important problems in a variety of scientific fields, including physics, chemistry and mathematics. For instance, in order to describe the electronic...

Nov 29, 2019

A decade of Physics World breakthroughs: 2009 – the first quantum computer – Physics World

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Michael Banks looks at the Physics World 2009 Breakthrough of the Year and how research in quantum computing has moved on The post A decade of <em>Physics World</em> breakthroughs: 2009 – the first quantum computer appe...

Nov 29, 2019

Plasmonic nanocubes make an ultrafast thermal camera – Physics World

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New multispectral photodetector could find applications in medicine, food safety and precision agriculture The post Plasmonic nanocubes make an ultrafast thermal camera appeared first on Physics World.

Nov 29, 2019

Samsung researchers: More efficient quantum dots without heavy metals

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A team at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology has announced that they have improved quantum dot (QD) technology for use in large displays by developing QDs that are both more efficient and have no heavy metals. In their paper published in the...

Nov 29, 2019

Superconductivity theory under attack

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Measurements on a superconducting material show an abrupt transition between a normal metal and a "strange" metal. The really strange thing, however, is that this abruptness disappears when the temperature falls. "We don't have...

Nov 29, 2019

Stretchable, highly conductive film promising for wearable electronics

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Strong bonds between metal nanowires and polymer nanofibers enable a composite film to realize good electrical conductivity and high stretchability

Nov 29, 2019

Quantum dot lasers move a step closer with electric-pumping development

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Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a way to make Colloidal Quantum Dots produce laser light with the help of an electric field.

Nov 29, 2019

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