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Solving the thermoelectric 'trade-off' conundrum with metallic carbon nanotubes

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Strategy to bypass trade-off between thermoelectric voltage and conductivity.

Dec 2, 2019

Method to Improve Durability of Encased Perovskite Nanocrystals

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Perovskite nanocrystals show potential for enhancing a broad range of optoelectronic devices, from light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to lasers. However, these materials are not extensively used at the...

Dec 2, 2019

Directly coupling two closely located nanoscale sensors

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They look like toothpicks, but much, much smaller: 10,000 times shorter and 1,000 times thinner. The research team around physicist Professor Eva Weig succeeded in constructing nanopillars so closely together that they can be coupled via the stra...

Dec 2, 2019

Nanoscale exploration of the solid-liquid interface

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How a liquid interacts with the surface of a solid is important in batteries and fuel cells, chemical production, corrosion phenomena, and many biological processes.

Dec 2, 2019

Transforming the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into graphene

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Researchers have produced graphene by molten carbonate electrolytic splitting of CO2 to a nano-thin carbon product (carbon nanoplatelets) comprised of 25 to 125 graphene layers, and subsequent electrochemical exfoliation of the nanoplatelets to gr...

Dec 2, 2019

When solids and liquids meet: In nanoscale detail

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How a liquid interacts with the surface of a solid is important in batteries and fuel cells, chemical production, corrosion phenomena, and many biological processes.

Dec 2, 2019

Ultra-Clean Carbon Nanotube Transistors With Superior Semiconducting Properties

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Scientists at Aalto University, Finland, and Nagoya University, Japan, have found a new way to make ultra-clean carbon nanotube transistors with superior semiconducting properties. Single-wall... The post Ultra-Clean Carbon Nanotube Transistors Wi...

Dec 1, 2019

Atoms Don’t Like Jumping Rope: Breakthrough in Using Nanooptical Traps for Quantum Technologies

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Scientists have removed an important obstacle to the practical use of nanooptical traps. Nanooptical traps are a promising building block for quantum technologies. Austrian and... The post Atoms Don’t Like Jumping Rope: Breakthrough in Using Nanoo...

Nov 30, 2019

Entanglement lights the way to scalable quantum computers  – Physics World

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Relatively small ion traps could be linked via photons  The post Entanglement lights the way to scalable quantum computers  appeared first on Physics World.

Nov 30, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Growing nano-tailored surfaces using micellar brushes

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Growing nanoscale polymer brushes on materials' surfaces overcomes a key challenge in surface chemistry, researchers report, creating a new way to fabricate a diverse array of materials that could hol...

Nov 30, 2019

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