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Manipulation of nanolight provides new insight for quantum computing and thermal management

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A recent study led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers provides fundamental insight into how light, electrons, and crystal vibrations interact in materials. The research has implications for developing on-chip architectures for quan...

Aug 26, 2024

First Graphene secures funding for a research project with Swansea University to determine the market potential of the Company’s Kainos Technology

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

First Graphene has secured funding for a collaborative research project with Swansea University to determine the market potential of the Company’s Kainos Technology.

Aug 26, 2024

Physicists use light to probe deeper into the ‘invisible’ energy states of molecules

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new optical phenomenon has been demonstrated by an international team of scientists led by physicists at the University of Bath, with significant potential impact in pharmaceutical science, security, forensics, environmental science, art conserv...

Aug 25, 2024

Graphene/germanium hot-emitter transistors could advance next-gen computing and communications technologies

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Hot-carrier transistors are a class of devices that leverage the excess kinetic energy of carriers. Unlike regular transistors, which rely on steady-state carrier transport, hot-carrier transistors modulate carriers to high-energy states, resultin...

Aug 25, 2024

Using machine learning to speed up simulations of irregularly shaped particles

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Simulating particles is a relatively simple task when those particles are spherical. In the real world, however, most particles are not perfect spheres but take on irregular and varying shapes and sizes. Simulating these particles becomes a much m...

Aug 24, 2024

Superconductivity Is unpredictable at the edge

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Topological materials are materials that have unusual properties that arise because their wavefunction—the physical law guiding the electrons—is knotted or twisted. Where the topological material meets the surrounding space, the wavefunction must ...

Aug 24, 2024

Harvesting coherent hypersound with elliptical micropillars

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Scientists have harnessed elliptical micropillars to enhance the generation and detection of coherent acoustic phonons in the gigahertz range. This advancement represents a significant step forward in the development of more efficient nanoacoustic...

Aug 24, 2024

New technique enables ultrafast 2D nanosheet assembly

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers from Nagoya University, Osaka University and National Taiwan University recently developed a method for the high-speed, large-area deposition of two-dimensional (2D) materials, including oxides, graphene oxide, and boron nitride. This ...

Aug 24, 2024

A leap forward in nanotechnology: Growing special micro-crystals for better devices

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In a paper published in the journal Advanced Materials, Dr. Atikur Rahman's research group from the Physics department at IISER Pune, India, along with collaborators, report a new way to grow special crystals called CsPbBr3 nanoplatelets.

Aug 23, 2024

New varactor enhances quantum dot device measurements at millikelvin temperatures

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The development of quantum computing systems relies on the ability to rapidly and precisely measure these systems' electrical properties, such as their underlying charge and spin states. These measurements are typically collected using radio-...

Aug 23, 2024

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