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Novel nanoprobes show promise for optical monitoring of neural activity

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Researchers have developed ultrasensitive nanoscale optical probes to monitor the bioelectric activity of neurons and other excitable cells. This novel readout technology could enable scientists to study how neural circuits function at an unpreced...

Oct 18, 2019

Why modified carbon nanotubes can help the reproducibility problem

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Scientists have conducted an in-depth study on how carbon nanotubes with oxygen-containing groups can be used to greatly enhance the performance of perovskite solar cells. The newly discovered self-recrystallization ability of perovskite could lea...

Oct 18, 2019

Flexible, wearable supercapacitors based on porous nanocarbon nanocomposites

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Evening gowns with interwoven LEDs may look extravagant, but the light sources need a constant power supply from devices that are as well wearable, durable, and lightweight. Chinese scientists have manufactured fibrous electrodes for wearable devi...

Oct 18, 2019

Flexible, wearable supercapacitors based on porous nanocarbon nanocomposites

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Evening gowns with interwoven LEDs may look extravagant, but the light sources need a constant power supply from devices that are as well wearable, durable, and lightweight. Chinese scientists have manufactured fibrous electrodes for wearable devi...

Oct 18, 2019

New Ultrasensitive Method Using Graphene Nanomechanical Bolometer to Measure Light

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Physicists at the University of Oregon have formulated a new method of measuring light—with the help of microscopic drums to hear light. The technology from the Alemán Lab, known as a...

Oct 18, 2019

Spin Currents can be Harnessed Using Double Layer of Graphene

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To manufacture transistors that work using the spin of electrons, instead of their charge, it is essential to discover a way of turning spin currents on and off. Moreover, the period of the spins...

Oct 18, 2019

Energy flow in the nano range

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It is crucial for photovoltaics and other technical applications, how efficiently energy spreads in a small volume. With new methods, the path of energy in the nanometer range can now be followed precisely.

Oct 18, 2019

Paving a way to achieve unexplored semiconductor nanostructures

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A research team of Ehime University paved a way to achieve unexplored III-V semiconductor nanostructures. They grew branched GaAs nanowires with a nontoxic Bi element employing characteristic structural modifications correlated with metallic dropl...

Oct 18, 2019

Energy flow in the nano range

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It is crucial for photovoltaics and other technical applications, how efficiently energy spreads in a small volume. With new methods, the path of energy in the nanometer range can now be followed precisely.

Oct 18, 2019

How perovskite in solar cells recrystallizes and why modified carbon nanotubes can help overcome the reproducibility problem by making use of this

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists conducted an in-depth study on how carbon nanotubes with oxygen-containing groups can be used to greatly enhance the performance of perovskite solar cells. The newly discovered self-recrystallization ability of perovskite could lead to ...

Oct 18, 2019

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