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Using light to speed up computation

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Researchers have developed a type of processor called PAXEL, a device that can potentially bypass Moore's Law and increase the speed and efficiency of computing. Researchers looked at using light for the data transport step in integrated circ...

Sep 24, 2019

Researchers can now place single ions into solids

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New technique enables implantation of individual ions into crystals with an accuracy of 35 nanometers.

Sep 24, 2019

Study Claims Graphene is a 3D and 2D Material

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New research at the Queen Mary University of London shows that graphene is both a 3D material and a 2D material. Understanding that it is a 3D material is crucial for appreciating its mechanical...

Sep 24, 2019

Converting absorbed photons into twice as many excitons

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A group of researchers found that when light was exposed to the surface of a tetracene alkanethiol-modified gold nanocluster, which they developed themselves, twice as many excitons could be converted compared to the number of photons absorbed by ...

Sep 24, 2019

Quantum Foundry to Develop Materials for Quantum-Based Technologies

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The University of California, Santa Barbara will be the home of the nation’s first Quantum Foundry, a center for developing materials and devices for quantum-information-based technologies. Research at the Quantum Foundry will focus on three mai...

Sep 24, 2019

UoM and First Graphene Develop Graphene-based Energy Storage Materials

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Australian graphene product supplier First Graphene has teamed up with the University of Manchester, in the UK, to collaborate on a project with the aim to innovate new energy storage materials in...

Sep 24, 2019

Quantum Hall-based superconducting interference device

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In a recent report published on Science Advances, Andrew Seredinski and co-workers presented a graphene-based Josephson junction with dedicated side gates fabricated from the same sheet of graphene as the junction itself. The interdisciplinary res...

Sep 24, 2019

Plasmonic silver nanoparticles advance toward ultrafast single-molecule detection

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Detection of ultralow concentrations of substances requires devices that can provide ultrafast information processing and offer high detection limits. Plasmonic metal nanoparticles, especially those made of gold and silver, offer significant promi...

Sep 24, 2019

Conductive AFM (C-AFM) measurements on a polished IC surface with multiple transistor contacts

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A new application note from Nanosurf.

Sep 24, 2019

Gold nanoshell-based cancer treatment is safe for the clinic – Physics World

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Nanoparticles tuned to absorb near-infrared radiation heat the tumour while sparing surrounding tissue The post Gold nanoshell-based cancer treatment is safe for the clinic appeared first on Physics World.

Sep 24, 2019

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