Vacuum tubes initially played a central role in the development of electronic devices. A few decades ago, however, researchers started replacing them with semiconductor transistors, small electronic components that can be used both as amplifiers a...
Sep 12, 2019
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have demonstrated a terahertz (THz) detector made from graphene for use in next-generation astronomy detectors. A near zero-electron scenario, called Dirac point, was realized in graphene by assembl...
Sep 11, 2019
Electrochemical reactions drive shape change in new nanoarchitected metamaterial.
Sep 11, 2019
For nanoribbons of bilayer graphene, whose edge atoms are arranged in zigzag patterns, the bands of electron energies which are allowed and forbidden are significantly different to those found in monolayer graphene. This causes variations in the w...
Sep 11, 2019
Nanoclusters are little 'heaps' of a few atoms that often have interesting optical properties and could become useful probes for imaging processes in areas such as biomedicine and diagnostics. Researchers have introduced a nanocluster of...
Sep 11, 2019
The conductivity of dual layers of graphene greatly depends on the states of carbon atoms at their edges; a property which could have important implications for information transmissions on quantum scales.
Sep 11, 2019
The Internet of Things (IoT) has fundamentally changed the way we live and operate as it impacts mobility, makes houses smart and factories more productive. This system of interrelated devices has...
Sep 11, 2019
Nanoclusters are little "heaps" of a few atoms that often have interesting optical properties and could become useful probes for imaging processes in areas such as biomedicine and diagnostics. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, researcher...
Sep 11, 2019
Determination of the crystal structure of a DNA-stabilized silver nanocluster.
Sep 11, 2019
For nanoribbons of bilayer graphene, whose edge atoms are arranged in zigzag patterns, the bands of electron energies which are allowed and forbidden are significantly different to those found in monolayer graphene. This causes variations in the w...
Sep 11, 2019
