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Long-distance quantum information exchange -- success at the nanoscale

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have realized the swap of electron spins between distant quantum dots. The discovery is a step towards applications of quantum information, as the dots leave enough room for delicate control electrodes, enabling integration with tradit...

Mar 18, 2019

Microrotors Trap Tiny Objects Without Exposing Them to Light

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers from the Universities of Glasgow, Bristol, and Exeter have developed a technique that optically traps microscopic objects by using hydrodynamics to exert nanoscale-precision control over aqueous particles, without directly il...

Mar 18, 2019

GrapheneCA Initiates In-House Production of Reduced Graphene Oxide

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Recently, Nano Graphene Inc. reported that it has set up the in-house production of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) with its own technology. The important addition of rGO truly caters to the needs...

Mar 18, 2019

Motion control at the nanoscale

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

NUS Physicists have designed a bipedal nanowalker that can change its walking manner and direction by adjusting the length of its stride. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-based nanowalkers are a class of molecular motors which are being explored for a ...

Mar 18, 2019

Lightweight metal foams become bone hard and explosion proof after being nanocoated

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Strong enough not only for use in impact protection systems in cars, but able to absorb the shock waves produced by a detonation. Those are just some of the properties shown by the metallic foams developed by materials scientists Stefan Diebels a...

Mar 18, 2019

Motion control at the nanoscale

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Pysicists have designed a bipedal nanowalker that can change its walking manner and direction by adjusting the length of its stride.

Mar 18, 2019

Molecular motors run in unison in a metal-organic framework

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

For molecular motors to be exploited effectively, they need to be able to operate in unison. However, integrating billions of these nanometer-sized motors into a single system, and getting them to operate in unison has proved to be quite a challen...

Mar 18, 2019

Long-distance quantum information exchange -- success at the nanoscale

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

At the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, researchers have realized the swap of electron spins between distant quantum dots. The discovery is a step towards applications of quantum information, as the dots leave enough room for delica...

Mar 18, 2019

New record: Over 16 percent efficiency for single-junction organic solar cells

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Two non-fullerene acceptors, namely BTPT-4F and BTPTT-4F, were selected to match with a wide-bandgap polymer donor P2F-EHp consisting of an imide-functionalized benzotriazole moiety, as these materials presented complementary absorption and well-m...

Mar 18, 2019

Light-induced active ion transport in graphene oxide membranes

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Recent research in nanofluidics has adopted reconstructed layered two-dimensional (2D) sheets as a promising material platform for nanofluidics. These membranes contain a high volume fraction of interconnected 2D nanochannels. In new work, researc...

Mar 17, 2019

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