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Future of LEDs Gets Boost from Verification of Localization States in InGaN Quantum Wells

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LEDs made of indium gallium nitride provide better luminescence efficiency than many of the other materials used to create blue and green LEDs, but a big challenge of working with InGaN is its known dislocation density defects that make it difficu...

Sep 4, 2019

Laser-based ultrasound approach provides new direction for nondestructive testing

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Many industrial buildings rely on ultrasound instruments that continually monitor the structural integrity of their systems without damaging or altering their features. One new technique draws on laser technology and candle soot to generate effect...

Sep 4, 2019

New insulation technique paves the way for more powerful and smaller chips

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Researchers have successfully developed a new technique to insulate microchips. The technique uses metal-organic frameworks, a new type of materials consisting of structured nanopores. In the long term, this method can be used for the development ...

Sep 4, 2019

Artificial intelligence helps to predict hybrid nanoparticle structures

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New research demonstrates a new algorithm that 'learns' to predict binding sites of molecules at the metal-molecule interface of hybrid nanoparticles by using already published experimental structural information on nanoparticle referenc...

Sep 4, 2019

New insulation technique paves the way for more powerful and smaller chips

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Researchers at KU Leuven and imec have successfully developed a new technique to insulate microchips. The technique uses metal-organic frameworks, a new type of materials consisting of structured nanopores. In the long term, this method can be use...

Sep 4, 2019

Coating nuclear materials with atomic layer deposition

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Scientists have discovered a new way to coat nuclear materials that supports efforts to minimize use of high-enriched uranium.

Sep 4, 2019

'Resonance' raman spectroscopy with 1-nanometer resolution

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Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy resolved "resonance" Raman scattering with 1-nm resolution in ultrathin zinc oxide films epitaxially grown on a single-crystal silver surface. Tip-enhanced "resonance" Raman scattering can be use...

Sep 4, 2019

New insulation technique paves the way for more powerful and smaller chips

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The technique uses metal-organic frameworks, a new type of materials consisting of structured nanopores. In the long term, this method can be used for the development of even smaller and more powerful chips that consume less energy

Sep 4, 2019

Studying heart cells with nanovolcanoes

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Researchers at EPFL and the University of Bern have developed a groundbreaking method for studying the electrical signals of cardiac muscle cells. The technology has numerous potential applications in basic and applied research—such as improving t...

Sep 4, 2019

Studying heart cells with nanovolcanoes

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking method for studying the electrical signals of cardiac muscle cells. The technology has numerous potential applications in basic and applied research - such as improving the search for mechanisms underlyi...

Sep 4, 2019

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