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Spontaneous spin polarization demonstrated in a two-dimensional material

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Physicists from the University of Basel have demonstrated spin alignment of free electrons within a two-dimensional material. Writing in the latest edition of Nature Nanotechnology, they described their observation of spontaneous spin polarization...

Mar 11, 2019

Quantum Dots Are Tuned to Build IR Camera Cheaply, Efficiently

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

To build an inexpensive IR camera, scientists at the University of Chicago leveraged the wide spectral tunability of colloidal quantum dots (CQDs), tweaking the CQDs to develop a formula to detect shortwave IR and another formula to detect midwave...

Mar 11, 2019

Driving water down nanohighways

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Removing water vapor from air and other gas mixtures, which is crucial for many industrial processes and air conditioning, could become cheaper and more effective through polymer membrane technology now developed at KAUST.

Mar 11, 2019

Graphene and cobalt for creating new electromagnetic devices

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from IMDEA Nanociencia and other European centres have discovered that the combination of graphene with cobalt offers relevant properties in the field of magnetism. This breakthrough sets the stage for the development of new logic devi...

Mar 11, 2019

Combination of Graphene and Boron Nitride Results in New Three-Layer Superlattice

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Generally, the electrical properties of atomically thin graphene and a boron nitride layer change when these materials are combined at a slightly rotated angle. Now, for the first time, physicists...

Mar 11, 2019

Using Nanoscale Defects to Enhance the Properties of Ultrathin, 2D Materials

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

According to a famous saying, nothing in this world is perfect, and this is not bad always. As part of a research at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley...

Mar 11, 2019

Driving water down nanohighways

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Self-assembled channels in a polymer membrane could greatly enhance extraction of water from gases.

Mar 11, 2019

Driving water down nanohighways

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Self-assembled channels in a polymer membrane could greatly enhance extraction of water from gases.

Mar 11, 2019

Sydney united to build a quantum harbor city

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Working together, researchers at the University of Sydney and UNSW have overcome a fundamental hurdle to building quantum computers in silicon.

Mar 11, 2019

Spontaneous spin polarization demonstrated in a two-dimensional material

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Physicists from the University of Basel have demonstrated spin alignment of free electrons within a two-dimensional material. Writing in the latest edition of Nature Nanotechnology, they described their observation of spontaneous spin polarization...

Mar 11, 2019

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