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Unconventional phenomena triggered by acoustic waves in 2D materials

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Researchers report a novel phenomenon, called Valley Acoustoelectric Effect, which takes place in 2D materials, similar to graphene.

Jul 23, 2019

Unconventional phenomena triggered by acoustic waves in 2D materials: Opening a new way to manipulate valley transport by acoustic methods

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Researchers have reported a novel phenomenon, called Valley Acoustoelectric Effect, which takes place in 2D materials, similar to graphene.

Jul 23, 2019

Self-organizing molecules: Nanorings with two sides

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Scientists succeeded in producing Janus nanorings with two different sides for the first time.

Jul 23, 2019

Physicists have let light through the plane of the world's thinnest semiconductor crystal

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In every modern microcircuit hidden inside a laptop or smartphone, you can see transistors—small semiconductor devices that control the flow of electric current, i.e. the flow of electrons. If we replace electrons with photons (elementary particle...

Jul 23, 2019

Towards a light driven molecular assembler

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Chemists usually synthesize molecules using stochastic bond-forming collisions of the reactant molecules in solution. Nature follows a different strategy in biochemical synthesis. The majority of biochemical reactions are driven by machine-type pr...

Jul 23, 2019

New concept for self-assembling micromachines: Polarisable microrobots components can be designed to find each other in an electric field

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Polarisable microrobots components can be designed to find each other in an electric field.

Jul 23, 2019

Towards a light driven molecular assembler: Chemists built the first artificial molecular machines that performs synthesis

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A team of chemists built the first artificial assembler, which uses light as the energy source. These molecular machines are performing synthesis in a similar way as biological nanomachines. Advantages are fewer side products, enantioselectivity, ...

Jul 23, 2019

New Silicon Nanoantennas Could Enhance Ultra-Fast Wireless Connections

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Scientists from Valencia’s Polytechnic University suggest a new design for antennas that are placed within chips, which comprise all the advantages of silicon photonics and plasmonics....

Jul 23, 2019

New multi-material 3-D nanoprinting strategy could revolutionize optics, photonics and biomedicine

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Engineers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have created a new multi-material 3-D nanoprinting technique that was featured on the inside front cover of the July 21 issue of Lab on a Chip.

Jul 23, 2019

New multi-material 3D nanoprinting strategy could revolutionize optics, photonics and biomedicine

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The engineer's new technique - capable of printing tiny multi-material structures a fraction of the size of a human hair - offers researchers a faster, cheaper, and more accurate means to 3D print these highly complex structures because the p...

Jul 23, 2019

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