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Developing technologies that run on light

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Researchers are designing a nanoscale photon diode -- a necessary component that could bring us closer to faster, more energy-efficient computers and communications that replace electricity with light.

Jul 24, 2019

Skoltech scientists developed a novel method to fine-tune the properties of carbon nanotubes

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Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Photonics and Quantum Materials (CPQM) have developed a novel method to fine-tune the optoelectrical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) by applying an aerosolized dopant solution on their s...

Jul 24, 2019

Artificial throat could someday help mute people 'speak'

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Most people take speech for granted, but it's actually a complex process that involves both motions of the mouth and vibrations of folded tissues, called vocal cords, within the throat. If the vocal cords sustain injuries or other lesions, a ...

Jul 24, 2019

Terraforming the Surface of Mars with Silica Aerogel?

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

The idea of terraforming Mars and other planets within the Solar System and beyond has not only deep

Jul 23, 2019

Unconventional phenomena triggered by acoustic waves in 2-D materials

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Researchers at the Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems (PCS), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Korea), and colleagues have reported a novel phenomenon, called Valley Acoustoelectric Effect, which takes place in 2-D ...

Jul 23, 2019

Unconventional phenomena triggered by acoustic waves in 2D materials

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

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

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

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

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