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Nanoscale visualization of the distribution and optical behavior of dopant in GaN

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

In Gallium Nitride (GaN) implanted with a small amount of magnesium (Mg), scientists succeeded for the first time in visualizing the distribution and optical behavior of the implanted Mg at the nanoscale which may help in improving electrical perf...

Jul 9, 2019

Online simulation game makes graphene research available to the public

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The team of Toma Susi at the University of Vienna uses a state-of-the-art electron microscope, the UltraSTEM, to manipulate strongly bound materials with atomic precision. Since the instruments are fully computerized, it is possible to show in a s...

Jul 9, 2019

New Method to Improve Mechanical Properties of Recyclable Nanocomposite

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

László Szabó and Kenji Takahashi and colleagues at Kanazawa University and Kanazawa Institute of Technology demonstrated that irradiating short carbon fiber thermoplastics with an...

Jul 9, 2019

Carbon dioxide could be converted into graphene

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Carbon dioxide is kind of painted as the villain of the 21st century, and it's not enough to just reduce our emissions now – we need to remove some of what's already in the atmosphere. Now, researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Te...

Jul 9, 2019

Tiny Nanocrystals Create ‘Brighter’ Future for TV Viewers, Study Finds

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Curtin University researchers have discovered tiny ‘greener’ nanocrystals that can be manipulated to produce high-quality pictures and lighting in electronic devices such as televisions....

Jul 9, 2019

New imaging method aids in water decontamination

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have developed a method that can image nonfluorescent catalytic reactions - reactions that don?t emit light - on nanoscale particles.

Jul 9, 2019

On-demand control of terahertz and infrared waves with graphene

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A theory from 2006 predicts that it should be possible to use graphene in a magnetic field not only to absorb terahertz and infrared light on demand but also to control the direction of the circular polarisation. Researchers now have succeeded in ...

Jul 9, 2019

New searchable EU database contains 300 nanomaterials linked to hazard data

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

It is now possible to search for over 300 nanomaterials found in the EU and link them to hazard data.

Jul 9, 2019

Characterizing the 'arrow of time' in open quantum systems

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Even in the strange world of open quantum systems, the arrow of time points steadily forward -- most of the time. A video details new experiments conducted at Washington University in St. Louis that compare the forward and reverse trajectories of ...

Jul 9, 2019

Vitamin C is key to protection of exciting new nanomaterial

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

In work that could open a floodgate of future applications for a new class of nanomaterials known as MXenes (pronounced 'Maxines'), researchers from Texas A&M University have discovered a simple, inexpensive way to prevent the ma...

Jul 9, 2019

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