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Flexible and durable bioelectrodes: The future of health care wearables

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The use of wearable electronics that continuously monitor biosignals has transformed the health care and fitness industries. These devices are becoming increasingly common and are projected to reach a market valuation of approximately USD 572.06 b...

Jul 3, 2024

Mapping the surfaces of MXenes, atom by atom, reveals new potential for the 2D materials

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In the decade since their discovery at Drexel University, the family of two-dimensional materials called MXenes has shown a great deal of promise for applications ranging from water desalination and energy storage to electromagnetic shielding and ...

Jul 3, 2024

Liquid metal nanoreactors enable synthesis of high-entropy alloy nanoparticle arrays

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The field of high-entropy alloys (HEAs) has emerged as a promising frontier in materials science, offering unique properties that surpass those of traditional alloys. Unlike conventional alloys, which typically consist of one primary element with ...

Jul 3, 2024

Precise and less expensive 3D printing of complex, high-resolution structures

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Researchers have developed a new two-photon polymerization technique that uses two lasers to 3D print complex high-resolution structures. The advance could make this 3D printing process less expensive, helping it find wider use in a variety of app...

Jul 3, 2024

Researchers discover way to 'grow' sub-nanometer sized transistors

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A research team led by Director JO Moon-Ho of the Center for Van der Waals Quantum Solids within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has implemented a novel method to achieve epitaxial growth of 1D metallic materials with a width of less than 1 ...

Jul 3, 2024

Designing photonic crystals with a genetic algorithm

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The advent of quantum computers promises to revolutionize computing by solving complex problems exponentially more rapidly than classical computers. However, today's quantum computers face challenges such as maintaining stability and transpor...

Jul 3, 2024

Researchers develop method to control quantum bound states in superconducting device

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Professors Gil-Ho Lee and Gil Young Cho from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea have collaborated with Dr. Kenji Watanabe and Dr. Takashi Taniguchi from National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan to ...

Jul 3, 2024

AMD partners with Rice University for U.S Army Radar program

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Advanced Material Development (AMD) has announced the first of its U.S university collaborations as it ramps up plans for a Texas-based Defense and Security business.

Jul 3, 2024

Novel method enhances size-controlled production of luminescent quantum dots

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Luminescence refers to the result of a process in which an object absorbs light at one wavelength and then re-emits it at another wavelength. Through light absorption, electrons in the ground state of the material are excited to a higher energy st...

Jul 2, 2024

Patent could be inexpensive method to improve creation of solid-state nanopores

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SMU and the University of Rhode Island have patented an inexpensive, easy-to-use method to create solid-state nanopores (SSNs), while also making it possible to self-clean blocked nanopores.

Jul 2, 2024

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