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Vote for your favourite physics photos, space cats on the prowl, secrets of graphene watch revealed - Physics World

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Excerpts for the Red Folder The post Vote for your favourite physics photos, space cats on the prowl, secrets of graphene watch revealed appeared first on Physics World.

Aug 31, 2018

Designer metal-organic frameworks grow on graphene - Physics World

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2D honeycomb structures with complex, tuneable electronic properties might be used to realize exotic quantum materials, such as topological insulators The post Designer metal-organic frameworks grow on graphene appeared first on Physics World.

Aug 31, 2018

Cannibalistic materials feed on themselves to grow new nanostructures

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Scientists have induced a two-dimensional material to cannibalize itself for atomic 'building blocks' from which stable structures formed. The findings provide insights that may improve design of 2-D materials for fast-charging energy-st...

Aug 31, 2018

Autocannibalistic materials feed on themselves to grow new nanostructures

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Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory induced a two-dimensional material to cannibalize itself for atomic "building blocks" from which stable structures formed.

Aug 31, 2018

'Molecular hopper' small enough to move single DNA strands

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Researchers from the University of Oxford have constructed a "molecular hopper," capable of moving single strands of DNA through a protein nanotube.

Aug 31, 2018

Cracking the problem of mass produced molecular junctions

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Nanogap electrodes, basically pairs of electrodes with a nanometer-sized gap between them, are attracting attention as scaffolds to study, sense, or harness molecules, the smallest stable structures found in nature. So far, this has been realised ...

Aug 31, 2018

Introducing high-performance non-fullerene organic solar cells

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Organic solar cells (OSCs) has driven their efficiencies to above 10 percent to reach a viable level for commercialization. However, the increase in the photoactive layer thickness has resulted in lower efficiency levels, which therefore brings mu...

Aug 31, 2018

Watching atoms and electrons at work

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Layered crystals are used worldwide as a basis for exploring the nano-cosmos.

Aug 31, 2018

Watching atoms and electrons at work

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Layered crystals are used worldwide as a basis for exploring the nano-cosmos.

Aug 31, 2018

Sampling for nanomaterial workplace exposure in the air and on surfaces

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new reports provides an assessment of methods of sampling and characterizing engineered nanomaterials in the air and on surfaces in the workplace.

Aug 31, 2018

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