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New mechanisms discovered to separate air

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Unlike the windows of your house, nanoscale holes in graphene (named as "nanowindows") can selectively choose which type of air molecules can pass through. Scientists from Shinshu University and PSL University, France, theoretically proved concer...

Jun 5, 2018

Physicists use terahertz flashes to uncover state of matter hidden by superconductivity

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A research team has developed a new quantum switching scheme that gives them access to new and hidden states of matter. If researchers can learn to control the hidden state, further stabilize it and determine whether it's suitable for quantum logi...

Jun 4, 2018

Transparent Hybrid Film Changes Color in Response to Humidity

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists developed a transparent hybrid film and investigated its chromic behavior in relation to relative humidity (RH). The film is made from environmentally friendly clay minerals and a dye, magnesium porphyrin, which changes color in respons...

Jun 4, 2018

AI Learns How to Approximate Light Scattering to Speed Inverse Design

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A computational neural network (a form of artificial intelligence) was able to learn how a multilayered nanoparticle scatters light by learning the relationship between the nanoparticle’s structure and its behavior, based on thousands of training ...

Jun 4, 2018

New mechanisms discovered to separate molecules of air

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Unlike the window screens of your house, nanoscale holes in graphene (named as 'nanowindows') can selectively choose which type of air molecules can pass through. Scientists theoretically proved concerted motion of the nanowindow-rim to selectivel...

Jun 4, 2018

Atomically Thin Nanowires Efficiently Convert Waste Heat Into Electrocity

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

According to a new study from the University of Warwick, waste heat can be changed to electricity more efficiently using one-dimensional atomically thin nanowires. Nanowires as thin as atoms can...

Jun 4, 2018

AI-Based Technique Could Accelerate Creation of Specialized Nanoparticles

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

MIT physicists have developed a new method that could someday provide a way to customize multilayered nanoparticles with preferred properties, potentially for use in cloaking systems, displays, or...

Jun 4, 2018

Photoexcited graphene puzzle solved

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Light detection and control lies at the heart of many modern device applications, such as smartphone cameras. Using graphene as a light-sensitive material for light detectors can offer significant improvements with respect to materials being used ...

Jun 4, 2018

ORC Researchers Receive ERC Advanced Grants

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The Optoelectronics Research Centre's (ORC) Peter Kazansky and Nikolay Zheludev are two of five researchers from the University of Southampton to win European Research Council’s (ERC) Advanced Grants totaling more than €12 million ($14 ...

Jun 4, 2018

ORC Researchers Receive ERC Advanced Grants

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

The Optoelectronics Research Centre's (ORC) Peter Kazansky and Nikolay Zheludev are two of five researchers from the University of Southampton to win European Research Council’s (ERC) Advanced Grants totaling more than €12 million ($14 ...

Jun 4, 2018

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