Coating something rare—tiny shards of diamond—with the main ingredient in sand might sound unusual, but the end result turns out to have a number of valuable applications. The trick is, nobody knows for sure how the two materials bond.
Sep 20, 2023
Even more so than the iPhone, the Apple Watch is a device you can truly make your own with the right accessories. It's a watch after all, and like standard timepieces, you can have it reflect your personal style as much as you want. Funky ban...
Sep 20, 2023
Quantum computers process information using quantum bits, or qubits, based on fragile, short-lived quantum mechanical states. To make qubits robust and tailor them for applications, researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Nation...
Sep 20, 2023
The team led by Professor In Soo-Il in the Department of Energy Engineering at DGIST has developed a high-efficiency photocatalyst capable of converting carbon dioxide (CO2), a major contributor to global warming, into the energy resource methane....
Sep 20, 2023
Researchers have developed a method of 'wiring up' graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), a class of one-dimensional materials that are of interest in the scaling of microelectronic devices. Using a direct-write scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)...
Sep 20, 2023
Materials are often considered to be one phase, but many engineering materials contain two or more phases, improving their properties and performance. These two-phase materials have inclusions, called precipitates, embedded in the microstructure. ...
Sep 20, 2023
Newly emerging and recurrent cases of viral infections constitute a significant problem and a huge challenge to public health.
Sep 20, 2023
Researchers have developed a method of "wiring up" graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), a class of one-dimensional materials that are of interest in the scaling of microelectronic devices. Using a direct-write scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)...
Sep 20, 2023
Two-dimensional materials like graphene show fascinating properties such as superconductivity, extraordinary strength and exotic quantum phenomena. Scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich, together with partners from the Indian Institute of Technol...
Sep 20, 2023
The properties of nanoribbon edges play a crucial role in their potential applications in electronic devices, sensors, and catalysts.
Sep 20, 2023
