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Lighting the Way: The Quantum Quest for Superior On-Chip Lasers

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Quantum well (QW) and quantum dot (QD) semiconductor materials-based laser diodes integrated with SiN microresonators show promising potential due to their high power efficiency and compact size. A study led by Professor Yating Wan explored these ...

Jul 17, 2023

Stable nanoparticles train the immune system to fight cancer

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Over the past decade, researchers have sought more effective and enduring cancer treatments. Among the wide variety of immunotherapies, Stimulator of Interfron Genes activation (STING agonism) has emerged as a particularly promising approach that ...

Jul 17, 2023

Machine Learning Enhances X-ray Imaging of Nanotextures

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Using a combination of high-powered X-rays, phase-retrieval algorithms and machine learning, Cornell researchers revealed the intricate nanotextures in thin-film materials, offering scientists a new, streamlined approach to analyzing potential can...

Jul 16, 2023

Researchers use printed graphene electrodes for textile-embedded triboelectric nanogenerators for biomechanical sensing

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Researchers from Portugal's Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores – Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias (INESC MN), Universidade de Lisboa and the UK's University of Exeter have developed an efficient flexible triboelectric text...

Jul 16, 2023

Harnessing Bacteria and Sunlight: A Revolutionary Path to Sustainable Energy

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Researchers at the University of Rochester are harnessing the power of bacteria and nanomaterials to imitate the process of photosynthesis and produce clean-burning hydrogen fuel.

Jul 15, 2023

Breakthrough in material design will help football players, car occupants and hospital patients

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The discovery that football players were unknowingly acquiring permanent brain damage as they racked up head hits throughout their professional careers created a rush to design better head protection. One of these inventions is nanofoam, the mater...

Jul 14, 2023

Linewidth narrowing in self-injection-locked, on-chip lasers

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On-chip laser diodes based on quantum well (QW) and quantum dot (QD) semiconductor materials have become the primary technology for several applications due to their excellent characteristics, including high power efficiency, high-temperature oper...

Jul 14, 2023

Liquid metal nanodroplets formed with new technique have promising properties for catalysis

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Liquid metal, planet-like nanodroplets have been successfully formed with a new technique developed at RMIT University, Australia. Like our own planet Earth, the nanodroplets feature an outer "crust," a liquid metal "mantle," a...

Jul 14, 2023

New study reveals spin in quantum dots' carrier multiplication

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A new approach to developing semiconductor materials at tiny scales could help boost applications that rely on converting light to energy. A Los Alamos-led research team incorporated magnetic dopants into specially engineered colloidal quantum dot...

Jul 14, 2023

Graphene-Info updates its Graphene Oxide Market Report

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Today we published a new edition of our Graphene Oxide Market Report, with all the latest information, including both new research activities. Our market report is a comprehensive guide to graphene oxide (and r-GO) materials and their promising ap...

Jul 14, 2023

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