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Researchers manufacture first-ever droplet-etched quantum dots that glow in C-band optical light

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Paderborn researchers from the Department of Physics and the Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS) have succeeded in manufacturing quantum dots—nanoscopic structures where the material's quantum properties come into play—that glow in...

Jun 16, 2023

Novel approach to fabricating artificial graphene nanoribbons with embedded pentagon carbon

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Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) have attracted much attention due to their unique electronic structures with high tunability of physical structures.

Jun 16, 2023

Novel approach to fabricating artificial graphene nanoribbons with embedded pentagon carbon

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Researchers report a novel approach to precisely fabricate well-defined graphene nanoribbons with a tailored pentagon carbon embedded inside and supported on the Ag(111) model catalyst.

Jun 16, 2023

Removing barriers to commercialization of magnesium secondary batteries

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A research team led by Dr. Minah Lee of the Energy Storage Research Center at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has developed a chemical activation strategy of magnesium metal that enables efficient operation of magnesi...

Jun 16, 2023

Metal nanoclusters are tunable for many applications from catalysis to biomedicine, says study

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In a recent comprehensive review article, researchers from the Nanoscience Center at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, discuss the unique properties of nanometer-size metal clusters that make them suitable for various applications in catalysis...

Jun 16, 2023

A catalyst synthesis strategy to optimize hydrogen production from water electrolysis

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A team, led by Academician Yu Shuhong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), delivered a general strategy for the synthesis of ten single-atom doped CoSe2-DETA (DETA = diethylenetria...

Jun 16, 2023

The unique properites of metal nanoclusters for applications from catalysis to biomedicine

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The wide variety of applications is made possible by the tunable, atomically precise structure of the nanoclusters which allows for modifications of their physical and chemical properties via tight connection between computational modeling and exp...

Jun 16, 2023

New cooling technology developed for quantum computing circuits

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Typical superconducting quantum circuits, such as qubits—basic processing units of a quantum computer, must be operated at very low temperatures, of a few 10s of millikelvin, or hundredths of a degree from absolute zero temperature. These temperat...

Jun 16, 2023

Triplex Origami: A Game-Changer in Gene Therapy and DNA Nanotechnology

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Researchers from the Gothelf lab at Aarhus University have developed a revolutionary new method, called triplex origami, to manipulate the shape and tight packing of DNA. The discoveries open up exciting new possibilities in gene therapy, nanotech...

Jun 16, 2023

With trapped waves, researchers resolve longstanding debate about localizing light in three dimensions

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With a dramatic boost in computing capability, a team of researchers has solved a decades-long mystery about whether optical waves can be trapped in three-dimensional randomly packed micro- or nanoparticles. It's a discovery that could open n...

Jun 16, 2023

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