Despite the extensive applications of silicon (Si)-based materials in micro- and nanoscale devices, their nanofriction behavior is still concerning and has impacted a few applications.
Oct 24, 2022
PsiQuantum has inked a $22.5 million contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y., to formalize their partnership in quantum computing. The project enables a collaboration between PsiQuantum and AFRL on quantum photonic chi...
Oct 24, 2022
Australia-based Archer Materials has developed a graphene-based field effect transistor (gFET) that can operate in wet environments. The gFET device is a sensing component which will be used in medical applications, like for digitizing biologicall...
Oct 24, 2022
Researchers from North Carolina State University and The University of Texas at Austin have discovered a unique property in complex nanostructures that had previously only been seen in simple nanostructures. They have also uncovered the internal m...
Oct 24, 2022
When the powers-that-be in Hollywood finally get around to rebooting the Terminator franchise (again), the all-electric Bandit9 Nano is the moped that tweenage John Connor will try to escape the liquid metal T1000 on.
Oct 22, 2022
The insertion of active sites on the surface can improve the photocatalytic activity of certain materials. However, creating these sites on specialized photocatalyst surfaces is challenging due to a lack of knowledge of the atomic-level structural...
Oct 22, 2022
Multilayered triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are commonly used to improve the performance parameters of electronic devices. However, multilayered TENGs with a high volumetric charge distribution must be robust and flexible for effective mass ...
Oct 22, 2022
Nanotwinned materials have been studied extensively over the last decade following the discovery of their much higher hardness and strength than their twin-free counterparts. Despite the frequent encounter of twinning in nanocrystals during the ch...
Oct 22, 2022
Tetralayer graphene comprises three inequivalent stacking layers, of which two have been determined thus far, namely, rhombohedral (ABCA) and Bernal (ABAB) stacking.
Oct 22, 2022
Researchers harnessed the unique properties of self-assembling DNA molecules to build synthetic condensates with programmable compositions and functionalities.
Oct 22, 2022
