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New possibilities for scanning tunnelling microscopy

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A look beneath the surface: Research team makes hidden structural and magnetic properties visible.

Jul 18, 2025

Researchers gain new insights into supermoiré patterns in trilayer graphene

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers at Harvard University and their collaborators have used a specially designed microscope to probe the properties of supermoiré patterns in trilayer graphene to an extent that was never possible before.

Jul 18, 2025

Researchers observe Nernst Effect in trilayer graphene at zero magnetic field

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

The generation of electricity from heat, also known as thermoelectric energy conversion, is advantageous for various real-world applications. For instance, it proved useful for the generation of energy during space expeditions and military mission...

Jul 18, 2025

This flat chip uses twisted light to reveal hidden images

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Using advanced metasurfaces, researchers can now twist light to uncover hidden images and detect molecular handedness, potentially revolutionizing data encryption, biosensing, and drug safety.

Jul 17, 2025

AI and light-powered nanothermometer maps heat inside living tissue

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed an AI-driven nanothermometer that uses invisible light to create 3D temperature maps inside living tissue, enabling safer, noninvasive diagnostics.

Jul 16, 2025

Light reveals secrets encoded in chiral metasurfaces

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

By leveraging the concept of chirality, or the difference of a shape from its mirror image, scientists have engineered an optical metasurface that controls light to yield a simple and versatile technique for secure encryption, sensing, and computing.

Jul 16, 2025

Graphene Manufacturing Group granted battery patent and signs Queensland University research deal

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Graphene Manufacturing Group (GMG) has been granted a patent in Australia for its Graphene Aluminum Ion Battery, with the company progressing its patenting process in various other countries. The University of Queensland (UQ) holds the patent and ...

Jul 16, 2025

Chemically enriched carbon nanotube films boost photo-thermoelectric imaging performance

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Led by Assistant Professor Kou Li, a research group in Chuo University, Japan, has developed chemically enriched photo-thermoelectric (PTE) imagers using semiconducting carbon nanotube (CNT) films, resulting in the achievement of enhanced response...

Jul 15, 2025

New AI tool deciphers mysteries of nanoparticle motion in liquid environments

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanoparticles—the tiniest building blocks of our world—are constantly in motion, bouncing, shifting, and drifting in unpredictable paths shaped by invisible forces and random environmental fluctuations.

Jul 15, 2025

2D materials design: Material strength and toughness simultaneously achieved through layer twisting

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The mechanical strength and toughness of engineering materials are often mutually exclusive, posing challenges for material design and selection. To address this, a research team from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has uncovered an i...

Jul 15, 2025

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