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April 19, 2024

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Chemistry Researchers Modify Solar Technology to Produce a Less Harmful Greenhouse Gas

Apr. 2, 2024 — Researchers are using semiconductors to harvest and convert the sun's energy into high-energy compounds that have the potential to produce environmentally-friendly ...

Quantum Interference Could Lead to Smaller, Faster, and More Energy-Efficient Transistors

Mar. 25, 2024 — Scientists made a single-molecule transistor using quantum interference to control electron flow. This new design offers high on/off ratio and stability, potentially leading to smaller, faster, and ...

Bioelectronic Mesh Capable of Growing With Cardiac Tissues for Comprehensive Heart Monitoring

Mar. 22, 2024 — A team of engineers has recently built a tissue-like bioelectronic mesh system integrated with an array of atom-thin graphene sensors that can simultaneously measure both the electrical signal and ...

A New World of 2D Material Is Opening Up

Mar. 14, 2024 — Materials that are incredibly thin, only a few atoms thick, exhibit unique properties that make them appealing for energy storage, catalysis and water purification. Researchers have now developed a method that enables the synthesis of hundreds of ...

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Atom-by-Atom: Imaging Structural Transformations in 2D Materials

Apr. 17, 2024 — Silicon-based electronics are approaching their physical limitations and new materials are needed to keep up with current technological demands. Two-dimensional (2D) materials have a rich array of ...

A Single Atom Layer of Gold: Researchers Create Goldene

Apr. 16, 2024 — For the first time, scientists have managed to create sheets of gold only a single atom layer thick. The material has been termed goldene. According to researchers, this has given the gold new ...

Quantum Electronics: Charge Travels Like Light in Bilayer Graphene

Apr. 16, 2024 — An international research team has demonstrated experimentally that electrons in naturally occurring double-layer graphene move like particles without any mass, in the same way that light travels. ...

New Technique Lets Scientists Create Resistance-Free Electron Channels

Apr. 9, 2024 — A team has taken the first atomic-resolution images and demonstrated electrical control of a chiral interface state -- an exotic quantum phenomenon that could help researchers advance quantum ...

Spiral Wrappers Switch Nanotubes from Conductors to Semiconductors and Back

Mar. 12, 2024 — By wrapping a carbon nanotube with a ribbon-like polymer, researchers were able to create nanotubes that conduct electricity when struck with low-energy light that our eyes cannot see. In the future, ...

Using Light to Precisely Control Single-Molecule Devices

Mar. 5, 2024 — Researchers flip the switch at the nanoscale by applying light to induce bonding for single-molecule device ...

Umbrella for Atoms: The First Protective Layer for 2D Quantum Materials

Mar. 1, 2024 — As silicon-based computer chips approach their physical limitations in the quest for faster and smaller designs, the search for alternative materials that remain functional at atomic scales is one of ...

Quantum Films on Plastic

Feb. 28, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that thin films of elemental bismuth exhibit the so-called non-linear Hall effect, which could be applied in technologies for the controlled use of terahertz ...

Graphene Research: Numerous Products, No Acute Dangers Found by Study

Feb. 22, 2024 — Graphene is an enormously promising material. It consists of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb pattern and has extraordinary properties: exceptional mechanical strength, ...

Two-Dimensional Waveguides Discovered

Feb. 15, 2024 — Scientists announce the discovery of slab waveguides based on the two-dimensional material hexagonal boron ...

Electrons Become Fractions of Themselves in Graphene

Feb. 21, 2024 — Physicists have observed fractional quantum Hall effect in simple pentalayer graphene. The finding could make it easier to develop more robust quantum ...

New Non-Toxic Method for Producing High-Quality Graphene Oxide

Feb. 20, 2024 — Researchers have found a new way to synthesize graphene oxide which has significantly fewer defects compared to materials produced by most common method. Similarly good graphene oxide could be ...

Fresh Meat: New Biosensor Accurately and Efficiently Determines Meat Freshness

Feb. 20, 2024 — Despite the technological advances keeping meat fresh for as long as possible, certain aging processes are unavoidable. Adenosine triphosphate is a molecule produced by breathing and responsible for ...

First Human Trial Shows 'Wonder' Material Can Be Developed Safely

Feb. 16, 2024 — A revolutionary nanomaterial with huge potential to tackle multiple global challenges could be developed further without acute risk to human health, research ...

Sensors Made from 'Frozen Smoke' Can Detect Toxic Formaldehyde in Homes and Offices

Feb. 9, 2024 — Researchers have developed a sensor made from 'frozen smoke' that uses artificial intelligence techniques to detect formaldehyde in real time at concentrations as low as eight parts per ...

New Adhesive Tape Picks Up and Sticks Down 2D Materials as Easily as Child's Play

Feb. 9, 2024 — A research team has developed a tape that can be used to stick two-dimensional (2D) materials to many different surfaces, in an easy and user-friendly way. Their finding will aid research into and ...

Ultra-Sensitive Lead Detector Could Significantly Improve Water Quality Monitoring

Feb. 5, 2024 — Engineers have developed an ultra-sensitive sensor made with graphene that can detect extraordinarily low concentrations of lead ions in water. The device achieves a record limit of detection of lead ...

Key Dynamics of 2D Nanomaterials: View to Larger-Scale Production

Feb. 1, 2024 — A team of researchers mapped out how flecks of 2D materials move in liquid -- knowledge that could help scientists assemble macroscopic-scale materials with the same useful properties as their 2D ...

Machine Learning Guides Carbon Nanotechnology

Feb. 1, 2024 — Carbon nanostructures could become easier to design and synthesize thanks to a machine learning method that predicts how they grow on metal surfaces. The new approach will make it easier to exploit ...

Coal-Based Product Could Replace Sand in Concrete

Jan. 26, 2024 — A new study found that graphene derived from metallurgical coke, a coal-based product, through flash Joule heating could serve not only as a reinforcing additive in cement but also as a replacement ...

Researchers Add a 'Twist' to Classical Material Design

Jan. 24, 2024 — Researchers grew a twisted multilayer crystal structure for the first time and measured the structure's key properties. The twisted structure could help researchers develop next-generation ...

Long Live the Graphene Valley State

Jan. 17, 2024 — Researchers found evidence that bilayer graphene quantum dots may host a promising new type of quantum bit based on so-called valley ...

Innovative Graphene-Based Implantable Technology Paves the Way for High-Precision Therapeutic Applications

Jan. 13, 2024 — A new study presents an innovative graphene-based neurotechnology with the potential for a transformative impact in neuroscience and medical ...

Transparent Brain Implant Can Read Deep Neural Activity from the Surface

Jan. 11, 2024 — Researchers have developed a neural implant that provides information about activity deep inside the brain while sitting on its surface. The implant is made up of a thin, transparent and flexible ...

First Direct Imaging of Small Noble Gas Clusters at Room Temperature

Jan. 11, 2024 — Scientists have succeeded in the stabilization and direct imaging of small clusters of noble gas atoms at room temperature. This achievement opens up exciting possibilities for fundamental research ...

Functional Semiconductor Made from Graphene

Jan. 3, 2024 — Researchers have created the first functional semiconductor made from graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms held together by the strongest bonds known. The breakthrough throws open the door to a ...

Better Microelectronics from Coal

Jan. 3, 2024 — Coal is an abundant resource in the United States that has, unfortunately, contributed to climate change through its use as a fossil fuel. As the country transitions to other means of energy ...

Laser-Driving a 2D Material

Dec. 22, 2023 — Engineers pair vibrating particles, called phonons, with particles of light, called photons, to enhance the nonlinear optical properties of hexagonal boron ...

An Electrifying Improvement in Copper Conductivity

Dec. 21, 2023 — A newly developed, highly conductive copper wire could find applications in the electric grid, as well as in homes and businesses. The finding defies what's been thought about how metals conduct ...

Ultrafast Lasers Map Electrons 'Going Ballistic' in Graphene, With Implications for Next-Gen Electronic Devices

Dec. 15, 2023 — Research reveals the ballistic movement of electrons in graphene in real time. The observations could lead to breakthroughs in governing electrons in semiconductors, fundamental components in most ...