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November 20, 2024

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AI-Powered System Detects Toxic Gases With Speed and Precision

Nov. 5, 2024 — Researchers have developed an AI-powered system that mimics the human sense of smell to detect and track toxic gases in real time. Using advanced artificial neural networks combined with a network of sensors, the system quickly identifies the source ...

A New Paradigm for Control of Quantum Emitters

Oct. 31, 2024 — A research team developed a new paradigm for the control of quantum emitters, providing a new method for modulating and encoding quantum photonic information on a single photon light ...

Spin Current Observations from Organic Semiconductor Side

Oct. 30, 2024 — Researchers have succeeded in observing the effects of spin current transfer and spin current generation from the non-magnetic side of a device, using a multilayer device consisting of a ferromagnetic layer and an organic semiconductor ...

Farewell Frost! New Surface Prevents Frost Without Heat

Oct. 30, 2024 — In a new study, researchers discovered that tweaking the texture of any surface and adding a thin layer of graphene oxide prevents 100% of frost from forming on surfaces for one week or potentially even longer. This is 1,000 times longer than ...

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Physics With a Twist: New Findings on Graphene

Nov. 7, 2024 — Researchers now reveal how various physical manipulations of graphene, such as layering and twisting, impact its optical properties and ...

Advancement in 3D-Printed Concrete Promises Strength, Durability and Lower Carbon Emissions

Oct. 25, 2024 — Researchers have created a graphene-enhanced, 3D-printable concrete that improves strength and reduces carbon emissions by 31%, advancing sustainable ...

Pushing the Boundaries of Traditional Ceramic Techniques

Oct. 25, 2024 — Art and science are sometimes poles apart, but that isn't the case in a new research project. For this work, an interdisciplinary team merged scientific research, technological advancements and ...

Researchers Develop Method to 'Hear' Defects in Promising Nanomaterial

Oct. 23, 2024 — An international research team has pioneered a new technique to identify and characterize atomic-scale defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), a two-dimensional (2D) material often dubbed 'white ...

Novel 2D Electro-Polaritonic Platform for Future Miniaturized Spectrometers

Oct. 22, 2024 — Researchers present the integration of a detector system and a polaritonic platform in the same 2D material, enabling for the first time the detection of 2D polaritonic nanoresonators with spectral ...

Feeling the Heat: New Approach to Controlling Heat Flow in Crystals

Oct. 16, 2024 — Researchers have developed a method to control the direction of heat flow in crystals. This miniature device could eventually be used to create advanced thermal-management systems in electronic ...

Major Step Toward Fully 3D-Printed Active Electronics

Oct. 15, 2024 — Researchers produced 3D-printed, semiconductor-free logic gates, which perform computations in active electronic devices. As they don't require semiconductor materials, they represent a step toward ...

Engineering Perovskite Materials at the Atomic Level Paves Way for New Lasers, LEDs

Oct. 11, 2024 — Researchers have developed and demonstrated a technique that allows them to engineer a class of materials called layered hybrid perovskites (LHPs) ...

Graphene Spike Mat and Fridge Magnet Technology to Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance

Sep. 24, 2024 — With strong bactericidal properties, graphene has the potential to become a game changer in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. So far ...

BESSY II: Heterostructures for Spintronics

Sep. 20, 2024 — Spintronic devices work with spin textures caused by quantum-physical interactions. Scientists have now studied graphene-cobalt-iridium heterostructures at BESSY II. The results show how two desired ...

Flexible Circuits Made With Silk and Graphene on the Horizon

Sep. 18, 2024 — Ultra-thin layers of silk deposited on graphene in perfect alignment represent a key advance for the control needed in microelectronics and advanced neural network ...

Homemade 'Play-Putty' Can Read the Body's Electric Signals

Sep. 18, 2024 — Researchers demonstrates the effectiveness of homemade play putty at reading brain, heart, muscle and eye activity. The research outlines the conductive properties of this material, so-named ...

A Smoother Way to Study 'Twistronics'

Sep. 17, 2024 — A new article describes a fingernail-sized machine that can twist thin materials at will, replacing the need to fabricate twisted devices one by ...

Graphite Oxidation Experiments Reveal New Type of Oscillating Chemical Reaction

Sep. 17, 2024 — A reaction that puzzled scientists for 50 years has now been explained by researchers at Ume University. Rapid structural snapshots captured how graphite transforms into graphite oxide during ...

Breakthrough in Proton Barrier Films Using Pore-Free Graphene Oxide

Sep. 13, 2024 — Scientists have announced a groundbreaking development in hydrogen ion barrier films using graphene oxide (GO) that lacks internal pores. This innovative approach promises significant advancements in ...

Researchers Unveil Scalable Graphene Technology to Revolutionize Battery Safety and Performance

Aug. 29, 2024 — Researchers have developed a pioneering technique for producing large-scale graphene current collectors. This breakthrough promises to significantly enhance the safety and performance of lithium-ion ...

Breaking New Ground for Computing Technologies With Electron-Hole Crystals

July 30, 2024 — A team developed a novel method to successfully visualise electron-hole crystals in an exotic quantum material. Their breakthrough could pave the way for new advancements in computing technologies, ...

Scientists Work to Build 'Wind-Up' Sensors

July 26, 2024 — An international team of scientists has shown that twisted carbon nanotubes can store three times more energy per unit mass than advanced lithium-ion batteries. The finding may advance carbon ...

'Kink State' Control May Provide Pathway to Quantum Electronics

July 25, 2024 — The key to developing quantum electronics may have a few kinks. According to researchers, that's not a bad thing when it comes to the precise control needed to fabricate and operate such ...

Researchers Develop New Method for Achieving Controllable Tuning and Assessing Instability in 2D Materials for Engineering Applications

July 22, 2024 — Two-dimensional (2D) materials have atomic-level thickness and excellent mechanical and physical properties, with broad application prospects in fields such as semiconductors, flexible devices, and ...

A New Material Derived from Graphene Improves the Performance of Neuroprostheses

July 10, 2024 — Neuroprostheses allow the nervous system of a patient who has suffered an injury to connect with mechanical devices that replace paralyzed or amputated limbs. A study demonstrates in animal models ...

A 2D Device for Quantum Cooling

July 5, 2024 — Engineers have created a device that can efficiently convert heat into electrical voltage at temperatures lower than that of outer space. The innovation could help overcome a significant obstacle to ...

Single Atoms Show Their True Color

July 4, 2024 — A new technique reveals single atom misfits and could help design better semiconductors used in modern and future ...

Strengthener for Graphene

June 14, 2024 — Layers of carbon atoms in a honeycomb array are a true supermaterial: their unusually high conductivity and favorable mechanical properties could further the development of bendable electronics, new ...

Enhancing Superconductivity of Graphene-Calcium Superconductors

June 5, 2024 — Researchers experimentally investigate the impact of introducing high-density calcium on the superconductivity of calcium-intercalated bilayer ...

Towards Next-Gen Functional Materials: Direct Observation of Electron Transfer in Solids

June 4, 2024 — Nanoscale electron transfer (ET) in solids is fundamental to the development of multifunctional materials. However, ET in solids is not yet clearly understood. Now, researchers achieved a direct ...

Graphene Gets Cleaned Up

May 29, 2024 — Engineers establish the link between oxygen and graphene quality and present an oxygen-free chemical vapor deposition method (OF-CVD) that can reproducibly create high-quality samples for large-scale ...

Scientists Develop New Battery-Free Lactic Acid Sensor

May 22, 2024 — Scientists have created a new type of chemosensor (demonstrated for lactic acid sensing) which functions with electricity but without the need for reference electrodes or battery ...

Ion Irradiation Offers Promise for 2D Material Probing

May 17, 2024 — Two-dimensional materials such as graphene promise to form the basis of incredibly small and fast technologies, but this requires a detailed understanding of their electronic properties. New research ...

2D All-Organic Perovskites: Potential Use in 2D Electronics

May 9, 2024 — Perovskites are among the most researched topics in materials science. Recently, a research team has solved an age-old challenge to synthesize all-organic two-dimensional perovskites, extending the ...