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February 21, 2025

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Magnetic Semiconductor Preserves 2D Quantum Properties in 3D Material

Feb. 19, 2025 — Physicists have developed a novel approach to maintain special quantum characteristics, even in 3D materials, with potential applications in optical systems and advanced ...

New Smart Sensor Takes the Pain out of Wound Monitoring

Feb. 11, 2025 — A major challenge in self-powered wearable sensors for health care monitoring is distinguishing different signals when they occur at the same time. Researchers addressed this issue by uncovering a new property of a sensor material, enabling the team ...

Physicists Measure a Key Aspect of Superconductivity in 'Magic-Angle' Graphene

Feb. 5, 2025 — Physicists measured how readily a current of electron pairs flows through 'magic-angle' graphene, a major step toward understanding how this unusual material superconducts. By determining how readily ...

New Research Uncovers Exotic Electron Crystal in Graphene

Jan. 22, 2025 — Researchers have identified a new class of quantum states in a custom-engineered graphene structure. The study reports the discovery of topological electronic crystals in twisted bilayer -- trilayer graphene, a system created by introducing a ...

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New Structures of a Critical Amyloid Protein Illuminated

Jan. 28, 2025 — The tiny protein known as transthyretin can cause big problems in the body when it misfolds after secretion. While healthy transthyretin moves hormones through blood and spinal fluid, misfolded ...

Harnessing Electromagnetic Waves and Quantum Materials to Improve Wireless Communication Technologies

Jan. 21, 2025 — A team of researchers has developed innovative methods to enhance frequency conversion of terahertz (THz) waves in graphene-based structures, ...

Sensor Tech and Water Filtration: Graphene Made Permeable for Ions

Jan. 15, 2025 — A milestone in graphene research: Chemists have succeeded in controlling the passage of halide ions by deliberately introducing defects into a two-layer nanographene system. Their paper shows new ...

Revealing the 'True Colors' of a Single-Atom Layer of Metal Alloys

Jan. 10, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated that the direction of the spin-polarized current can be restricted to only one direction in a single-atom layer of a thallium-lead alloys when irradiated at room ...

Hidden Transport Pathways in Graphene Confirmed, Paving the Way for Next-Generation Device Innovation

Jan. 9, 2025 — Electron transport in bilayer graphene exhibits a pronounced dependence on edge states and a nonlocal transport mechanism, according to a recent ...

Novel Graphene Ribbons Poised to Advance Quantum Technologies

Jan. 9, 2025 — Researchers have recently achieved a significant breakthrough in the development of next-generation carbon-based quantum materials, opening new horizons for advancements in quantum electronics. The ...

Discovery of New Class of Particles Could Take Quantum Mechanics One Step Further

Jan. 8, 2025 — In a study, physicists now observed a class of quantum particles called fractional excitons, which behave in unexpected ways and could significantly ...

Breakthrough in 2D Material Growth Opens Doors to Cleaner Energy and Next-Generation Technology

Jan. 8, 2025 — A breakthrough in decoding the growth process of Hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN), a 2D material, and its nanostructures on metal substrates could pave ...

Researcher Discovers New Technique for Infrared 'Color' Detection and Imaging

Dec. 12, 2024 — A researcher has developed a new technique to detect long wave infrared (LWIR) photons of different wavelengths or 'colors.' The new detection and ...

Discovery of New Growth-Directed Graphene Stacking Domains May Precede New Era for Quantum Applications

Dec. 10, 2024 — Researchers discovered that three-layer graphene can naturally self-organize into specific stacking patterns (ABA/ABC domains) during growth on ...

Particle That Only Has Mass When Moving in One Direction Observed for First Time

Dec. 10, 2024 — For the first time, scientists have observed a collection of particles, also known as a quasiparticle, that's massless when moving one direction but has mass in the other direction. The ...

Rethinking the Brain Pacemaker: How Better Materials Can Improve Signals

Dec. 10, 2024 — Researchers have created organic materials for brain and heart pacemakers, which rely on uninterrupted signal delivery to be effective. Using a plastic base known as polypropylene, the researchers ...

X-Ray Data-Enhanced Computational Method Can Determine Crystal Structures of Multiphase Materials

Dec. 6, 2024 — The new method can determine crystal structures underlying experimental data thus far difficult to ...

Researchers Demonstrate Self-Assembling Electronics

Dec. 2, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated a new technique for self-assembling electronic devices. The proof-of-concept work was used to create diodes and transistors, and paves the way for self-assembling more ...

Physics Experiment Proves Patterns in Chaos in Peculiar Quantum Realm

Dec. 2, 2024 — Where do you see patterns in chaos? It has now been demonstrated in the incredibly tiny quantum realm. Researchers detail an experiment that confirms a theory first put forth 40 years ago stating ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. 17, 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 ...

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) down to the atomic level, which dictates precisely ...

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 there have been no efficient ways to control these ...

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 ...