Home > Press > CEA-Leti Envisions Widespread Use of LiDAR Systems Based on Integrated Optical Phased Arrays (OPAs): OPAs with Solid-State Beam Steering Can Reduce the Cost and Size of LiDAR Systems & Improve Performance; Results Reported at Photonics West 2021Abstract:Taking a critical step toward developing LiDAR systems for widespread...
Twisting, flexible crystals key to solar energy production
Mar 15, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Duke University have revealed long-hidden molecular dynamics that provide desirable properties for solar energy and heat energy applications to an exciting class of materials called halide perovskites. A key contributor to how these materials create and transport electricity literally hinges on the way...
What can gravitational waves reveal about dark matter?
Mar 15, 2021 (Nanowerk News) The NANOGrav Collaboration recently captured the first signs of very low-frequency gravitational waves. Prof. Pedro Schwaller and Wolfram Ratzinger analyzed the data and, in particular, considered the possibility of whether this may point towards new physics beyond the Standard Model. In an article published in...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Instrument at BESSY II shows how light activates MoS2 layers to become catalysts
Home > Press > Instrument at BESSY II shows how light activates MoS2 layers to become catalystsA new instrument at BESSY II can be used to study molybdenum-sulfide thin films that are of interest as catalysts for solar hydrogen production. A light pulse triggers a phase transition from the semiconducting...
Rapid 3D printing method moves toward 3D-printed organs (w/video)
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Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: A COSMIC approach to nanoscale science: Instrument at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source achieves world-leading resolution of nanomaterials
Home > Press > A COSMIC approach to nanoscale science: Instrument at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source achieves world-leading resolution of nanomaterialsAt the COSMIC Microscopy beamline, researchers probed the oxidation state of the chemical element cerium using scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) under operando conditions. It was a first demonstration...
Cheaper carbon capture is on the way
Mar 11, 2021 (Nanowerk News) As part of a marathon research effort to lower the cost of carbon capture, chemists have now demonstrated a method to seize carbon dioxide (CO2) that reduces costs by 19 percent compared to current commercial technology. The new technology requires 17 percent less energy to...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Taking 2D materials for a spin: Scientists at the University of Tsukuba and the Institute of High Pressure Physics fabricate a novel molybdenum disulfide transistor and create an image of the spins of the electrons passing through which may open the way for new spintronic compute
Home > Press > Taking 2D materials for a spin: Scientists at the University of Tsukuba and the Institute of High Pressure Physics fabricate a novel molybdenum disulfide transistor and create an image of the spins of the electrons passing through which may open the way for new spintronic computeSchematic...
Graphene nanoparticles and their influence on neurons
Mar 10, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Effective, specific, with a reversible and non-harmful action: the identikit of the perfect biomaterial seems to correspond to graphene flakes, the subject of a new study carried out by SISSA - International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Quantum quirk yields giant magnetic effect, where none should exist: Study opens window into the landscape of extreme topological matter
Home > Press > Quantum quirk yields giant magnetic effect, where none should exist: Study opens window into the landscape of extreme topological matterRice University theoretical physicists (from left) Hsin-Hua Lai, Qimiao Si and Sarah Grefe worked with experimental collaborators at Vienna University of Technology to understand topological features of...