Feb 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Graphene is a carbon material that forms extremely thin layers. Because of its unusual properties, it is interesting for many technical applications. This also applies to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which can be regarded as cut-outs of graphene. They are considered promising materials for organic...
Nanowires under tension create the basis for ultrafast transistors
Feb 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Smaller chips, faster computers, less energy consumption. Novel concepts based on semiconductor nanowires are expected to make transistors in microelectronic circuits better and more efficient. Electron mobility plays a key role in this: The faster electrons can accelerate in these tiny wires, the faster a...
On route to 3D printing with atomic resolution (w/video)
Feb 07, 2022 (Nanowerk Spotlight) When two or more 2D materials are placed on top of each other their properties change and a material with novel hybrid properties emerges. These materials are called van der Waals heterostructures because the atomically thin layers are not mixed through a chemical reaction but...
Biologists investigate smallest propeller on earth
Feb 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) University of Exeter scientists have discovered new information about the tiny propellers used by single-cell organisms called archaea. Like bacteria, archaea are found in a vast range of habitats – including inside human bodies – but unlike bacteria they are not known to cause disease....