Home > Press > Development of a diamond transistor with high hole mobility: Unconventional removal of acceptors enhanced performance Figure. (a) Structure of the diamond field-effect transistor (FET) fabricated in this research. The design of this FET allows Hall measurements to be performed while applying a gate voltage, enabling evaluation...
A boost for CRISPR research
Feb 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) For many diseases, the tools of medicine are reaching their limits. CRISPR technologies open new avenues for diagnostics and therapies, although the natural source of CRISPR remains largely untapped. Scientists from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in Würzburg, a joint venture of...
A new platform for customizable quantum devices
Feb 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Advances in quantum science have the potential to revolutionize the way we live. Quantum computers hold promise for solving problems that are intractable today, and we may one day use quantum networks as hackerproof information highways. The realization of such forward-looking technologies hinges in large...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Inorganic borophene liquid crystals: A superior new material for optoelectronic devices
Home > Press > Inorganic borophene liquid crystals: A superior new material for optoelectronic devices The inset shows a chemical structure of the prepared BoLs. White arrows indicate the borophene oxide atomic layers and purple spheres represent potassium cations. CREDIT Tetsuya Kambe from Tokyo Institute of Technology Abstract:Liquid crystals...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Shape memory in hierarchical networks the astonishing property that allows manipulation of morphing materials with micro scale resolutions
Home > Press > Shape memory in hierarchical networks the astonishing property that allows manipulation of morphing materials with micro scale resolutions (Left to right): Shiran Ziv Sharabani & Dr. Amit Sitt CREDIT Tel Aviv University Abstract:Researchers from Tel Aviv University have discovered, for the first time,...
a black hole spins on its side
Feb 25, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the University of Turku, Finland, found that the axis of rotation of a black hole in a binary system is tilted more than 40 degrees relative to the axis of stellar orbit. The finding challenges current theoretical models of black hole formation. The...
Chemically programmed nanotranslators facilitate communication between microorganisms from different kingdoms
Feb 25, 2022 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Bacteria use chemical signals to communicate with one another through a process called quorum sensing, which allows a population of single-celled microbes to work like a multicellular organism. Originally discovered in the early 1970s in unusual bioluminescent marine bacteria, it is now believed that all...
New evidence proves acceleration of quasar outflows at scale of tens of parsecs
Feb 25, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Dr. HE Zhicheng and his coworkers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences created a new way to measure the physical properties of galactic ionized gas, and discovered the acceleration of quasar outflows at the scale...
Novel nanoparticle-based anode materials for lithium-ion batteries
Feb 25, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), known for their longevity, excellent charge storage characteristics, high energy density, and high operating voltage, have become the cornerstone of portable electronics, electronic vehicles, and the alternate energy economy. Manipulating the electrode material of LIBs is the most decisive and feasible method...
A new, Inexpensive metal hydroxide-organic frameworks speed the production of oxygen from water
Feb 25, 2022 (Nanowerk News) An electrochemical reaction that splits apart water molecules to produce oxygen is at the heart of multiple approaches aiming to produce alternative fuels for transportation. But this reaction has to be facilitated by a catalyst material, and today’s versions require the use of rare and...