Nov 15, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A new Australian-led stud finds gold atoms could be key to unlocking organic reactions. Organic molecules are the building blocks for materials we use every day – from our clothes and coffee cups to the screen displays of our phones. Controlling reactions of these organic...
‘Kagome’ metallic crystal adds new spin to electronics
Nov 15, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A multinational team of researchers, co-led by a City University of Hong Kong (CityU) physicist, has found that a novel metallic crystal displays unusual electronic behaviour on its surface, thanks to the crystalâs unique atomic structure. Their findings open up the possibility of using this...
One-unit-cell thick semiconductors with room-temperature magnetism
Nov 15, 2022 (Nanowerk Spotlight) The discovery of magnetism in two-dimensional (2D) ultrathin crystals opens up opportunities to explore new physics and to develop next-generation spintronic devices. However, 2D magnetic semiconductors with Curie temperatures higher than room temperature have rarely been reported. Ferrites with strongly correlated d-orbital electrons may be...
Next generation material that adapts to its history
Nov 15, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Inspired by living systems, researchers at Aalto University have developed a new material that changes its electrical behaviour based on previous experience, effectively giving it a basic form of adaptive memory. Such adaptive materials could play a vital role in the next generation of medical...
Rolling dice to gain insights into planets and stars
Nov 15, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Finding out the properties of quantum systems that are made of many interacting particles is still a huge challenge. While the underlying mathematical equations are long known, they are too complex to be solved in practice. Breaking that barrier most probably would lead to a...
High-resolution, wearable electrotactile rendering device virtualizes the sense of touch (w/video)
Nov 15, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A collaborative research team co-led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has developed a wearable tactile rendering system, which can mimic the sensation of touch with high spatial resolution and a rapid response rate. The team demonstrated its application potential in a braille display,...
A new qubit to boost quantum computers for useful applications
Nov 15, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A group of scientists from Aalto University, IQM Quantum Computers, and VTT Technical Research Centre have discovered a new superconducting qubit, the unimon, to increase the accuracy of quantum computations. The team has achieved the first quantum logic gates with unimons at 99.9% fidelity —...