Jan 07, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Plasmonic vortex is an optical field distribution with topological features formed by interfering surface plasmons, which enriches the class of vortex phenomena in nature. Owing to their special orbital angular momentum feature in the evanescent field region, plasmonic vortices hold great promises for many cutting-edge...
Lithium-sulfur batteries are one step closer to powering the future
Jan 07, 2023 (Nanowerk News) With a new design, lithium-sulfur batteries could reach their full potential. Batteries are everywhere in daily life, from cell phones and smart watches to the increasing number of electric vehicles. Most of these devices use well-known lithium-ion battery technology. And while lithium-ion batteries have come a...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: New quantum computing architecture could be used to connect large-scale devices: Researchers have demonstrated directional photon emission, the first step toward extensible quantum interconnects
Home > Press > New quantum computing architecture could be used to connect large-scale devices: Researchers have demonstrated directional photon emission, the first step toward extensible quantum interconnects This image shows a module composed of superconducting qubits that can be used to directionally emit microwave photons. Credits:Image: Krantz NanoArt Abstract:Quantum...
Will nanowire LEDs be the ultimate light engine for AR and VR displays?
Jan 07, 2023 (Nanowerk News) High resolution density, wide field of view (FoV), lightweight and compact formfactor, and low power consumption are demanding requirements for augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) displays. Compared to liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, microLED is attracting more attention...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Wafer-scale 2D MoTe₂ layers enable highly-sensitive broadband integrated infrared detector
Home > Press > Wafer-scale 2D MoTe₂ layers enable highly-sensitive broadband integrated infrared detector a, Schematic illustration of a graphene/1Tʹ-MoTe₂/Si Schottky junction device. b,Time-dependent photoresponse properties to pulsed light illumination in a broad spectral band. c, Comparison of the room-temperature specific detectivity of the Gr/1Tʹ-MoTe₂/Si Schottky junction device with other...
Self-powered nanosensors set to revolutionise healthcare and environmental monitoring
Jan 07, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A new miniscule nitrogen dioxide sensor could help protect the environment from vehicle pollutants that cause lung disease and acid rain. The sensor is an array of nanowires, in a square one fifth of a millimetre per side, which means it could be easily incorporated...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: New nanowire sensors are the next step in the Internet of Things
Home > Press > New nanowire sensors are the next step in the Internet of ThingsAbstract:A new miniscule nitrogen dioxide sensor could help protect the environment from vehicle pollutants that cause lung disease and acid rain. New nanowire sensors are the next step in the Internet of Things Canberra, Australia...
Bayesian inference massively cuts time of X-ray fluorescence analysis
Jan 06, 2023 (Nanowerk News) How can the component elements of an unknown material, such as a meteorite, be determined? X-ray fluorescence analysis can be used to identify an abundance of elements, by irradiating samples with X-rays and analyzing the spectrum they emit and can detect many elements simultaneously. For...
Supercomputer simulations transform coal-like material to amorphous graphite and nanotubes
Jan 06, 2023 (Nanowerk News) In a warming world, coal can often seem the “bad guy.” But we can do other things with coal besides burn it. A team at Ohio University used PSC’s Bridges-2 system to carry out a series of simulations showing how coal might eventually be converted...
Physicists confirm effective wave growth theory in space
Jan 06, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A team from Nagoya University in Japan has observed, for the first time, the energy transferring from resonant electrons to whistler-mode waves in space. Their findings offer direct evidence of previously theorized efficient growth, as predicted by the non-linear growth theory of waves. This should...