Apr 06, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Intense laser light can induce magnetism in solids on the attosecond scale – the fastest magnetic response to date. That is the finding reached by theoreticians at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter in Hamburg, Germany, who used advanced simulations...
Diamond nanostructures facilitate an important step towards the quantum internet
Apr 06, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Diamond material is of great importance for future technologies such as the quantum internet. Special defect centers can be used as quantum bits (qubits) and emit single light particles that are referred to as single photons. To enable data transmission with feasible communication rates over...
Technology advance paves way to more realistic 3D holograms for virtual reality and more
Apr 06, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers have developed a new way to create dynamic ultrahigh-density 3D holographic projections. By packing more details into a 3D image, this type of hologram could enable realistic representations of the world around us for use in virtual reality and other applications. “A 3D hologram...
Super-sized nanocage could deliver bigger drug cargoes
Apr 06, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Think about how frustrating it is to try to fit a gift into a box that is too small. Sometimes you just need a bigger box. Building a bigger box Nanocages are tiny artificial containers that can be used to deliver therapeutics to a target...
Shedding light on mechanisms of electrochemical energy storage
Apr 06, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Understanding why certain materials work better than others when it comes to energy storage is a crucial step for developing the batteries that will power electronic devices, electric vehicles and renewable energy grids. Researchers at Drexel University have developed a new technique that can quickly...
Hubble sees possible runaway black hole creating a trail of stars
Apr 06, 2023 (Nanowerk News) There's an invisible monster on the loose, barreling through intergalactic space so fast that if it were in our solar system, it could travel from Earth to the Moon in 14 minutes. This supermassive black hole, weighing as much as 20 million Suns, has left...
Fully recyclable printed electronics ditch toxic chemicals for water
Apr 06, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Engineers at Duke University have produced the world’s first fully recyclable printed electronics that replace the use of chemicals with water in the fabrication process. By bypassing the need for hazardous chemicals, the demonstration points down a path industry could follow to reduce its environmental...
New atomic-scale understanding of catalysis could unlock massive energy savings
Apr 06, 2023 (Nanowerk News) In an advance they consider a breakthrough in computational chemistry research, University of Wisconsin–Madison chemical engineers have developed model of how catalytic reactions work at the atomic scale. This understanding could allow engineers and chemists to develop more efficient catalysts and tune industrial processes —...
Producing 2D nanoparticles in an environmentally friendly way
Apr 06, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A German-Chinese research team with participants from the University of Konstanz has discovered how catalysts and many other nanoplatelets can be produced in an environmentally friendly way from readily available materials and in sufficient quantities. Hydrogen is considered an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional fossil...
Discovery of ferroelectricity in an elementary substance
Apr 06, 2023 (Nanowerk News) National University of Singapore (NUS) physicists have discovered a novel form of ferroelectricity in a single-element bismuth monolayer that can produce regular and reversible dipole moments for future applications of non-volatile memories and electronic sensors. Ferroelectricity refers to the phenomenon of certain materials exhibiting a...