Aug 11, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Think you know everything about a material? Try giving it a twist – literally. That’s the main idea of an emerging field in condensed matter physics called twistronics, which has researchers drastically changing the properties of 2D materials, like graphene, with subtle changes – as...
Researchers discover a potential application of unwanted electronic noise in semiconductors
Aug 10, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Random Telegraph Noise (RTN), a type of unwanted electronic noise, has long been a nuisance in electronic systems, causing fluctuations and errors in signal processing. However, a team of researchers from the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), South...
Making molecules dance to our tune reveals what drives their first movements
Aug 10, 2023 (Nanowerk News) How molecules change when they react to stimuli such as light is fundamental in biology, for example during photosynthesis. Scientists have been working to unravel the workings of these changes in several fields, and by combining two of these, researchers have paved the way for...
Turning ChatGPT into a ‘chemistry assistant’ for text mining and predicting MOF synthesis
Aug 10, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Developing new materials requires significant time and labor, but some chemists are now hopeful that artificial intelligence (AI) could one day shoulder much of this burden. In a new study in the Journal of the American Chemical Society ("ChatGPT Chemistry Assistant for Text Mining and...
Researchers use enzymes to develop a new class of materials for biocatalytic processes
Aug 10, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Industrial biocatalysis is mainly used for the production of pharmaceuticals and special chemicals. To advance this process, researchers are working on new process technologies. In biocatalysis, enzymes accelerate the reactions instead of chemical catalysts. This saves resources and energy. Current work is aimed at continuously...
Mirror, mirror, who is the most efficient semiconductor of them all?
Aug 09, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The next generation of 2D semiconductor materials doesn’t like what it sees when it looks in the mirror. Current synthesizing approaches to make single-layer nanosheets of semiconducting material for atomically thin electronics develop a peculiar “mirror twin” defect when the material is deposited on single-crystal...
Technology advance could expand the reach of 3D nanoprinting
Aug 09, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers have developed an easy-to-build, low-cost 3D nanoprinting system that can create arbitrary 3D structures with extremely fine features. The new 3D nanoprinting technique is precise enough to print metamaterials as well as a variety of optical devices and components such as microlenses, micro-optical devices...
Revolutionary self-sensing electric artificial muscles
Aug 08, 2023 (Nanowerk News) In a study published recently in Advanced Intelligent Systems("An Electric Self-Sensing and Variable-Stiffness Artificial Muscle"), researchers from Queen Mary University of London have made significant advancements in the field of bionics with the development of a new type of electric variable-stiffness artificial muscle that possesses...
New nanopore tool provides greater accuracy for medical biosensors
Aug 08, 2023 (Nanowerk News) For more than 20 years, Li-Qun “Andrew” Gu at the University of Missouri has developed a passion for solving life science problems by creating sophisticated diagnostic tools — in nanoscale. Recently, Gu, a professor in the Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Department and investigator in the...
Parenting a 3-year-old robot (w/video)
Aug 08, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Humans are social creatures and learn from each other, even from a young age. Infants keenly observe their parents, siblings or caregivers. They watch, imitate and replay what they see to learn skills and behaviors. The way babies learn and explore their surroundings inspired researchers...