Oct 16, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Materials scientists at Kiel University and the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology (ISIT) in Itzehoe have cleared another hurdle in the development and structuring of new materials for next-generation semiconductor devices, such as novel memory cells. They have shown that ferroelectric aluminium scandium nitride can...
Focus on perovskite emitters in blue light-emitting diodes
Oct 16, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Recently, there's been remarkable progress in the field of LEDs made from perovskite materials. These perovskites stand out because they're relatively easy and cheap to produce, and they display a broad spectrum of vibrant colors with high clarity. Thanks to these advantages, we've seen the...
Hypervelocity impact experiments probe the origin of organics on the dwarf planet Ceres
Oct 16, 2023 (Nanowerk News) One of the most exciting findings from NASA’s Dawn mission is that Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt that lies between Mars and Jupiter, hosts complex organics. The discovery of aliphatic molecules, which consist of carbon and hydrogen chains, in conjunction with evidence...
Drug-delivery technique for brain cancer shows growing promise
Oct 16, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A technique developed by University of Texas at Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers to deliver medication through the blood-brain barrier has shown promise in a preclinical study for treating glioblastoma, the most common human brain cancer. The researchers demonstrated the method in mice...
Transition metal dichalcogenide nanotubes promise leap beyond carbon nanotubes
Oct 16, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have engineered a range of new single-walled transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) nanotubes with different compositions, chirality, and diameters by templating off boron-nitride nanotubes. They also realized ultra-thin nanotubes grown inside the template, and successfully tailored compositions to create a family...