Nov 13, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A form of brain-inspired computing that exploits the intrinsic physical properties of a material to dramatically reduce energy use is now a step closer to reality, thanks to a new study led by UCL and Imperial College London researchers. In the new study, published in...
First 2D semiconductor with 1000 transistors developed
Nov 13, 2023 (Nanowerk News) As information and communication technologies (ICT) process data, they convert electricity into heat. Already today, the global ICT ecosystem’s CO2 footprint rivals that of aviation. It turns out, however, that a big part of the energy consumed by computer processors doesn’t go into performing calculations....
Solar-powered device produces clean water and clean fuel at the same time
Nov 13, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The device, developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, could be useful in resource-limited or off-grid environments, since it works with any open water source and does not require any outside power. It takes its inspiration from photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert...
Modular metal-organic frameworks unlock customizable high-performance membranes
Nov 13, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Membrane-based separation technologies offer major advantages over conventional processes like distillation in terms of energy efficiency and environmental impact. However, current membrane materials still face limitations in their ability to achieve highly selective separations at industrially viable flux rates. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged over...
Improving analytic reliability of protein encapsulation in MOFs
Nov 13, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged in recent years as an exciting new class of materials with tremendous potential in diverse fields such as gas storage, drug delivery, catalysis, and biosensing. Constructed from metal ions linked by organic molecules, MOFs contain porous networks ideal for housing...
Photo-induced superconductivity on a chip
Nov 13, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) in Hamburg, Germany, have shown that a previously demonstrated ability to turn on superconductivity with a laser beam can be integrated on a chip, opening up a route toward opto-electronic applications....