Dec 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University are proving that diamonds are so much more than just a girl’s best friend. Their groundbreaking research focuses on gallium nitride (GaN) transistors, which are high-power, high-frequency semiconductor devices used in mobile data and satellite communication systems. With the increasing...
Novel AI-based approach for more accurate RNA 3D structure prediction
Dec 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A research team from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has successfully harnessed artificial intelligence (AI) and deep-learning techniques to model atomic-level RNA 3D structures from primary RNA sequences. Called DRfold, this novel AI-based method improves...
Nano-defects in solar cells don’t necessarily affect electricity generation
Dec 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) An international team of researchers led by DESY has been investigating the correlation between defects in the material and the power generated by a solar cell, at an unprecedented resolution. The team used a range of experimental techniques to obtain its surprising results, which it...
The one-pot nanosheet method catalyzing a green energy revolution
Dec 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A research group from the Institute for Future Materials and Systems at Nagoya University in Japan has developed a new “one-pot” method to make nanosheets using less rare metals. Their discovery should allow for the energy-making process to be more eco-friendly. The journal ACS Nano...
Shock wave photographed passing through a single cell
Dec 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A microscopic shock wave has been photographed passing through a single biological cell, thanks to a new photography technique. Nanosecond photography uses ultrafast electronic cameras to take images at the speed of a billionth of a second. However, image quality and exposure time are typically...
Using ‘waste’ product from recent NASA Mars research, scientists create transformative nanomaterials
Dec 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of Sussex have discovered the transformative potential of Martian nanomaterials, potentially opening the door to sustainable habitation on the red planet. They published their findings in ("Quasi–1D Anhydrite Nanobelts from the Sustainable Liquid Exfoliation of Terrestrial Gypsum for Future Martian-Based Electronics")....
Final color of efficient OLEDs finally viable in lighting
Dec 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Lights could soon use the full color suite of perfectly efficient organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs, that last tens of thousands of hours, thanks to an innovation from physicists and engineers at the University of Michigan. The U-M team's new phosphorescent OLEDs, commonly referred to...