May 07, 2024 (Nanowerk News) In a new paper published in the journal Science Advances ("Unzipping hBN with ultrashort mid-infrared pulses"), researchers at Columbia Engineering used commercially available tabletop lasers to create tiny, atomically sharp nanostructures, or nanopatterns, in samples of a layered 2D material called hexagonal boron nitride (hBN)....
Adjustment methods of Schottky barrier height in one- and two-dimensional semiconductor devices
May 07, 2024 (Nanowerk News) In a paper published in Science Bulletin ("Adjustment methods of Schottky barrier height in one- and two-dimensional semiconductor devices"), an international team of scientists present a comprehensive overview of the static and dynamic adjustment methods of Schottky barrier height, with a particular focus on the...
New super-pure silicon chip opens path to powerful quantum computers
May 07, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the Universities of Melbourne and Manchester have invented a technique for manufacturing highly purified silicon that brings powerful quantum computers a big step closer. The new technique to engineer ultra-pure silicon makes it the perfect material to make quantum computers at scale and...
Tiny displacements, giant changes in optical properties
May 07, 2024 (Nanowerk News) While we usually think of disorder as a bad thing, a team of materials science researchers led by Rohan Mishra, from Washington University in St. Louis, and Jayakanth Ravichandran, from the University of Southern California, have revealed that – when it comes to certain crystals...
Harnessing ambient energy for IoT devices and smart dust networks with microscale rectennas
May 07, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) The rapid proliferation of wireless devices and the Internet of Things (IoT) has been one of the defining technological trends of the 21st century. As billions of smart devices come online, powering them efficiently and sustainably has emerged as a critical challenge. Batteries have long...
Smart labs for bespoke synthesis of nanomaterials are emerging
May 07, 2024 (Nanowerk News) In the early 20th century, the development of a catalyst for ammonia synthesis by the Haber-Bosch method took more than 10,000 experiments before it was successful. The development of new materials is a time-consuming and costly process from design to commercialization. However, in recent years,...
Scientists discover new property of light
May 07, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A research team headed by chemists at the University of California, Irvine has discovered a previously unknown way in which light interacts with matter, a finding that could lead to improved solar power systems, light-emitting diodes, semiconductor lasers and other technological advancements. In a paper...
Milestone in quantum simulation with circular Rydberg qubits
May 07, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers from the 5th Institute of Physics at the University of Stuttgart is making important progress in the field of quantum simulation and quantum computing based on Rydberg atoms by overcoming a fundamental limitation: the limited lifetime of Rydberg atoms. Circular Rydberg...
Breakthrough paves the way for next generation of vision implants
May 07, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A group of researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, University of Freiburg and the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have created an exceptionally small implant, with electrodes the size of a single neuron that can also remain intact in the body over time –...
Researchers develop a nanoparticle that can penetrate the blood-brain barrier
May 07, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have developed a nanoparticle that can penetrate the blood-brain barrier. Their goal is to kill primary breast cancer tumors and brain metastases in one treatment, and their research shows the...