Oct 17, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Ceramic nanomembranes, which are thin films of oxide materials with thicknesses typically measured in nanometers, have emerged as a promising platform for creating highly flexible and functional structures. These materials combine the mechanical strength of ceramics with the flexibility of nanoscale membranes, making them suitable...
Microbe opens the door to carbon-dioxide driven manufacturing
Oct 17, 2024 (Nanowerk News) RIKEN scientists looking for clues to the origins of life on Earth have discovered a new microbe that may shed light on how organisms first developed on Earth, the search for life elsewhere in the universe and how to improve microbial factories. Their findings were...
Magnetic octupoles overcome problems with antiferromagnets
Oct 17, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Physicists at RIKEN have demonstrated how ultrafast, low-power-consumption memory devices could be realized by replacing conventional magnetic materials with novel ones ("Current-driven fast magnetic octupole domain-wall motion in noncollinear antiferromagnets"). In conventional hard disk drives, the magnetic disk has to be physically moved to read...
Light-responsive material shows promise for energy-efficient supercomputing
Oct 17, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers have revealed an adaptive response with a ferroelectric device, which responds to light pulses in a way that resembles the plasticity of neural networks. This behavior could find application in energy-efficient microelectronics. The findings have been published in Advanced Materials ("Optical Control of Adaptive...