Nov 25, 2024 (Nanowerk News) University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have found a way to simultaneously mitigate three types of defects in parts produced using a prominent additive manufacturing technique called laser powder bed fusion. Led by Lianyi Chen, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at UW-Madison, the team discovered the...
Earth-bound asteroids could be tracked more precisely with new equation
Nov 25, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Identifying asteroids on a potential collision course with Earth could be made easier thanks to an advancement in how to track their orbits more precisely. Taking into account a phenomenon first identified by Sir Isaac Newton and later confirmed by Albert Einstein, researchers have come...
Using matter waves, scientists unveil novel collective behaviors in quantum optics
Nov 25, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A research team led by Dominik Schneble, PhD, Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has uncovered a novel regime, or set of conditions within a system, for cooperative radiative phenomena, casting new light on a 70-year-old problem in quantum optics. Their findings on...
The first-ever 2D spintronics device constructed entirely from proximitized structures
Nov 25, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from CIC nanoGUNE, in collaboration with international partners, have achieved the first seamless 2D spintronics device made entirely from proximitized structures. They report a two-dimensional graphene spin valve that is enabled by proximity to the van der Waals magnet Cr2Ge2Te6. Published in Nature Electronics...
Metafiber tips for generating optical skyrmions with subwavelength polarization features
Nov 25, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Skyrmions, known for their intricate spin textures, are topological quasiparticles initially studied in particle and solid-state physics. They hold great promise as next-generation information carriers for data storage. Recently, their photonic counterparts—optical skyrmions—have emerged as topologically structured light forms with significant potential to revolutionize optical...
Developing new polymeric nanomaterials to detect harmful substances in extreme environments
Nov 25, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Polymers have gained prominence in applications such as wearable electronics due to their flexibility and lightweight, but their low electrical conductivity has been a major drawback. While various research efforts have been made to improve conductivity, there are still technical limitations, such as the need...