Jan 11, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Researchers Ibuki Taniuchi, Ryota Akiyama, Rei Hobara, and Shuji Hasegawa of the University of Tokyo have demonstrated that the direction of the spin-polarized current can be restricted to only one direction in a single-atom layer of a thallium-lead alloys when irradiated at room temperature. The...
Flexible electronics integrated with paper-thin structure for use in space
Jan 11, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Being lightweight is essential for space structures, particularly for tools used on already small, lightweight satellites. The ability to perform multiple functions is a bonus. To address these characteristics in a new way, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign successfully integrated flexible electronics with...
Interfacial coupling alters optical properties in 2D magnetic/graphene devices
Jan 10, 2025 (Nanowerk News) A research group led by Prof. SHENG Zhigao from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently discovered the disappearance of nonreciprocal second harmonic generation (SHG) in MnPSe3 when integrated into a two-dimensional (2D) antiferromagnetic MnPSe3/graphene heterojunction. The research, published...
New doping control method boosts nanocrystal semiconductor performance
Jan 10, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Professor Jiwoong Yang and his research team at the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST; President Kunwoo Lee) successfully developed a new technology to control doping at the nucleus (seed) phase to increase the performance of semiconductor...
Efficient energy transport through covalent organic frameworks
Jan 10, 2025 (Nanowerk News) An interdisciplinary research team from LMU, the Technical University of Munich (TUM), and the University of Oxford has employed novel spectroscopic techniques to investigate the diffusion of excited states in so-called covalent organic frameworks (COFs). These modular materials can be adapted for desired properties through...
Hidden transport pathways in graphene confirmed, paving the way for next-generation device innovation
Jan 10, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Electron transport in bilayer graphene exhibits a pronounced dependence on edge states and a nonlocal transport mechanism, according to a recent study led by Professor Gil-Ho Lee and Ph.D. candidate Hyeon-Woo Jeong of POSTECH’s Department of Physics, in collaboration with Dr. Kenji Watanabe and Dr....
The biobattery that needs to be fed
Jan 09, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Fungi are a source of fascination. This kingdom of life – more closely related to animals than to plants – encompasses an enormous variety. Everything can be found here: from edible mushrooms to molds, from single-celled life to the largest organism on Earth, from disease-causing...
New AI predicts inner workings of cells
Jan 09, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Using a new artificial intelligence method, scientists can accurately predict the activity of genes within any human cell, essentially revealing the cell’s inner mechanisms. The system, described in Nature ("A foundation model of transcription across human cell types"), could transform the way scientists work to...
Novel graphene ribbons poised to advance quantum technologies
Jan 09, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have recently achieved a significant breakthrough in the development of next-generation carbon-based quantum materials, opening new horizons for advancements in quantum electronics. The innovation involves a novel type of graphene nanoribbon (GNR), named Janus GNR (JGNR). The...
Carbon dots enable precise nanoscale pores for high-performance supercapacitors
Jan 09, 2025 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Supercapacitors sit at the heart of modern energy storage, charging and discharging rapidly to power everything from electric buses to industrial equipment. Their performance depends on their electrodes, which are made from carbon materials filled with microscopic pores where electric charges collect. Creating these pores...