Quantum computing with graphene plasmons
Credit: © University of Vienna, created by Thomas Rögelsperger A novel material that consists of a single sheet of carbon ...
Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences
Driving chemical reactions with light
Chemical nature of surface molecules influences plasmon responses of metal nanoparticles How can chemical reactions be triggered by light, following ...
Review of preparation and structures of silicon nanowire/germanium quantum dot composite materials
Credit: Xiaokang Weng et al. In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, a team of ...
Review on the synthesis and anti-oxidation of copper nanowires for transparent conductive electrodes
Credit: Jia Feng Chao et al. In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, a team ...
Rice husks can remove microcystin toxins from water
UToledo research identifies another potential -- and renewable -- tool to fight harmful algal bloomsCredit: Dan Miller / The University ...
Taming defective porous materials for robust and selective heterogeneous catalysis
Credit: Manuel A. Ortuño (ICIQ) The production of 1-butene via ethylene dimerization is one of the few industrial processes that ...
Filming how our immune system kill bacteria
To kill bacteria in the blood, our immune system relies on nanomachines that can open deadly holes in their targets. ...
Stanford researchers’ artificial synapse is fast, efficient and durable
Credit: Armantas Melianas and Scott Keene The brain's capacity for simultaneously learning and memorizing large amounts of information while requiring ...
New holographic technique opens the way for quantum computation
Credit: F. Carbone/EPFL Photography measures how much light of different color hits the photographic film. However, light is also a ...
Bottom-up approach can synthesize microscopic diamonds for bioimaging, quantum computing
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington Scientists are excited about diamonds -- not the types that adorn jewelry, but the microscopic ...
First demonstration of antimatter wave interferometry
Credit: © LHEP / AEC, University of Bern Matter waves constitute a crucial feature of quantum mechanics, where particles have ...
Nanoscale thermometers from diamond sparkles
A novel, non-invasive technique that uses quantum light to measure temperature at the nanoscale has been developed Being able to ...
Stickier than expected: Hydrogen binds to graphene in 10 femtoseconds
Bound for only ten quadrillionths of a secondCredit: Oliver Bünermann / Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry & University of ...
Quantum sensor for photons
Sensor measures light particles non-destructivelyCredit: Klemens Schüppert Physicist Tracy Northup is currently researching the development of quantum internet at the ...
Crowd oil — Fuels from air-conditioning systems
Researchers want to use air-conditioning and ventilation systems for decentralized production of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels -- Publication in Nature Communications ...
Monitoring the lifecycle of tiny catalyst nanoparticles
Since they are so tiny, it is difficult to investigate single nanoparticlesCredit: RUB, Marquard Nanoparticles can be used in many ...
Needleless vaccine will protect children from dangerous viruses
Orally administered vaccine can protect millions from hepatitis B. Oral vaccines are both safer and less expensive than injections; researchers ...
Andrea Alù receives Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
The Defense Department's most prestigious single-investigator award will provide $3 million to support Alù's effort to engineer highly innovative materials ...
Sculpting super-fast light pulses
NIST nanopillars shape light precisely for practical applicationsCredit: S. Kelley/NIST Imagine being able to shape a pulse of light in ...
Controlling primate neural activity using artwork from artificial neural networks
By showing macaques images generated by an artificial neural network, researchers were able to control the activity of specific neurons ...