The most sensitive and fastest graphene microwave bolometer
Credit: harvard-icfo-mit-bbntechnologies-nims Bolometers are devices that measure the power of incident electromagnetic radiation thru the heating of materials, which exhibit ...
Tag: Superconductors/Semiconductors
Colloidal quantum dot light emitters go broadband in the infrared
Credit: ©ICFO Broadband light emission in the infrared has proven to be of paramount importance for a large range of ...
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Hebrew University researchers inch closer to harnessing DNA molecules for disease detection and electronicsCredit: Hebrew University We know that DNA ...
First observation of nutation in magnetic materials
Credit: Dunia Maccagni Much of the 'memory' of the world and all our digital activities are based on media, hard ...
Quantum vortex study recognized as finalists for prestigious Eureka Prize
Australian physicists seeking to unlock valuable future quantum technologyCredit: Pixabay FLEET physicists from Monash University and the University of Queensland ...
To kill a quasiparticle: a quantum whodunit
Credit: FLEET What causes quasiparticle death? In large systems of interacting particles in quantum mechanics, an intriguing phenomenon often emerges: ...
Metal wires of carbon complete toolbox for carbon-based computers
Metallic carbon circuit element enables work on faster, efficient carbon-based transistorsCredit: UC Berkeley image by Daniel Rizzo Transistors based on ...
Researchers develop smallest particle sensor in the world
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz It is slightly smaller than two one-cent coins stacked on top of each other, ...
FSU superconductivity expert elected fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering
Credit: Florida State University David Larbalestier, the chief materials scientist at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory ...
Hyperbolic metamaterials exhibit 2T physics
3D nonlinear ferro-fluid-based hyperbolic metamaterials may contribute to ultra-fast all-optical hyper-computingCredit: V. Smolyaninova et al., doi 10.1117/1.AP.2.5.056001 Metamaterials--nanoengineered structures designed ...
New composite material revs up pursuit of advanced electric vehicles
Credit: Andrew Sproles, ORNL/U.S. Department of Energy Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used new techniques to create a composite ...
Why there is no speed limit in the superfluid universe
Credit: Lancaster University Physicists from Lancaster University have established why objects moving through superfluid helium-3 lack a speed limit in ...
Development of high-sensitivity, wide-IF band heterodyne receiver in THz frequency range
Realized by NICT's original superconducting device structure using magnetic materialsCredit: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) The ...
What happens between the sheets?
'Floating' graphene on a bed of calcium atomsCredit: FLEET Adding calcium to graphene creates an extremely-promising superconductor, but where does ...