Lights on for silicon photonics
The demonstration of electroluminescence at terahertz frequencies from a silicon-germanium device marks a key step towards the long-sought goal of ...
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Cheap, nontoxic carbon nanodots poised to be quantum dots of the future
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Tiny fluorescent semiconductor dots, called quantum dots, are useful in a ...
Reduced heat leakage improves wearable health device
Credit: Photo courtesy of Mehmet Ozturk. North Carolina State University engineers continue to improve the efficiency of a flexible device ...
Light in concert with force reveals how materials become harder when illuminated
When indented by a probe in darkness, wafers of some semiconductors are putty-like. When illuminated by light whose wavelength matches ...
‘Target identified’: teaching a machine how to identify imperfections in 2D materials
Applying machine learning to automated characterisation of atomically-thin materialsCredit: FLEET Just as James Cameron's Terminator-800 was able to discriminate between ...
Heat-free optical switch would enable optical quantum computing chips
Credit: Lucas Schweickert In a potential boost for quantum computing and communication, a European research collaboration reported a new method ...
Pumping perovskites into a semiconductor platform
Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Heno Hwang Materials called perovskites can be more readily incorporated into silicon-based semiconducting platforms by using ...
Quantum quirk yields giant magnetic effect, where none should exist
Study opens window into the landscape of extreme topological matterCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 26, 2021) ...
Scientists induce artificial ‘magnetic texture’ in graphene
Quantum science advancement could help lead to powerful spintronic devices, such as semiconductors and quantum computersCredit: University at Buffalo. BUFFALO, ...
Molecular bridges power up printed electronics
Graphene Flagship researchers boost the efficiency of conductive inks and devices connecting layered materials flakes with small moleculesCredit: University of ...
Quantum shuttle to quantum processor made in Germany launched
Credit: Copyright: Jülich Aachen Research Alliance (JARA) The quantum computer race is in full swing. Germany has long been one ...
Paul Alivisatos and Michael Grätzel win the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences
The award has gone in this thirteenth edition to the two scientists who developed new nanomaterials with applications in solar ...
Transformed by light: Fast photochromism discovered in an inexpensive inorganic material
Copper-doped zinc sulfide changes color reversibly when illuminated and could be used in smart adaptive windows and sunglassesCredit: Ritsumeikan University ...
Terahertz imaging of graphene paves the way to industrialisation
Graphene Flagship researchers have developed a new measurement standard for the analysis of graphene and layered materials that could accelerate ...
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