New advance in superconductors with ‘twist’ in rhombohedral graphite
Credit: The University of Manchester An international research team led by The University of Manchester has revealed a nanomaterial that ...
Tag: Superconductors/Semiconductors
Efficient valves for electron spins
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics Researchers at the University of Basel in collaboration with colleagues from Pisa have ...
Quantum materials quest could benefit from graphene that buckles
Cooled graphene mimics effect of enormous magnetic fields that would benefit electronicsCredit: Yuhang Jiang Graphene, an extremely thin two-dimensional layer ...
Molecular additives enhance mechanical properties of organic solar cell material
Computational experiments on semiconducting polymers show under harsh loading conditions -- stretching and compression - the addition of small molecules ...
Electronic components join forces to take up 10 times less space on computer chips
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Electronic filters are essential to the inner workings of our phones ...
Materials science researchers develop first electrically injected laser
The diode laser uses semiconducting material germanium tin and could improve micro-processing speed and efficiency at much lower costsCredit: University ...
A closer look at water-splitting’s solar fuel potential
Scientists at Berkeley Lab and the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis zero in on bismuth vanadate's role in renewable energy ...
Fabrication advance: Spray-on clear coatings for cheaper smart windows
New transparent spray-on coatings are conductive, cost-effective and rival the performance of current industry standardsCredit: RMIT University A simple method ...
Novel approach improves graphene-based supercapacitors
Meeting growing demand for increased storage capacityCredit: Dawei Su Demand for integrated energy storage devices is growing rapidly as people ...
Exciton Science to boost industry collaboration
The ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science is set to expand its productive and impactful collaboration with the renewable ...
Scientists discover new class of semiconducting entropy-stabilized materials
Credit: Logan Williams, Emmanouil Kioupakis, and Zihao Deng, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Michigan Semiconductors are important ...
Using protons to tune interlayer forces in van-der-Waals materials
Interlayer coupling in FGT successfully increased by insertion of protonsCredit: FLEET A Chinese-Australian collaboration has demonstrated for the first time ...
Keep safe and cool in the pool: Novel chip sensor makes swimming pools safer
Credit: University of SA A new microchip that enables continuous monitoring of pH and chlorine levels in swimming pools will ...
Room temperature superconductivity creeping toward possibility
Credit: Elizabeth Flores-Gomez Murray/ Penn State The possibility of achieving room temperature superconductivity took a tiny step forward with a ...
Phillips group exactly solves experimental puzzle in high temperature superconductivity
Cooper pairing and wave function for superconducting state in doped Mott insulatorsCredit: L. Brian Stauffer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ...
Application-driven quantum and statistical physics volume 3, published
A short course for future scientists and engineersCredit: World Scientific As part of our Essential Textbooks in Physics series, the ...
Through the nanoscale looking glass — determining boson peak frequency in ultra-thin alumina
Boson peak in ultra-thin alumina glass: Neutron spectroscopy confirms molecular dynamics simulationCredit: RMIT/UOW There's more to glass than meets the ...
Scientists strengthen quantum building blocks in milestone critical for scale-up
Credit: Takashi Kobayashi A group of international scientists have substantially lengthened the duration of time that a spin-orbit qubit in ...
Robust laser technology for climate satellites
Credit: © FBH/schurian.com The Franco-German satellite MERLIN is due to be launched into space in 2025 to measure the methane ...
‘Blinking” crystals may convert CO2 into fuels
Unusual nanoparticles could benefit the quest to build a quantum computerCredit: Tewodros Asefa and Eliska Mikmekova Imagine tiny crystals that ...