BrainCan - nanophysics

picoscale precision though ultrathin film...

Piezoelectricity (aka the piezoelectric effect) occurs within certain materials – crystals...

research team develops ultrathin, transparent...

With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) era,strong demand has grown for wearable and obvious...

scientists find that mechanical behavior of tiny...

An international team of scientists with participation from the University of Göttingen,the Indian...

dendrite proof batteries made possible by zylon...

(Phys.org)—One of the biggest problems plaguing tall-energy,lithium-metal batteries is dendrites,...

smallest hard disk to date writes information atom...

Every day,modern society creates more than a billion gigabytes of recent data. To store all this...

defects at the spinterface disrupt transmission

Magnets made of biological materials enjoy a number of advantages over the classic metal or alloy...

delicately opening a band gap in graphene enables...

(Phys.org)—Electrons can dash through graphene with almost no resistance,a property that gives...

taking microelectronics research to the atomic...

At the IBM T.J. Watson Research middle in Yorktown Heights,N.Y., tucked between office desks and...

artificial atom created in graphene

In a tiny quantum prison,electrons behave quite differently as compared to their counterparts in...

atomic bits despite zero point energy?

So-called "zero-point energy" is a term familiar to some cinema lovers or series fans; in the...

transparent, flexible supercapacitors pave the way...

(Phys.org)—The standard appearance of today's electronic devices as solid,black objects could...

researchers demonstrate hydrogen atoms on graphene...

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from institutions in Spain,France and Egypt has...

scientists turn to fireflies to improve oled...

(Phys.org)—Many insects,birds, fish, and amphibians emit light as a way to communicate with each...

giant enhancement of magnetic effect will benefit...

(Phys.org)—Researchers hold demonstrated that coating a cobalt film in graphene doubles the...

tiny 3 d structures nanoimprinted on the end of an...

(Phys.org)—Scientists have developed a method for imprinting tiny yet complex 3-D structures on...

counting molecules with an ordinary cell phone

Diagnostic health care is often restricted in areas with limited resources,because the procedures...

a highway for spin waves: team develops process...

The success story of information processing by way of moving electrons is slowly coming to an...

researchers develop a novel and efficient...

Along with the fast development of contemporary information technology,charge-based memories, such...

from super to ultra resolution microscopy: new...

Proteins mostly achieve not work in isolation but rather originate up larger complexes like the...

unveiling the electrons motion in a carbon...

Carbon nanocoils (CNCs) are an exotic lesson of low-dimensional nanocarbons whose helical shape may...

physicists measure van der waals forces of...

Physicists at the Swiss Nanoscience Institute and the University of Basel enjoy succeeded in...

nanocrack coating allows membranes to work in high...

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from institutions in South Korea and Australia has...

simple graphene cascade allows unprecedented...

Until now,the phenomenon of nanoscale ionic transport has remained a mystery to researchers. Latest...

quantum computing with single photons getting...

(Phys.org)—One promising approach for scalable quantum computing is to utilize an all-optical...

atomic vibrations in nanomaterials

All materials are made up of atoms,which vibrate. These vibrations, or 'phonons', or are...

scientists guide gold nanoparticles to form...

Using bundled strands of DNA to build Tinkertoy-like tetrahedral cages,scientists at the U.S....

graphene plasmons used to create tunable terahertz...

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers working at the University of Manchester in the U.K has developed...

researchers show that bending semiconductors...

Some materials can generate a small voltage when bent and,conversely, can bend in response to a...

scientists develop new technique for polishing...

Currently,the main method of obtaining smooth surfaces in industry is chemical-mechanical or "wet"...

tiny diamonds could enable huge advances in...

Nanomaterials have the potential to improve many next-generation technologies. They promise to speed...

heat and light get larger at the nanoscale

In a original study recently published in Nature Nanotechnology,researchers from Columbia...

magnetically controlled battery could store energy...

(Phys.org)—Scientists have built a battery containing a magnetic fluid that can be moved in any...

manipulating light inside opaque layers

Light propagating in a layer of scattering nanoparticles,shows the principle of diffusion - like tea...

scientists create ultrathin semiconductor...

Heterostructures formed by different three-dimensional semiconductors form the foundation for...

location matters in the self assembly of...

Scientists at Iowa State University possess developed a new formulation that helps to elaborate the...

scientists make 3d holograms of atoms inside...

(Phys.org)—Researchers have developed the first imaging technique that can clearly see inside...

researchers use electron microscope to reveal how...

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from Sweden,the U.K. and the U.S. has used a...

annihilating nanoscale defects

Target dates are critical when the semiconductor industry adds small,enhanced features to our...

nanographene charge trapping memory could further...

(Phys.org)—Flash memory—the data storage method often used in phones,computers, and other...

high efficiency color holograms created using a...

(Phys.org)—By carefully arranging many nanoblocks to form pixels on a metasurface,researchers have...

new imaging method reveals nanoscale details about...

Researchers own developed a current enhanced DNA imaging technique that can probe the structure of...

microgears rotate when pushed by tiny motors

(Phys.org)—Researchers bear designed a new type of microgear that spins when micromotors become...

new nanocrystalline alloy that combines mechanical...

(Phys.org)—A combined team of researchers affiliated with the Army Research Laboratory at Aberdeen...

researchers find transition point in semiconductor...

Collaborative research at Notre Dame has demonstrated that electronic interactions play a...

researchers unleash graphene tiger for more...

In the quest to harvest light for electronics,the focal point is the moment when photons—light...

a compact, efficient single photon source that...

Quantum information science and technology has emerged as a fresh paradigm for dramatically faster...

new microwave imaging approach opens a nanoscale...

U.S. government nanotechnology researchers hold demonstrated a fresh window to view what are now...

new form of electron beam imaging can see elements...

Electrons can extend our view of microscopic objects well beyond what's possible with visible...

cellulose nanogenerators could one day power...

Implantable electronics that can deliver drugs,monitor vital signs and perform other health-related...

unique two level cathode structure improves...

Building a better battery is a fragile balancing act. Increasing the amounts of chemicals whose...

self powered e watch is powered completely by...

(Phys.org)—Researchers have created a self-powered electronic watch that harvests energy from the...

harmful effects paradoxically enhance solar cell...

(Phys.org)—Dissipation and decoherence are typically considered harmful to solar cell...

engineers discover highly conductive materials for...

Engineers from the University of Utah and the University of Minnesota contain discovered that...

promising class of magneto ionics could yield...

There is a crack in everything, Leonard Cohen sang; that's how the light gets in. Now a team...

short wavelength spin waves generated directly for...

With the rapid advance of miniaturization,data processing using electric currents faces tough...

new biomaterial developed for injectable neuronal...

In the campy 1966 science fiction movie "brilliant Voyage," scientists miniaturize a submarine with...

tiniest spin devices becoming more stable

(Phys.org)—In 2011,the research group of Roland Wiesendanger, Physics Professor at the University...

aluminum nanoparticles could improve electronic...

Whether showing off family photos on smartphones or watching TV shows on laptops,many people see at...

super resolution microscope builds 3 d images by...

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin enjoy demonstrated a method for making...

images made of relativistic electrons trapped in...

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with the University of California,MIT, Lawrence Berkeley National...

little ants: researchers build the worlds tiniest...

Researchers occupy developed the world's tiniest engine - just a few billionths of a metre in...

quantum sensors for high precision magnetometry of...

Scientists at the Swiss Nanoscience Institute and the Department of Physics at the University of...

microbots can clean up polluted water

(Phys.org)—A new study shows that a swarm of hundreds of thousands of tiny microbots,each smaller...

removing intercalated water from nitrogen doped...

(Phys.org)—Fuel cells require a catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction. One type of catalyst...

new type of bioegradable nanogenerator for use...

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology and...

new type of nanowires, built with natural gas...

A team of Korean researchers,affiliated with UNIST has recently pioneered in developing a recent...

optical metacage blocks light from entering or...

(Phys.org)—Physicists possess built a nanowire cage that blocks one or more wavelengths of light...

creating new devices that emulate human biological...

Engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are main a research team that is developing a...

porphyrins can be covalently attached to graphene...

(Phys.org)—Researchers from Technische Universitt München in Germany hold succeeded in covalently...

researchers publish new synthesis technique for...

Researchers at Illinois Tech recently unveiled a major breakthrough in nanotechnology processing...

smarter self assembly opens new pathways for...

To continue advancing,next-generation electronic devices must fully exploit the nanoscale, where...

researchers develop faster, precise silica coating...

Materials researchers at North Carolina State University own fine-tuned a technique that enables...

plasmonic pixels could be used to make non fading...

(Phys.org)—Researchers are developing a technology that could one day get paint and color...

precisely flawed nanodiamonds could produce next...

Stanford and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory jointly hurry the world's leading program for...

silicon nanoparticles pave the way toward...

Scientists from MIPT,ITMO University (St Petersburg), and their colleagues from the Australian...

building a wireless micromachine

All around us,hiding just outside our range of vision, are miniscule machines. Tiny accelerometers...

team illuminates transfer of nanoscale motion...

From the printing press to the jet engine,mechanical machines with moving parts absorb been a...

fish biowaste converted to piezoelectric energy...

Large quantities of fish are consumed in India on a daily basis,which generates a huge amount of...

scientists glimpse inner workings of atomically...

With an eye to the next generation of tech gadgetry,a team of physicists at The University of Texas...

electricity generated with water, salt and a three...

Proponents of clean energy will soon hold a new source to add to their existing array of solar,wind,...

optical antenna scatters different colors of light...

(Phys.org)—Researchers fill fabricated a silicon optical antenna that is somewhat like an...

hybrid nanogenerator harvests hard to reach ocean...

(Phys.org)—Energy from the ocean,or "blue energy," is arguably the most underexploited power...

experiments demonstrate how memristors work

In experiments at two Department of Energy national labs – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory...

quantum dots enhance light to current conversion...

Harnessing the power of the sun and creating light-harvesting or light-sensing devices requires a...

engineers develop first transistors made entirely...

The transistor is the most fundamental building block of electronics,used to build circuits capable...

new record in nanoelectronics at ultralow...

The first ever measurement of the temperature of electrons in a nanoelectronic device a few...

engineers invent a bubble pen to write with...

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin possess...

stretchable, transparent heater made from metallic...

(Phys.org)—Researchers enjoy fabricated a stretchable and transparent electrode that can be used...

new approach provides images of single cell with...

Thermal properties of cells regulate their ability to store,transport or exchange heat with their...

toward practical quantum computers: built in...

Quantum computers are largely hypothetical devices that could perform some calculations much more...

tiny dna legs walk with record fuel efficiency

(Phys.org)—For the first time,researchers fill demonstrated a DNA nanomotor that can "walk" along...

a chemically powered autonomous molecular...

(Phys.org)—A group of scientists at the University of Manchester in the U.K. has developed the...

cooling graphene based film close to pilot scale...

Heat dissipation in electronics and optoelectronics is a severe bottleneck in the further...

the iron stepping stones to better wearable tech...

The road to more versatile wearable technology is dotted with iron. Specifically,quantum dots of...

seeing silicon crystal transform to amorphous

A team of researchers led by the University of Pittsburgh's Scott X. Mao has observed at atomic...

plant cellulose prevents short circuits in...

(Phys.org)—In order to prevent short circuits in batteries,porous separator membranes are often...

two beam super resolution lithography used to...

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with Swinburne University of Technology in Australia has found a...

first of their kind images could aid in use of dna...

An international team working at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National...

team works on reconfigurable magnetic nanopatterns

A team of international scientists led by researchers of the CUNY Advanced Science Research middle...

scientists take key step toward custom made...

Scientists maintain for the first time reengineered a building block of a geometric nanocompartment...

lipoprotein nanoplatelets shed new light on...

An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has developed...

engineer creates new technique for testing...

A University of California,Irvine engineer has invented a method for analyzing nanowires at...

new electron microscope method detects atomic...

Scientists can now detect magnetic behavior at the atomic level with a unusual electron microscopy...

electron beam microscope directly writes nanoscale...

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are the first to harness...

tiny robot nano fish may one day deliver drugs...

(Phys.org)—A combined team of researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology in China and the...

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