Apr 04, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Airports are busy, especially during the winter. As passengers wait to board, delays get longer when airplanes need to be dowsed with thousands of gallons of deicing fluids that help them fight the frigid winter. But as soon as the plane takes off, most of...
Synthetic key unlocks a hidden biology treasure chest
Apr 03, 2022 (Nanowerk News) More than 60% of all drugs, including antibiotics and cancer treatments, are derived from natural products in the form of small molecules encoded by metabolic genes. These molecules often form complex chemical structures, shaped by billions of years of evolution across a diverse range of...
Making a ‘sandwich’ out of magnets and topological insulators, potential for lossless electronics
Apr 03, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A Monash University-led research team has discovered that a structure comprising an ultra-thin topological insulator sandwiched between two 2D ferromagnetic insulators becomes a large-bandgap quantum anomalous Hall insulator (Advanced Materials, "Large magnetic gap in a designer ferromagnet–topological insulator–ferromagnet heterostructure"). Such a heterostructure provides an avenue...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: When a band falls flat: Searching for flatness in materials: International collaboration, led by DIPC and Princeton, creates a catalogue of materials that could impact quantum technologies
Home > Press > When a band falls flat: Searching for flatness in materials: International collaboration, led by DIPC and Princeton, creates a catalogue of materials that could impact quantum technologies An artistic representation of band dispersions for a given material. Black ribbons represent different bands, while the vertical axis...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Nano therapy for micro-preemies protects lungs, brain in lab study
Home > Press > Nano therapy for micro-preemies protects lungs, brain in lab study Dr. Bernard Thébaud holds a very premature baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at The Ottawa Hospital. CREDIT The Ottawa Hospital Abstract:Very premature babies need extra oxygen and mechanical intervention to breathe, but this...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: How a physicist aims to reduce the noise in quantum computing: NAU assistant professor Ryan Behunin received an NSF CAREER grant to study how to reduce the noise produced in the process of quantum computing, which will make it better and more practical
Home > Press > How a physicist aims to reduce the noise in quantum computing: NAU assistant professor Ryan Behunin received an NSF CAREER grant to study how to reduce the noise produced in the process of quantum computing, which will make it better and more practical Credit: Northern Arizona...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Self-standing mesoporous Si film can power lithium-ion batteries Peer-Reviewed Publication
Home > Press > Self-standing mesoporous Si film can power lithium-ion batteries Peer-Reviewed Publication SEM image of the cross-section of the optimal Si film electrode after cycling. CREDIT The Authors. Abstract:Battery researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed a self-standing mesoporous silicon (Si) film anode for lithium-ion...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: NYU physicist to lead project that aims to enhance quantum computing: Research backed by $7.5 million multidisciplinary university research initiative award
Home > Press > NYU physicist to lead project that aims to enhance quantum computing: Research backed by $7.5 million multidisciplinary university research initiative award Photo credit: Selman Keles/Getty Images. Abstract:New York University Physicist Javad Shabani will lead a team of scientists, under a $7.5 million research award, in developing...
What drives electron-hole asymmetry in graphene?
Apr 02, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Using the Advanced Light Source (ALS), researchers determined that interactions between electrons are what give rise to the divergent effects observed when graphene is doped with electrons versus holes (npj Quantum Materials, "Correlation-driven electron-hole asymmetry in graphene field effect devices"). A better understanding of this...
Deterministically integrated manipulation of magnetic skyrmions achieved in nanostructured device
Apr 02, 2022 (Nanowerk News) According to a paper published in Nature Communications ("Electrical manipulation of skyrmions in a chiral magnet"), researchers led by Prof. DU Haifeng from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with Prof. WANG Weiwei and Prof. SONG Dongsheng...