Sep 09, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers have observed and reported for the first time the unique microstructure of a novel ferroelectric material, enabling the development of lead-free piezoelectric materials for electronics, sensors, and energy storage that are safer for human use. This work was led by the...
A little strain goes a long way in reducing fuel cell performance
Sep 09, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Many of us are probably all too familiar with how strain in work relationships can impact performance, but new research shows that materials in electricity-producing fuel cells may be sensitive to strain on an entirely different level. Researchers from Kyushu University report that strain caused...
Modified microwave oven cooks up next-gen semiconductors
Sep 09, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A household microwave oven modified by a Cornell Engineering professor is helping to cook up the next generation of cellphones, computers and other electronics after the invention was shown to overcome a major challenge faced by the semiconductor industry. The research is detailed in a...
Is over-eating to blame for bulges in Milky Way bar?
Sep 09, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A new simulation conducted on the world’s most powerful supercomputer dedicated to astronomy has produced a testable scenario to explain the appearance of the bar of the Milky Way (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, "Age distribution of stars in boxy/peanut/X-shaped bulges formed without...
Lattice distortion of perovskite quantum dots induces coherent quantum beating
Sep 09, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A research group led by Prof. WU Kaifeng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Dr. Peter C. Sercel from the Center for Hybrid Organic Inorganic Semiconductors for Energy, recently reported the utilization of...
Creating novel metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) using exotic elements
Sep 09, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Discovered 25 years ago, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) quickly gained the aura of a “miracle material” due to their particular properties: their large inner surfaces and tuneable pore sizes facilitate improved applications, for example in materials separation and gas storage. While previous representatives were mainly based...