Feb 05, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Using a simple solvent sieve method, researchers from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) have taken the lead in developing highly efficient and stable perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) with record performance. The study was published in Nature Photonics("Phase dimensions resolving of efficient...
Computer-engineered DNA to study cell identities
Feb 05, 2024 (Nanowerk News) All the cells in our body have the same genetic code, and yet they can differ in their identities, functions and disease states. Telling one cell apart from another in a simple manner, in real time, would prove invaluable for scientists trying to understand inflammation,...
Unveiling the generation principles of charged particles ‘trion’ in 2D semiconductors
Feb 05, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Two-dimensional semiconductors, heralded as the next generation in semiconductor technology, are characterized by their single atomic layer thickness. Due to their ultra-thin structure, two-dimensional semiconductors exhibit remarkable optical properties and provide flexibility, along with excellent integration capability with other materials, for a wide range of...
Watching the enzymes that convert plant fiber into simple sugars
Feb 05, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and UC Davis sheds new light on how to access the sugars locked up in plants to produce petroleum-free fuels, chemicals, and medicines. Using microbes to convert grasses, weeds, wood, and other...
Lighting the way to advances in supercomputing
Feb 05, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Programmable photonic integrated circuits (PPICs) process light waves for computation, sensing, and signalling, in ways that can be programmed to suit diverse requirements. Researchers at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), in South Korea, with collaborators at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and...
Graphene spintronics hold promise to transform memory and logic devices
Feb 05, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Realizing energy-efficient, high-speed and highly integrated spintronic technologies has driven extensive research into new materials and device architectures. However, limited progress has been made translating the immense potential of spin-based memory and logic operations from visions to reality. Atomically thin graphene and magnetic van der...
A physical qubit with built-in error correction
Feb 05, 2024 (Nanowerk News) There has been significant progress in the field of quantum computing. Big global players, such as Google and IBM, are already offering cloud-based quantum computing services. However, quantum computers cannot yet help with problems that occur when standard computers reach the limits of their capacities...
Researchers develop AI-powered ‘eye’ for visually impaired people to ‘see’ objects
Feb 05, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Shopping for groceries is a common activity for many of us, but for visually impaired people, identifying grocery items can be daunting. A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore’s School of Computing (NUS Computing) introduced AiSee, an affordable wearable assistive device that...