Jan 15, 2025 (Nanowerk News) A milestone in graphene research: Würzburg chemists have succeeded in controlling the passage of halide ions by deliberately introducing defects into a two-layer nanographene system. Their results have been published in Nature ("Bilayer nanographene reveals halide permeation through a benzene hole"). The paper shows new...
Ultra-compact, high-speed alignment system for industrial PIC test and assembly
Jan 15, 2025 (Nanowerk News) PI's new F-141 photonics alignment system provides high throughput with motion in 4 and 6 degrees of freedom for industrial test and assembly of photonic integrated circuits (PIC). This ultra-compact precision alignment system fits inside a space of ~5x7x4 inches (WxLxH) while providing 40mm of...
A new optical memory platform for super fast calculations
Jan 15, 2025 (Nanowerk News) For decades there has been near constant progress in reducing the size, and increasing the performance, of the circuits that power computers and smartphones. But Moore’s Law is ending as physical limitations — such as the number of transistors that can fit on a chip...
What if scientists ran science? The Decentralized Science (DeSci) dream
Jan 15, 2025 (Nanowerk Spotlight) What if researchers had more direct control over how science is funded, shared, and governed? Today's scientific ecosystem is shaped by a complex interplay of funding agencies, universities, publishers, private industry, and regulatory bodies - each playing important but sometimes constraining roles in how research...