Mar 15, 2026 MLIP calculations identify optimal dopants for photocatalytic Sn3O4. Aluminum doping boosted hydrogen production 16-fold, advancing clean energy applications. (Nanowerk News) Building a sustainable hydrogen economy requires clean and efficient ways to produce hydrogen at scale. One particularly attractive approach is photocatalysis—using materials called photocatalysts to split water...
New photonic device efficiently beams light into free space
Mar 15, 2026 Light-emitting structures that curl off the chip surface could enable advanced displays, high-speed optical communications, and larger-scale quantum computers. (Nanowerk News) Photonic chips use light to process data instead of electricity, enabling faster communication speeds and greater bandwidth. Most of that light typically stays on the chip,...
Magnetic microbots turn nanodiamonds into steerable quantum sensors
Mar 15, 2026 Nanodiamond quantum sensors mounted on magnetic microbots achieve coherent spin control while moving freely through fluid, a first for untethered quantum sensing. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The quantum properties that make nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond exceptional sensors are also extraordinarily fragile in practice. Each NV center, a nitrogen...