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Bilayer graphene gets a bandgap
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Graphene is the two-dimensional crystalline form of carbon, whose extraordinary electron mobility and other unique features hold great promise for nanoscale electronics and photonics. But there's a catch: ...
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Nonlinearities could be strengthened by photonic crystals
Jul 10, 2007 |
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Typically, photons can pass by one another unchanged. However, a number of important scientific and technological applications can be enabled by using matter as a medium for photons to talk with one another. The problem? ...
Sales method pays off for materials scientists
Jul 20, 2006 |
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The same computer methods used by online sales sites to suggest books to customers can help predict the crystal structures of materials, MIT researchers have found.
The CNT-DNA wrap: A hefty hybrid for carbon nanotubes
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 28, 2006 |
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Since their discovery in 1991, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have captured the public imagination. These scrolls of graphite are much too tiny to be seen but they are stronger than diamonds. Formed from organic material, they can ...
A new 'Pyrex' nanoparticle
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 07, 2008 |
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Researchers in Switzerland have developed a new method to fabricate borosilicate glass nanoparticles. Used in microfluidic systems, these "Pyrex"-like nanoparticles are more stable when subjected to temperature ...
Carbon nanotubes may cheaply harvest sunlight
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new alternative energy technology relies on the element most associated with climate change: carbon.
Discovery of a new way to manipulate light a million times more efficiently
Nov 16, 2007 |
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A discovery of a new way to manipulate light a million times more efficiently than before is announced in the journal Science this week.
Discovery cuts cost of next generation optical fibers
Jan 17, 2008 |
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Scientists have discovered a way of speeding up the production of hollow-core optical fibres - a new generation of optical fibres that could lead to faster and more powerful computing and telecommunications ...
New material structure produces world's fastest transistor
Apr 11, 2005 |
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A new type of transistor structure, invented by scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has broken the 600 gigahertz speed barrier. The goal of a terahertz transistor for high-speed computing and communications ...
3-D photonic crystals make novel add-drop filters
Feb 18, 2008 |
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have come up with a potentially perfect way to sort and distribute the massive amounts of data that travel daily over optical fibers to people throughout the ...
Titania Nanotube Arrays Harness Solar Energy
Jan 25, 2006 |
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Penn State researchers are finding new ways to harness the power of the sun using highly-ordered arrays of titania nanotubes for hydrogen production and increased solar cell efficiency.
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