Producing High-Quality Graphene Cheaply Using Carbon Monoxide
Researchers have proposed the first graphene synthesis technique that utilizes carbon monoxide as the carbon source. It is a fast and cheap way to produce…
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Our Reality May Only Be Half of a Pair of Interacting Worlds
Physicists sometimes come up with bizarre stories that sound like science fiction. Yet some turn out to be true, like how the curvature of space…
Measuring the “Wettability” of Graphene and Other 2D Materials at the Molecular Level
Microscopic measurement of wettability can be achieved at the molecular level using ‘vibrational sum-frequency generation spectroscopy’ (VSFG). Wettability of the material is the ability of…
Graphene Quantum Magic Delivers a New Class of Superconducting Material
Superconductors are materials that conduct electrical current with almost no electrical resistance at all. This property makes them particularly appealing for a variety of applications,…
What Do Bacteria Sound Like? Bacterial Soundtracks Revealed by Nanotechnology
Have you ever wondered if bacteria make distinctive sounds? If we could listen to bacteria, we would be able to know whether they are alive…
Enhanced Energy Storage Capacity of Graphene Supercapacitors via Solar Heating
Prof. WANG Zhenyang’s research group from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has enhanced the energy storage capacity…
Breakthrough in Electrically Tunable Graphene Devices Could Lead to the Development of “Beyond-5G” Wireless Technology
Researchers engineer electrically tunable graphene devices to study rare physics. The breakthrough could lead to the development of ‘beyond-5G’ wireless technology for high-speed communication networks….
Discovery of Strong Electron Correlation in a 2D Material Could Help Engineer Unconventional Superconductivity
Physicists find direct evidence of strong electron correlation in a 2D material for the first time. The discovery could help researchers engineer exotic electrical states…
Controlling How Fast Graphene Cools for an Unprecedented Level of Control of Optical Properties
An international study, published in ACS Nano, has demonstrated an unprecedented level of control of the optical properties of graphene. The work has promising applications…
“Seeing” Non-Uniformities in 2D Materials May Lead to Tiny New Medical Sensors
A novel and better approach at detecting non-uniformities in the optical properties of two-dimensional materials could potentially open the door to new uses for these…
Graphene and an Intense Laser Open the Door to Extreme Energetic Ion Acceleration
First experimental realization of energetic ions driven by intense laser irradiating the world’s thinnest and strongest target. Laser-driven ion acceleration has been studied to develop…
Nanodiamonds Are Key to Efficient Hydrogen Purification – And a Zero-Carbon Future
Nanodiamonds may be tiny, but they can help with one of the biggest problems facing humanity today: Climate change. Hydrogen, a clean-burning fuel, leaves nothing…
Atomic Armor for Next-Generation, Electron-Beam Accelerators
Advancement in single-atom layer graphene coatings improves accelerator electron source lifespans. Protective coatings are common for many things in daily life that see a lot…
Cosmic Physics Breakthrough: Scientists Produce Particle-Antiparticle Pairs From a Vacuum
Cosmic physics mimicked on table-top as graphene enables Schwinger effect. Researchers at The University of Manchester have succeeded in observing the so-called Schwinger effect,…
Impossible Material Made Possible Inside a Graphene Sandwich – “These Are Truly Exciting Times!”
The design of new materials allows for either improved efficiency of known applications or totally new applications that were out of reach with the previously…
Tuning the Bonds of Paired Quantum Particles To Create Flow Without Losing Energy
A tunable platform made from atomically thin materials may help researchers figure out how to create a robust quantum condensate that can flow without losing…
Magnetic Surprise Revealed in “Magic-Angle” Graphene – Potential Quantum Computing Applications
Magnets and superconductors don’t normally get along, but a new study shows that ‘magic-angle’ graphene is capable of producing both superconductivity and ferromagnetism, which could…
Graphene Nanoribbon Breakthrough Could Lead to High-Speed, Low-Power Nanoscale Data Storage
Technique Tunes Into Graphene Nanoribbons’ Electronic Potential Ever since graphene – a thin carbon sheet just one-atom thick – was discovered more than 15 years…
