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Engineering the Boundary Between 2D and 3D Materials

In recent years, engineers have found ways to modify the properties of some “two- dimensional” materials, which are just one or a few atoms thick, by stacking two layers together and rotating one slightly in relation to the other.

1 Mar 2021

Graphene with Artificial Magnetic Texture Could Enable More Robust Electronic Devices

Graphene is unbelievably strong, conductive, lightweight and the list of its superior properties continues.

26 Feb 2021

Physicists Probe into the Walker Breakdown Phenomenon in 3D Magnetic Nanowires

Physicists from Russia, Chile, Brazil, Spain, and the UK, have studied how the magnetic properties change in 3D nanowires, promising materials for various magnetic applications, depending on the shape of their cross-section.

26 Feb 2021

Study Analyzes Electron Behavior While Graphene Layers Produce Moiré Effect

In a paper published in the Nature journal, the researcher and his group examined the behavior of electrons when two graphene layers superimposed at an angle of 1.1° (named “magic angle”) produce a moiré effect.

24 Feb 2021

New Nano-Carrier Tested for Potential Treatment of Glioblastomas

Glioblastoma multiforme, the most common and aggressive form of primary brain tumor, has a survival rate of just five years. It is particularly challenging to treat, with existing therapies depending on chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and their combinations.

24 Feb 2021

Silver Nanowires Coated with a Compact Gold Shell for Improved Electrochromic Devices

The team of Professor Dongling Ma of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) developed a new approach for foldable and solid devices.

23 Feb 2021

Researchers Use Advanced Microscopy to Watch Mesocrystals Form in Real-Time

When materials reach extremely small size scales, strange things begin to happen. One of those phenomena is the formation of mesocrystals.

18 Feb 2021

3D-Printed Technique Helps Create Perovskite-Graphene Detectors

Ever since X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Röntgen in 1895, they have become a standard in medical imaging.

18 Feb 2021

Study Reports a Performance Leap for Graphene-Based Modulators in Next Generation Telecommunications

Over the past years, global data traffic has experienced a boom, with over 12.5 billion connected devices all over the world.

17 Feb 2021

Novel Nanotechnologies Could Help Reduce Friction in Various Mechanisms

Researchers from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI and Immanuel Kant Baltic State Federal University (BFU) have proposed the use of novel thin films to drastically minimize friction to enhance the durability of surfaces in mechanisms.

17 Feb 2021