Radical new properties present in a nanomaterial have been discovered by physicists. This discovery provides the potential to develop greatly efficient thermophotovoltaic cells, which in the future will be able to harvest heat in the dark and then convert it into electricity.
Over the past two years, phosphorene has gained increased attention because of its potential in flexible, thin electronics. Phosphorene is naturally a semi-conductor, providing potential where the miracle material graphene falls short.
Growing crystalline film layers, also known as epitaxy, are templated using a crystalline substrate. Epitaxy is considered to be the foundation to develop semiconductors and transistors. If the material in onr deposited layer is the same as the material present in the next layer, it energetically helps the formation of firm bonds between perfectly matched, highly arranged layers. In comparison to this, it is extremely difficult to even attempt to layer dissimilar materials when the crystal lattices fail to easily match. In this case, weak van der Waals forces develop attraction but do not develop firm bonds between unlike layers.
MIPT scientists have successfully developed ultra-thin ferroelectric films that are 2.5-nanometres. These films were formed based on hafnium oxide that is capable of being used for developing non-volatile memory elements known as ferroelectric tunnel junctions. The results of this research features in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces.
A team of researchers, led by chemist Paul Cherukuri from Rice University, have stumbled upon a Tesla coil’s robust force field, which causes the self-assembly of carbon nanotubes into long wires. This unique phenomenon has been dubbed as “Teslaphoresis.” The research findings have been reported by in the ACS Nano journal. Cherukuri suggests that this research would be the foundation toward scalable assembly of nanotubes from scratch.
In the future, billions of small graphene-based nanoscrolls could be used to develop water filters. A single, atom-thick layer of graphene is rolled up to make a single scroll. Each scroll can be custom made to trap particular molecules and pollutants in its firmly wound rolls. A highly selective, durable, and lightweight water purification membrane can be developed by stacking billions of these nanoscrolls in layers.
Rice University materials scientists have introduced a combined electrolyte and separator for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that supplies energy at usable voltages and in high temperatures.
The transistor is considered to be the most basic building blocks in the field of electronics, used to build circuits that can amplify electrical signals or switch them between the 0s and 1s at the heart digital computation. Transistor fabrication is an extremely complex process, which requires high-temperature, high-vacuum equipment.
Nanoparticles designed to block a cell-surface molecule that plays a key role in inflammation could be a safe treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University and Southwest University in China.
A novel graphene-based microchip, developed by a group of researchers from EPFL and the University of Geneva (UNIGE), can eliminate unwanted radiation, enabling faster wireless data transmission.
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