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Where 2D/Quasi-2D Perovskite-based Heterostructures Have Won

Incorporating separate stacked 2D perovskites with other layered or non-layered substances can introduce novel optical and photonic characteristics, substantially expanding the heterostructures' potential functionality and applications.

8 Feb 2023

Gaining Better Insights Into Carbon-Based Janus Films

Janus films exhibit huge potential in actuation, sensing, advanced separation, energy conversion, storage, etc.

7 Feb 2023

Reducing Friction on Stainless Steel Surfaces

As far as engine parts are concerned, mineral oil lubricants help safeguard them from wear, and this effect is improved by the addition of polymer nanoparticles to the lubricating oil.

2 Feb 2023

New Family of High Performance Direct-Drive Rotary Stages

PI is introducing a new series of direct-drive, ball bearing rotary stages to supplement their A-62x series of air bearing spindles. The V-62x stage family is designed for 24/7 applications that require high precision motion with eccentricity and flatness deviations below 1 µm and high stiffness

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 2 Feb 2023

Chlorophyll Derivatives to Replicate Elusive Nanorings

Light-harvesting (LH) supramolecules, which appear in a variety of structural configurations, are essential for photosynthesis in plants and some microorganisms. These LH molecules have not yet been created artificially.

1 Feb 2023

Study: Superconductivity Switches On and Off in “magic-angle” Graphene

With some careful twisting and stacking, MIT physicists have revealed a new and exotic property in “magic-angle” graphene: superconductivity that can be turned on and off with an electric pulse, much like a light switch.

31 Jan 2023

Restoring Damaged Nerve Cells Using Nanotechnology and Magnetic Manipulations

Neurons are the fundamental units of the brain and nervous system, the cells responsible for receiving sensory input from the external world, for sending motor commands to our muscles, and for transforming and relaying the electrical signals at every step in between.

27 Jan 2023