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Theoretical model may help solve molecular mystery
Feb 06, 2019 (SPX)
However, to generate a suitable spin current, you need a relatively large magnet. An alternative method that uses a special type of molecule has been proposed, ...
Argonne researchers develop new method to reduce quantum noise
Feb 05, 2019 (SPX)
Many current quantum information applications, such as carrying out an algorithm on a quantum computer, suffer from "decoherence" - a loss of information due to...
Current generation via quantum proton transfer
Feb 04, 2019 (SPX)
These results indicated the involvement of QTE in electrochemical proton transfer, a subject of a long-lasting debate, and may accelerate basic research leading...
Faster than allowed by quantum computing?
Feb 04, 2019 (SPX)
What kinds of computers would be conceivable if physics worked differently? The quantum physicists Marius Krumm from the University of Vienna and Markus Muller ...
Researchers report advances in stretchable semiconductors, integrated electronics
Feb 04, 2019 (SPX)
In a paper published Friday, Feb. 1, in Science Advances, they outlined advances in creating stretchable rubbery semiconductors, including rubbery integrated el...
The Quiet light set to move demanding scientific applications to the chip scale
Feb 04, 2019 (SPX)
In practice, researchers go to great lengths to build highly coherent, near-single-frequency lasers for high-end systems such as atomic clocks. Today, however, ...
Waterproof graphene electronic circuits
Feb 01, 2019 (SPX)
The many applications of graphene, an atomically-thin sheet of carbon atoms with extraordinary conductivity and mechanical properties, include the manufacture o...
Electrical conductivity in doped organic semiconductors deciphered
Jan 30, 2019 (SPX)
These dopants function as intentional "disturbances" in the semiconductor that can be used to specifically control the behaviour of the charge carriers and thus...
Three-atom device shows role of quantum effects in thermodynamics
Jan 30, 2019 (SPX)
This quantum fridge won't keep your drinks cold, but it's cool proof of physics operating at the smallest scales. The work is described in a paper published 14 ...
New quantum system could help design better spintronics
Jan 30, 2019 (SPX)
Spin transport electronics have the potential to revolutionize electronic devices as we know them, especially when it comes to computing. While standard electro...
Quantifying how much quantum information can be eavesdropped
Jan 29, 2019 (SPX)
Encrypted communication is achieved by sending quantum information in basic units called quantum bits, or qubits. The most basic type of quantum information pro...
Novel strategy enables tiny semiconductor particles for wide-ranging applications
Jan 28, 2019 (SPX)
The smaller counterpart of 2D TMDs, also known as TMD quantum dots (QDs) further accentuate the optical and electronic properties of TMDs, and are highly exploi...
Semiconductors combine forces in photocatalysis
Jan 25, 2019 (SPX)
As researchers have reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie, this catalyst harnesses the energy of visible light to split water and produce hydrogen, and to b...
Innovative technique could pave way for new generation of flexible electronic components
Jan 25, 2019 (SPX)
A team of engineering experts have pioneered a new way to ease production of van der Waals heterostructures with high-K dielectrics- assemblies of atomically th...
Breakthrough reported in fabricating nanochips
Jan 25, 2019 (SPX)
The team, headed by New York University Tandon School of Engineering Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Elisa Riedo, outlined the research resul...
Brilliant glow of paint-on semiconductors comes from ornate quantum physics
Jan 18, 2019 (SPX)
Comparing the quantum properties of these emerging so-called hybrid semiconductors with those of their established predecessors is about like comparing the Bols...
Theoreticians investigate puzzling phenomenon in a quantum gas
Jan 18, 2019 (SPX)
In other words: in the edge state, the current flows without resistance. This could be used, for example, to increase the stability and energy efficiency of mob...
Researchers discover molecules 'spin flip' from magnetic to non-magnetic forms dynamically
Jan 17, 2019 (SPX)
Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered spin flips happen in one half of one trillionth of a second, or half a picosecond in the course o...
Ultra ultrasound to transform new tech
Jan 17, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers at The University of Queensland have combined modern nanofabrication* and nanophotonics* techniques to build the ultraprecise ultrasound sensors on ...
Five thousand times faster than a computer
Jan 15, 2019 (SPX)
Solar cells convert the energy of light into an electric direct current (DC) which is fed into an electric supply grid. Key steps are the separation of charges ...
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