In new research published in Nature Communications, University of Sussex scientists demonstrate how a highly conductive paint coating that they have developed mimics the network spread of a virus through a process called ‘explosive percolation’—a… Read More »How the science behind epidemics helped physicists develop state-of-the-art conductive paint
Recently, the team led by Prof. Zeng Changgan from the University of Sciences and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborating with Li Xiaoguang’s team from Shenzhen University, has enabled the… Read More »Researchers realize remote tuning of lifetime of coupled Dirac plasmons
Scientists from St. Petersburg University together with their foreign colleagues have created the world’s first two-dimensional ferromagnetism in graphene. Use of the obtained magnetic state of graphene can become the basis of a new approach… Read More »Physicists create the first two-dimensional ferrimagnetism in graphene
The nanomaterial graphene oxide—which is used in everything from electronics to sensors for biomolecules—can indirectly affect the immune system via the gut microbiome, as shown in a new study on zebrafish by researchers at Karolinska… Read More »Nanomaterial influences gut microbiome and immune system interactions
Graphene Flagship Partners University of Cambridge (U.K.) and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB, Belgium) paired up with the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC, United Arab Emirates), and the European Space Agency (ESA) to test… Read More »Graphene heading to space and to the moon
“Future chips may be 10 times faster, all thanks to graphene”; “Graphene may be used in COVID-19 detection”; and “Graphene allows batteries to charge 5x faster”—those are just a handful of recent dramatic headlines lauding… Read More »Graphene is a proven supermaterial, but manufacturing the versatile form of carbon at usable scales remains a challenge
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, a research team led by Prof. Guo Guangcan from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed nanomechanical resonators… Read More »Developing sliding nanomechanical resonators
With atomic precision, scientists built a testbed to manipulate electrons in entirely new ways with potential applications in quantum computing. Read More | Phys.org news tagged with:graphene Nanophysics Nanomaterials
To effectively replicate the movements of humans and animals, robots should integrate muscle-like structures. These artificial muscles should attain an optimal performance across all relevant actuation parameters, including energy density, strain, stress, and mechanical strength.… Read More »A single fiber actuator inspired by human muscles
After studying the effects of irradiation defects on the work function of graphene electrodes in thermionic energy converters (TECs), a research team found that the generation of defects in graphene through irradiation would increase the… Read More »Researchers reveal effects of defects on electron emission property of graphene electrodes