Engineers created a new type of battery that weaves two promising battery sub-fields into a single battery. The battery uses both a solid state electrolyte and an all-silicon anode, making it a silicon all-solid-state battery.… Read More »A new solid-state battery surprises the researchers who created it
An intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4 has been discovered with a large band gap, making it a promising material platform for fabricating ultra-low-energy electronics and observing exotic quantum phenomena. Read More | Graphene News —… Read More »Electrons on the edge: The story of an intrinsic magnetic topological insulator
A new study demonstrating the emergence of localized magnetism due to a 2D nanomaterial’s unique, star-like atomic-scale structure has potential for applications in next-generation electronics based on organic nanomaterials, where tuning of electronic interactions can… Read More »Star attraction: Magnetism generated by star-like arrangement of molecules
A new method designs nanomaterials with less than 10-nanometer precision. It could pave the way for faster, more energy-efficient electronics. Read More | Graphene News — ScienceDaily
Researchers succeed in the direct bonding of diamond and gallium nitride (GaN) at room temperature and demonstrate that the bond can withstand heat treatments of 1,000 degrees Celsius, making it ideal for the high temperature… Read More »GaN-on-diamond semiconductor material that can take the heat – 1,000 degrees to be exact
There is a dictum to ‘never change a running system’. New methods can however be far superior to older ones. While to date chemical reactions are mainly accelerated by catalytic materials that comprise several hundreds… Read More »Anchoring single atoms
Linked Weyl surfaces, a novel type of topological phase that exists in five-dimensional space, have now been experimentally observed. The work provides a unique platform for exploring various topological phases, the transition between them, and… Read More »Observing a higher-dimensional topological state with metamaterials
Researchers used ultrafast electron microscopy to study a nanoscale phenomenon that occurs in less than a few hundred quadrillionths of a second. Insights from the study could aid in the development of new sensors and… Read More »Ultrafast electron microscopy leads to pivotal discovery
Researchers have taken the fight to online hackers with a giant leap towards realizing affordable, accessible quantum communications, a technology that would effectively prevent the decryption of online activity. Everything from private social media messaging… Read More »Can a piece of sticky tape stop computer hackers in their tracks?
Engineers have created a double layer of atomically flat borophene, a feat that defies the natural tendency of boron to form non-planar clusters beyond the single-atomic-layer limit. Read More | Graphene News — ScienceDaily