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New nanomaterials: The future of solar energy
In the race to make solar cells cheaper and more efficient, many researchers and companies are expecting a nanoscale structure of one-billionth of a meter. Using nanotec…
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Manufacturing small components under 10 nm by electron microscopy
Physicists at the University of Pennsylvania (USA), Michael Fischbein and Marija Drndic, have invented an effective technique that enables the fabrication of complex nan…
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Increase the efficiency of photosynthetic reactions with nanoparticles
Metal nanoparticles can help increase energy production efficiency in photosynthetic systems, according to recent research results by the US and Israeli scientists.
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The new device is capable of measuring fast movements at the nanoscale
A new nanoscale device has just been developed at the JILA Institute (the collaboration between the NIST Institute and the University of Colorado in Boulder) - a small y…
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Si nanowires are magnetic: New materials for Spintronics
Taiwan scientists first discovered ferromagnetism at room temperature in Si nanowires with ion implants. Lih Chen's group and colleagues at the National University of Qi…
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Quantization from resistors in nano contacts
Researchers in the US and France have shown that the resistance of a magnetic wire with a thickness of only a few atomic layers can change in a step-by-step fashion unde…
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Nano emitting diode
Researchers in the Netherlands have for the first time successfully created quantum dot nanowire (quantum dot nanowire). The results were done by the team of the Nano Ka…
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Take photos at the nanoscale level with a strong and short-wavelength X-ray laser.
For the first time, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists (LLNL) have demonstrated that people can use extremely powerful and ultra-short X-ray pulses to 'ca…
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How does solar cell work?
Solar batteries (solar cells / photovoltaic batteries) are devices that directly convert sunlight energy (solar energy) into electrical energy (electricity) based on the…