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Novel technology aims to improve lithium metal battery life, safety

“Rechargeable lithium metal batteries with increased energy density, performance, and safety may be possible with a newly-developed, solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI), according to Penn State researchers. As the demand for higher-energy-density lithium metal batteries increases — for electric vehicles, smartphones, and drones …

When Semiconductors Stick Together, Materials Go Quantum

“A new study led by Berkeley Lab reveals how aligned layers of atomically thin semiconductors can yield an exotic new quantum material A team of researchers led by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has …

Graphene Quantum Dots for Single Electron Transistors

“Scientists from the Higher School of Economics, Manchester University, the Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology have developed a novel technology, which combines the fabrication procedures of planar and vertical heterostructures in …

Smoothing out the wrinkles in graphene

“Coating graphene with wax makes for a less contaminated surface during device manufacturing. To protect graphene from performance-impairing wrinkles and contaminants that mar its surface during device fabrication, MIT researchers have turned to an everyday material: wax. Graphene is an …

Graphite offers up new quantum surprise

“Researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered unexpected phenomena in graphite thanks to their previous research on its two-dimensional (2D) relative – graphene. The team led by Dr Artem Mishchenko, Prof Volodya Fal’ko and Prof Sir Andre Geim, discovered …

Breakthrough in the search for graphene-based electronics

“A team of researchers from Denmark has solved one of the biggest challenges in making effective nanoelectronics based on graphene. The new results have just been published in Nature Nanotechnology. For 15 years, scientists have tried to exploit the “miracle …

Graphene-based technology for wearable health monitoring, food inspection and night vision

“The Graphene Pavilion, organised by the Graphene Flagship and supported by the European Commission and GSMA, is returning to Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 with over 20 graphene-based prototypes, four of which are developed by the Graphene Flagship partner ICFO …

Laser-induced graphene gets tough, with help

“Rice lab combines conductive foam with other materials for capable new composites Laser-induced graphene (LIG), a flaky foam of the atom-thick carbon, has many interesting properties on its own but gains new powers as part of a composite. The labs …

NASA to Advance Unique 3D Printed Sensor Technology

“A NASA technologist is taking miniaturization to the extreme. Mahmooda Sultana won funding to advance a potentially revolutionary, nanomaterial-based detector platform. The technology is capable of sensing everything from minute concentrations of gases and vapor, atmospheric pressure and temperature, and …

New measurement technique for topological quantum systems

“Researchers at Universität Hamburg have demonstrated a new scheme for measuring the topological index of a system. The index describes the topological nature of materials and influences certain properties such as the conductivity. The scientists report their findings, which may …