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Electronic properties news, November 2016

CNT transistors align performance with prediction

Carbon nanotubes promise electronic devices of the future that could outperform Si and GaAs technologies.

29 November 2016Cordelia Sealy

Inducing superconductivity in non-superconducting materials

29 November 2016Laurie Donaldson

By using a very hot pressing temperature, scientists have created a novel thermoelectric material with an unusually high power factor.

21 November 2016

A new electroactive material made from a bottlebrush polymer can change shape and size when exposed to a relatively small electric field.

16 November 2016

By finding a way to sandwich two types of perovskite into a single photovoltaic cell, scientists have achieved a conversion efficiency of 21.7%.

15 November 2016

Using a gold metasurface, scientists have fabricated the first semiconductor-free, optically-controlled microelectronic device.

15 November 2016

Fluctuations in the amount of a particular precursor in a two-dimensional alloy can influence the ordering of the atoms of the other components.

11 November 2016

Hydrogenation proceeds differently over single-layer graphene compared with few-layer graphene, and also requires defects or edges.

11 November 2016

Scientists have used a laser-heating technique to fabricate a new class of crystalline solid known as a rotating lattice single crystal.

10 November 2016

Engineers have developed a magnetic ink that can be used to make self-healing batteries, electrochemical sensors and textile-based circuits.

9 November 2016

Superconducting spin cycle

8 November 2016David Bradley

Using alternating layers of an antiferromagnet, researchers have produced a topological insulator that can work at higher temperatures.

7 November 2016

A new method for taking advantage of assembled interfaces can induce superconductivity in non-superconducting materials.

7 November 2016

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4 November 2016

The University at Buffalo's new Materials Data Engineering Laboratory will conduct materials modeling and simulations using visual data.

4 November 2016

By capturing both high- and low-energy photons, a new perovskite tandem solar cell has achieved a power conversion efficiency of 20.3%.

3 November 2016

Nanostructured catalysts boosts conversion of greenhouse gas to fuel.

2 November 2016David Bradley

See your image on the cover of Nano Today in 2017.

1 November 2016

Nano-features similar to leaf veins improves electrodes

1 November 2016Laurie Donaldson

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