Electronic properties news, June 2021

New gold open access journal brings fast and high-quality communications to corrosion research

Article Highlight: Turning leftover coffee into batteries

Researchers hope that carbon obtained from coffee grounds could build better and more sustainable batteries

Article Highlight: New branches for cancer medicine

Research into using structures called dendrimers to deliver photoactive materials into cancer cells could yield new approaches for therapy and diagnosis

Photocathode for hydrogen production is self-improving

Si/GaN could be ideal efficient and durable photoelectrode for photoelectrochemical systems capable of artificial photosynthesis

Shape memory actuators drive micro-sized robots

shape-memory actuator based on nanometer-thick platinum films capped with titanium dioxide could enable low-power, electrically programmable microrobots

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Flextronics blows hot and cold for 2D semiconductors

Researchers have developed a novel manufacturing technique for producing flexible transistors from 2D semiconductors.

Excitons in 2D materials offer exciting possibilities for quantum computing

Researchers can gain more control over the electrical properties of 2D semiconducting materials by stacking them in specific geometries.

Graphene makes sensitive COVID-19 detector

Researchers have shown that the atomic-level vibrations of graphene sheets coated in antibodies can be used to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

New form of silicon advances semiconductor technology

Novel crystalline form of silicon for the next generation of electronic and energy devices

Trions get trapped in moiré superlattices

By shining laser light on semiconducting moiré superlattices, researchers have found a new class of electronic excited states called 'moiré trions'.

Biodegradable battery brings sustainability to the Internet of Things

Biodegradable battery for the Internet of Things, integrated health monitoring, and environmental or agricultural sensing

Unusual electron highway discovered in novel alloy

Based on their predictions, researchers have developed a bismuth alloy with oddly behaving electrons that manipulate heat in unusual ways.

Tiny carbon particles engage in shocking behavior

A new material made from carbon nanotubes and a Teflon-like polymer can generate electricity by scavenging energy from its environment.

Laser pulses illuminate ultrafast magnetism

Scientists struck a crystalline material with ultrafast pulses of laser light and then used X-rays to probe how its magnetic order changes.

Quasicrystal from the first nuclear explosion is promising new material

high pressure shocks shown to lead to new forms of matter

Clothing goes digital with new polymer fiber

By incorporating silicon chips into a polymer, researchers have created the first textile fiber with digital capabilities, able to store and analyze data.

Researchers create novel hexagonal form of silicon

A novel crystalline form of silicon with a hexagonal structure could help to create next-generation electronic and energy devices.

Layered crystal takes zig-zag route to generating power

Researchers have discovered that a layered crystal made of rhenium and silicon can produce a highly efficient transverse thermoelectric generator.

Researchers get drop on quantum confinement in perovskites

Researchers have shown that quantum confinement can occur in perovskites, causing them to behave like liquid quantum dots, or 'quantum drops'.

New study takes bite out of graphene nanoribbons

Researchers have shown that 'bite-defects' in graphene nanoribbons can disrupt their electronic transport but also yield spin-polarized currents.

Researchers make critical finding about novel semimetal

Researchers have found that a semimetal made of cerium, ruthenium and tin is quantum critical in its native state, without the need for any fine-tuning.

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