Nanomaterials news, November 2019

Improved electrical devices from 3D-printed polymer structures

Embedding electrical circuits inside 3D-printed plastics to improve electronic devices

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MXene could be new gold standard for photodetectors

Researchers have developed a way to make cheaper, more sensitive photodetectors by replacing gold with the 2D material MXene.

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Tiny electronic components could communicate by waving

Surface-plasmon-polariton waves between a metal and a dielectric may offer a way for tiny electronic components to communicate with each other.

Molybdenum disulfide sandwich makes superconducting transistor

By studying superconductivity in molybdenum disulfide, scientists have developed a superconducting transistor and discovered new superconducting states.

Scientists assemble nanomaterials using light-based ‘tractor beam’

Using optical tweezers as a light-based ‘tractor beam’, researchers have developed a method for assembling nanomaterials into larger structures.

New technique provides unprecedented insight into crystallization

Using computer modeling and a novel imaging technique, scientists have been able to study the self-assembly of crystalline materials at a high resolution.

Diffuse diffraction means perfect graphene

Scientists have found that a broad diffraction pattern can help determine whether graphene and other 2D materials are structurally perfect.

Graphene resists stresses and strains with kirigami

Applying kirigami, the Japanese art of cutting and folding, to graphene can make it more strain tolerant and adaptable to movement.

Kirigami-inspired sensors take the strain

kirigami-inspired design allows graphene-based sensor devices to withstand large strains

Oxygen atoms form unexpected bonds on graphene

New materials could arise from the unexpected discovery of unusual configurations of oxygen and nitrogen on graphene.

‘Chimera’ membrane promises to filter out micropollutants

new type of membrane can filter micropollutants like pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and plasticizers from drinking or wastewater

Spin currents can make the switch with 2D materials

Scientists have shown that a device made from a double layer of graphene on top of a layer of tungsten disulfide can switch spin currents on and off.