Technology Update
A team of researchers in the UK and Switzerland has unveiled a new theoretical framework to quantify how transparent a 2D material is to an electrostatic field. The theory will help physicists and device engineers design better quantum capacitors (an array of subatomic power storage components that can store high-energy densities, for example, in batteries) […]
Tungsten diselenide nanoflakes can be used to chemically convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide in an ionic liquid. This is the new finding from researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago whose “photosynthetic” device works using only sunlight. The new type of solar cell could be used to remove carbon from the atmosphere and […]
Devices that combine inorganic and biological components are sought for a number of applications including healthcare monitoring, high-efficiency solar cells and beyond-silicon bioprocessors. In his presentation at Nano Korea 2016 earlier this month, Jeong Woo Choi reported some of the progress in this field, from cell-based nanobioelectronic devices to an artificial “raybot”……. http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/65750 Bioinspired concept […]
An abrupt change in the electrical conductivity at the transition point between two so-called charge-density-wave phases in 2D tantalum disulphide-boron nitride-graphene channels can be exploited
Researchers at EPFL in Switzerland and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the US have used single-layer molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) nanopores as osmotic nanopower generators. The devices, which produce a large, osmotically induced current with a power density of up to 106 watts per square metre, can be used to power a MoS2transistor, thus […]
Artificial neural networks have been used to simulate interactions between water molecules and provide important clues about the remarkable properties of this live-giving substance. The study has been carried out by physicists in Germany and Austria, who used the networks to perform simulations 100,000 times faster than possible with conventional computers. Their work offers explanations […]
