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Making a layer cake with atomic precision
The team used individual one-atom-thick crystals to construct a multilayer cake that works as a nanoscale electric transformer. Graphene, isolated for the…
Cutting the graphene cake
Writing in Nature Materials, the scientists show that a new side-view imaging technique can be used to visualize the individual atomic layers of graphene…
Solar Nanowire Array May Increase Percentage of Sun’s Frequencies Available for Energy Conversion
Researchers creating electricity through photovoltaics want to convert as many of the sun’s wavelengths as possible to achieve maximum efficiency. Otherwise,…
Boiling breakthrough: Nano-coating doubles rate of heat transfer
Pool boiling is the most common and familiar method of heating a container's contents, and is a remarkably efficient heat transfer method. The transfer of heat…
New '3-D' transistors promising future chips, lighter laptops
The approach could enable engineers to build faster, more compact and efficient integrated circuits and lighter laptops that generate less heat than today's….
First proof of single atomic layer material with zero resistance
A research group led by Dr. Takashi Uchihashi, a MANA Scientist, and Dr. Tomonobu Nakayama, a MANA Principal Investigator, both of the International Center for…