The smallest robotic arm you can imagine is controlled by artificial intelligence
Researchers used deep reinforcement learning to steer atoms into a lattice shape, with a view to building new materials or nanodevices.
Dec 7, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
All-3D-printed lithium metal batteries with high energy density
A research team led by Prof. Wu Zhongshuai from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed all-3D-printed Li metal batteries (LMBs) with robust cycle stability and ultrahigh ...
Nov 16, 2022
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MemHC: An optimized GPU memory management framework for accelerating many-body correlation functions
Computers help physicists solve complicated calculations. But some of these calculations are so complex that a regular computer is not enough. In fact, some advanced calculations tax even the largest supercomputers. Now, ...
Nov 15, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers investigate batteries without critical raw materials
The market for rechargeable batteries is growing rapidly, but the necessary raw materials are limited. Sodium-ion batteries, for example, could offer an alternative. A joint research group from HZB and Humboldt-Universität ...
Oct 27, 2022
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Using lattice distortions to improve carrier mobility in 2D semiconductors
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are semiconducting materials with thicknesses on the atomic scale, which have exceptional electronic properties. In the future, these materials could have the potential to replace silicon ...
Jul 4, 2022 feature
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Chemist pursues answers to why promising solar cell material quickly degrades
A Florida State University researcher is unraveling the intricacies of a material that scientists worldwide are trying to manipulate to build better solar cells.
Jun 14, 2022
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Versatile porous flexible sensor prepared by photocurable 3D printed ionogel
Flexible sensors are widely used in health diagnosis, motion monitoring, and human-computer interaction due to their excellent tensile properties, electrical conductivity and fit.
May 9, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A solution to perovskite solar cell scalability problems
Perovskites are hybrid materials made from metal halides and organic compounds. They have attracted a lot of interest in the field of solar energy because of their light-harvesting capacities combined with a low cost of manufacturing, ...
Apr 21, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A bright future: Seeking a third generation of better-performing solar cells
For a greener and more sustainable economy, building better and more powerful solar cells is a key research goal within the clean energy sector. But, in a typical single-junction solar cell, performance is capped at what ...
Apr 5, 2022
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Making a 'sandwich' out of magnets and topological insulators shows potential for lossless electronics
A Monash University-led research team has discovered that a structure comprising an ultra-thin topological insulator sandwiched between two 2D ferromagnetic insulators becomes a large-bandgap quantum anomalous Hall insulator.
Apr 4, 2022
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