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Researchers Reveal Atomic Positions and Local Electronic Properties of 2D MXene

Scientists have long been searching for electrically conductive materials for cost-effective energy-storage devices. Two-dimensional (2D) ceramics known as MXenes are candidates. MXenes, unlike most 2D ceramics, have inherently excellent conductivity, because they are molecular sheets fabricated from the nitrides and carbides of transition metals like titanium.

15 Mar 2017

Multilayer Hexagonal Boron Nitride Enhances Capabilities of Electronic Devices

A promising strategy that has recently gained an increased amount of interest in both industry and academia is the use of two dimensional (2D) layered materials to enhance the capabilities of electronic devices.

8 Mar 2017

Bubble-Recoil Facilitates Cooling of Microchips Even in Space

The bubbles forming on a heated surface tend to create a tiny recoil when they leave it, similar to the kick from a gun shooting blanks.

7 Mar 2017

Ionotronic Devices Open New Avenues for Creating Electrically Switchable Memories

Ionotronic devices rely on charge effects based on ions, instead of electrons or in addition to electrons. These devices open new opportunities for creating electrically switchable memories. However, there are still many technical challenges to overcome before this new kind of memories can be produced.

24 Feb 2017

Microhotplates Used to Develop a Smart Gas Sensor

It is essential to use gas sensors for air quality monitoring and leakage alerts in everyday life. Besides sensing, smart gas sensors capable of performing signal processing and communication have attracted a lot of attention. Additionally, incorporating these functions into a single chip results in economical and tiny smart gas-sensing systems.

23 Feb 2017

Ultrasmall Nanoclusters Have Potential to Address Big Issues in Lithium-Ion Batteries

Batteries that are smaller, faster, and more stable are in great demand as devices become smaller and more powerful. Chemists at the University of Illinois have created a superionic solid that could be the starting point of next-generation lithium-ion batteries.

22 Feb 2017

Researchers Perform Experimental Validation of Heat Transport at the Nanoscale

The phenomenon of heat transport is highly significant as its regulation, for example, is inevitable for efficient cooling of smaller chips.

20 Feb 2017

Study on 2D Materials May Lead to Flexible Electronic Gadgets

Dr Neil Wilson in the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick has developed a new method to measure the electronic structures of stacks of two-dimensional (2D) materials – flat, atomically thin, extremely strong, and highly conductive materials – for the first time.

17 Feb 2017

A Step Towards Stretchable Electronics

The first stretchable integrated circuit made completely using an inkjet printer was developed by engineering researchers at Michigan State University. It opens up the possibility for low-cost mass production of smart fabric.

16 Feb 2017

New Model Accurately Predicts Electronic Properties of a Combination of 2D Semiconductors

Bandgap is the so-called defining property of a semiconductor, and it is considered to be a barrier that prevents electrons within a particular energy range from passing through a material.

7 Feb 2017