Glassy antimony makes monatomic phase change memory
Overcoming the problem of local compositional variations in conventional multi-element PCMs
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Silicon carbide LEDs make bright single photon sources
Discovery of new colour centres in SiC confirms once again that it is a good material out of which to make qubits
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Silicon nanowires sense single ion channel currents
Nanoelectronic devices that detect the tiny ion currents behind individual action potentials can be CMOS compatible
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Pulling water out of thin air
New technologies make harvesting humidity from the air a more viable source of water
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Bilayer electron transport material helps improve perovskite solar cells
New devices boast a photovoltaic efficiency of 20.2% and an open-circuit voltage of 1.13 V
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Reducing the contact resistance in 2D semiconducting transistors
The devices also boast short channel lengths, high channel conductance and excellent switching characteristics
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Modified Sierpinski triangle makes a good mid-infrared sensor
Fractalized device could be used in biosensing
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2D perovskites make brilliant blue-light emitters
Reducing the interactions between electrons and phonons in these layered materials makes them emit brighter light
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Photonic cellulose goes iridescent
Sub-micron architectures in a cellulose derivative produce bright, structural colours
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Frustrated liquid crystal film makes continuously rotating soft engine
Supramolecular structure carries on rotating thanks to spontaneous symmetry breaking
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