Friday, September 22, 2017

Enhancing the sensing capabilities of diamonds with quantum properties

Researchers have shown how they can create more nitrogen-vacancy centers, which makes sensing magnetic fields easier, using a relatively simple method that can be done in many labs.

A new way to enhance the capacity of memory devices

A new study reveals how topological vortices found in low-dimensional materials can be both displaced and erased and restored again by the electrical field within nanoparticles.

Assembly of nanoparticles proceeds like a zipper

According to scientists, nature's own charged nanoparticles - protein cages and viruses - can be utilized to determine the structure of composite nanomaterials.

Researchers demonstrate quantum teleportation of patterns of light

Technique paves the way for high bit-rate secure long distance quantum communication.

New analysis explains role of defects in metal oxides

Harnessing these imperfections could have implications for computer memory and energy conversion.