Inspired by the science fiction of the spacefaring Romulans of Star Trek, astrophysicists have used XSEDE-allocated supercomputers to develop cosmological computer simulations called RomulusC, where the 'C' stands for galaxy ...
Astronomy
Jan 24, 2020
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While spectroscopic measurements are normally averaged over myriad molecules, a new method developed by researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) provides precise information about the interaction of individual ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 8, 2019
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A group of scientists from Russia and Austria has demonstrated that the interaction between plasmon oscillations in nanostructured graphene causes a significant shift in the far IR light absorption spectrum. Plasmons, collective ...
Nanophysics
Sep 12, 2018
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Red-sensitive, blue-sensitive and green-sensitive color sensors stacked on top of each other instead of being lined up in a mosaic pattern – this principle could allow image sensors with unprecedented resolution and sensitivity ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 16, 2017
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When a solid material is immersed in a liquid, the liquid immediately next to its surface differs from that of the bulk liquid at the molecular level. This interfacial layer is critical to our understanding of a diverse set ...
Nanophysics
Oct 23, 2014
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Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) and the University of Maryland have for the first time used photothermal induced resonance (PTIR) to characterize individual plasmonic nanomaterials ...
Nanophysics
Sep 11, 2014
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In this week's Nature Communications Imec presents the development of fullerene-free organic photovoltaic (OPV) multilayer stacks achieving a record conversion efficiency of 8.4 percent. This breakthrough achievement is an ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 11, 2014
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MPQ-scientists record broad absorption spectra on a microsecond scale with two laser frequency combs.
General Physics
Feb 28, 2014
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The fabrication of many objects, machines, and devices around us rely on the controlled deformation of metals by industrial processes such as bending, shearing, and stamping. Is this technology transferrable to nanoscale? ...
Nanophysics
Oct 19, 2012
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One of the key achievements of the nanotechnology era is the development of manufacturing technologies that can fabricate nanostructures formed from multiple materials. Such nanometer-scale integration of composite materials ...
Nanophysics
Oct 10, 2012
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