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href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/the-emerging-materials-shaping-next-generation-semiconductor-electronics/">The emerging materials shaping next-generation semiconductor electronics</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/the-emerging-materials-shaping-next-generation-semiconductor-electronics/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/red-368x300.webp" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-75457" alt="" decoding="async" /></a><p>The relentless demand for faster, smaller and more efficient electronic devices is finally pushing existing silicon technology to its physical limits. Decades of phenomenal innovation have largely delivered the prophesy of Moore’s Law, which predicts that the number of transistors that can be crammed onto a silicon chip should double every two years, but there…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="24 R&D trends that redefined 2024"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">November 13, 2024</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/24-rd-trends-that-redefined-2024/">24 R&D trends that redefined 2024</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/24-rd-trends-that-redefined-2024/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/collage-368x300.webp" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-75411" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>In many respects, 2024 was a year of building upon the foundations laid by previous technological and scientific advances. While AI continued to evolve at a rapid clip, progress was in many ways more incremental than last year when GPT-4 redefined expectations for genAI. But AI continues to make definable improvements across a range of…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Graphene-based flowmeter sensor measures nano-rate fluid flows, Part 3: The sensor"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/akalnoskas/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Aimee Kalnoskas</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">April 28, 2021</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/graphene-based-flowmeter-sensor-measures-nano-rate-fluid-flows-part-3-the-sensor/">Graphene-based flowmeter sensor measures nano-rate fluid flows, Part 3: The sensor</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/graphene-based-flowmeter-sensor-measures-nano-rate-fluid-flows-part-3-the-sensor/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/WTWH_graphene-flow-sensor_Pt3_randfeatured-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-66783" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>by Bill Schweber, Contributing Author The first part of this article looked at the challenges of sensing nano-level flow rates such as found in the blood vessels. In contrast, the second part looked at graphene, an allotrope of elemental carbon at the heart of a new sensor used to measure those flows. This third and…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Graphene-based flowmeter sensor measures nano-rate fluid flows, Part 2: The graphene context"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/akalnoskas/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Aimee Kalnoskas</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">April 26, 2021</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/graphene-based-flowmeter-sensor-measures-nano-rate-fluid-flows-part-2-the-graphene-context/">Graphene-based flowmeter sensor measures nano-rate fluid flows, Part 2: The graphene context</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/graphene-based-flowmeter-sensor-measures-nano-rate-fluid-flows-part-2-the-graphene-context/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/WTWH_graphene-flow-sensor_Pt2_randd-featured-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-66781" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>by Bill Schweber, Contributing Author The previous part of this article looked at the challenges of nanoflow sensors, especially with respect to blood flow. This part looks at graphene, which is the basis for the new sensor. Graphene is a material structure which did not exist until relatively recently. However, its constituent element of graphite…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Graphene-based flowmeter sensor measures nano-rate fluid flows, Part 1: The challenge"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/akalnoskas/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Aimee Kalnoskas</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">April 23, 2021</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/graphene-based-flowmeter-sensor-measures-nano-rate-fluid-flows-part-1-the-challenge/">Graphene-based flowmeter sensor measures nano-rate fluid flows, Part 1: The challenge</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/graphene-based-flowmeter-sensor-measures-nano-rate-fluid-flows-part-1-the-challenge/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/WTWH_graphene-flow-sensor_Pt1_Featured-randd-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-66776" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>by Bill Schweber, contributing author When it comes to nearly all biological measurements, the ranges of many of the parameters of interest are orders-of-magnitude below those with which many engineers are familiar. Instead of megahertz or even kilohertz, the living-creature world is in the single or double-digit hertz range, such as the roughly 60+ beats…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="A graphene innovation that is music to your ears"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/hhall/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Heather Hall</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">March 12, 2020</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/a-graphene-innovation-that-is-music-to-your-ears/">A graphene innovation that is music to your ears</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/a-graphene-innovation-that-is-music-to-your-ears/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/soundwaves-illustration-graphaudio-berkeley-lab-pixabay-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-64141" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Just over 15 years since a couple of researchers in the U.K. used adhesive tape to isolate single atomic layers of carbon, known as graphene, from a chunk of graphite, their Nobel Prize-winning discovery has fueled a revolution in ultrathin materials R&D. Graphene and other atomically thin “2D” materials exhibit exotic properties that researchers hope…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Rice, Tennessee labs shrink laser-induced graphene for flexible electronics"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/hhall/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Heather Hall</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 19, 2020</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/rice-tennessee-labs-shrink-laser-induced-graphene-for-flexible-electronics/">Rice, Tennessee labs shrink laser-induced graphene for flexible electronics</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/rice-tennessee-labs-shrink-laser-induced-graphene-for-flexible-electronics/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/0217_LIG-1a-web-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-64010" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>You don’t need a big laser to make laser-induced graphene (LIG). Scientists at Rice University, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT Knoxville) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are using a very small visible beam to burn the foamy form of carbon into microscopic patterns. The labs of Rice chemist James Tour, which discovered the…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry" aria-label="Mathematically Designed Graphene Possesses Superior Electrocatalytic Activity"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/tohoku-university/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Tohoku University</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">May 29, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/mathematically-designed-graphene-possesses-superior-electrocatalytic-activity/">Mathematically Designed Graphene Possesses Superior Electrocatalytic Activity</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><p>An international research group has improved graphene’s ability to catalyze the “hydrogen evolution reaction,” which releases hydrogen as a result of passing an electronic current through water. They designed a mathematically predicted graphene electrocatalyst, and confirmed its performance using high resolution electrochemical microscopy and computational modelling. The findings were published in the journal Advanced Science.…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry" aria-label="Plumbene, Cousin of Graphene, Created by Researchers"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/nagoya-university/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Nagoya University</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">May 28, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/plumbene-cousin-of-graphene-created-by-researchers/">Plumbene, Cousin of Graphene, Created by Researchers</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><p>Two-dimensional materials made of Group 14 elements, graphene’s cousins, have attracted enormous interest in recent years because of their unique potential as useful topological insulators. In particular, the up-to-now purely theoretical possibility of a lead-based 2-D honeycomb material, called plumbene, has generated much attention because it has the largest spin-orbit interaction, due to lead’s orbital…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry" aria-label="Researchers Develop Wearable Sensor Inspired by Octopus Suckers"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/american-chemical-society/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">American Chemical Society</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">May 24, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/researchers-develop-wearable-sensor-inspired-by-octopus-suckers/">Researchers Develop Wearable Sensor Inspired by Octopus Suckers</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><p>Wearable electronics that adhere to skin are an emerging trend in health sensor technology for their ability to monitor a variety of human activities, from heart rate to step count. But finding the best way to stick a device to the body has been a challenge. Now, a team of researchers reports the development of…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry" aria-label="New Applications of 2D Materials Enabled by Strain"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/journal-of-applied-physics/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Journal of Applied Physics</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">May 23, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/new-applications-of-2d-materials-enabled-by-strain/">New Applications of 2D Materials Enabled by Strain</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><p>Superconductors’ never-ending flow of electrical current could provide new options for energy storage and superefficient electrical transmission and generation, to name just a few benefits. But the signature zero electrical resistance of superconductors is reached only below a certain critical temperature, hundreds of degrees Celsius below freezing, and is very expensive to achieve. Physicists from…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Next-gen Core Semiconductor Technology Based on Graphene"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/daegu-gyeongbuk-institute-of-s/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">May 16, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/next-gen-core-semiconductor-technology-based-on-graphene/">Next-gen Core Semiconductor Technology Based on Graphene</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/next-gen-core-semiconductor-technology-based-on-graphene/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/DGIST-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-47555" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>The DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology) Department of Information and Communication Engineering has developed a graphene-based high-performance transmission line with an improved operating speed of electrons than using the existing metal in high-frequency. This is expected to contribute greatly to next generation’s high-speed semiconductor and communication device with much faster processing speed…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Graphene Flakes Control Neuron Activity"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/sissa/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">SISSA</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">May 13, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/graphene-flakes-control-neuron-activity/">Graphene Flakes Control Neuron Activity</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/graphene-flakes-control-neuron-activity/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="284" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/SISSA-368x284.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-47542" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/SISSA-368x284.jpg 368w, https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/SISSA-216x168.jpg 216w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px" /></a></div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Chemical Industry Bottleneck Gets a Colorful Solution"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/kaust/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">KAUST</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">May 10, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/chemical-industry-bottleneck-gets-a-colorful-solution/">Chemical Industry Bottleneck Gets a Colorful Solution</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/chemical-industry-bottleneck-gets-a-colorful-solution/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/KAUST-1-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-47537" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>The nanoscale water channels that nature has evolved to rapidly shuttle water molecules into and out of cells could inspire new materials to clean up chemical and pharmaceutical production. KAUST researchers have tailored the structure of graphene-oxide layers to mimic the hourglass shape of these biological channels, creating ultrathin membranes to rapidly separate chemical mixtures.…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry" aria-label="Graphene and Hydrogen Bind in Just 10 Femtoseconds"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/university-of-gottingen/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">University of Gottingen</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">May 9, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/graphene-and-hydrogen-bind-in-just-10-femtoseconds/">Graphene and Hydrogen Bind in Just 10 Femtoseconds</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><p>Graphene is celebrated as an extraordinary material. It consists of pure carbon, only a single atomic layer thick. Nevertheless, it is extremely stable, strong, and even conductive. For electronics, however, graphene still has crucial disadvantages. It cannot be used as a semiconductor, since it has no bandgap. By sticking hydrogen atoms to graphene such a…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry" aria-label="Ink Not Required for Graphene Art Work"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/mike-williams-rice-university/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Mike Williams, Rice University</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">May 7, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/ink-not-required-for-graphene-art-work/">Ink Not Required for Graphene Art Work</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><p>When you read about electrifying art, “electrifying” isn’t usually a verb. But an artist working with a Rice University lab is in fact making artwork that can deliver a jolt. The Rice lab of chemist James Tour introduced laser-induced graphene (LIG) to the world in 2014, and now the researchers are making art with the…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry" aria-label="Graphene Plasmons Used for Quantum Computing"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/university-of-vienna/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">University of Vienna</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">May 7, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/graphene-plasmons-used-for-quantum-computing/">Graphene Plasmons Used for Quantum Computing</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><p>A novel material that consists of a single sheet of carbon atoms could lead to new designs for optical quantum computers. Physicists from the University of Vienna and the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona have shown that tailored graphene structures enable single photons to interact with each other. The proposed new architecture for quantum…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Innovative New Nanomaterial Could Replace Mercury"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/norwegian-university-of-scienc/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Norwegian University of Science and Technology</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">April 29, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/innovative-new-nanomaterial-could-replace-mercury/">Innovative New Nanomaterial Could Replace Mercury</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/innovative-new-nanomaterial-could-replace-mercury/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/graphene-7-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-47502" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>The nano research team led by professors Helge Weman and Bjørn-Ove Fimland at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s (NTNU) Department of Electronic Systems has succeeded in creating light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, from a nanomaterial that emits ultraviolet light. It is the first time anyone has created ultraviolet light on a graphene surface. “We’ve…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry" aria-label="Custom-made Materials Display Ultrafast Connections"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/mia-hallerd-palmgren-chalmers/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Mia Halleröd Palmgren, Chalmers University of Technology</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">April 18, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/custom-made-materials-display-ultrafast-connections/">Custom-made Materials Display Ultrafast Connections</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><p>Through magic twist angles and unique energy states, it is possible to design tailor-made, atomically thin materials that could be invaluable for future electronics. Now, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and Regensburg University in Germany have shed light on the ultrafast dynamics in these novel materials. The results were recently published in the…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Graphene Could Aid Future Terahertz Cameras"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/icfo/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">ICFO</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">April 17, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/graphene-could-aid-future-terahertz-cameras/">Graphene Could Aid Future Terahertz Cameras</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/graphene-could-aid-future-terahertz-cameras/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/graphene_Shutterstock-13-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-47465" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>A study in Nano Letters reports on the development of a graphene-enabled detector for terahertz light that is faster and more sensitive than existing room-temperature technologies. Detecting terahertz (THz) light is extremely useful for two main reasons. Firstly, THz technology is becoming a key element in applications regarding security (such as airport scanners), wireless data…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry" aria-label="‘Deep Learning’ Agents Give Insight into Novel 2D Materials"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/mike-williams-rice-university/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Mike Williams, Rice University</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">April 12, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/deep-learning-agents-give-insight-into-novel-2d-materials/">‘Deep Learning’ Agents Give Insight into Novel 2D Materials</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><p>Scientists are discovering new two-dimensional materials at a rapid pace, but they don’t always immediately know what those materials can do. Researchers at Rice University’s Brown School of Engineering say they can find out fast by feeding basic details of their structures to “deep learning” agents that have the power to map the materials’ properties.…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry" aria-label="Researchers Create Artificial Atoms that Work at Room Temperature"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/jim-barlow-university-of-orego/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Jim Barlow, University of Oregon</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">April 12, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/researchers-create-artificial-atoms-that-work-at-room-temperature/">Researchers Create Artificial Atoms that Work at Room Temperature</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><p>Ultra-secure online communications, completely indecipherable if intercepted, are one step closer with the help of a recently published discovery by University of Oregon physicist Ben Alemán. Alemán, a member of the UO’s Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science, has made artificial atoms that work in ambient conditions. The research, published in the journal Nano…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry" aria-label="Graphene Hybrid Energy Method Could Be Utilized by Rockets"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/chris-adam-purdue-university/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Chris Adam, Purdue University</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">April 11, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/graphene-hybrid-energy-method-could-be-utilized-by-rockets/">Graphene Hybrid Energy Method Could Be Utilized by Rockets</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><p>Graphene, a new material with applications in biomedical technology, electronics, composites, energy and sensors, may soon help send rockets to space. A new propellant formulation method to use graphene foams—material used in electronics, optics and energy devices—to power spacecraft is being developed in Purdue University’s Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories, which is the largest academic propulsion…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Predicting the Shape of Squeezed Nanocrystals When Blanketed Under Graphene"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/ames-laboratory/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Ames Laboratory</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">April 8, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/predicting-the-shape-of-squeezed-nanocrystals-when-blanketed-under-graphene/">Predicting the Shape of Squeezed Nanocrystals When Blanketed Under Graphene</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/predicting-the-shape-of-squeezed-nanocrystals-when-blanketed-under-graphene/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/graphene_Shutterstock-12-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-47438" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>In a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and Northeastern University, scientists have developed a model for predicting the shape of metal nanocrystals or “islands” sandwiched between or below two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene. The advance moves 2D quantum materials a step closer to applications in electronics. Ames Laboratory scientist are…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry" aria-label="Researchers Explore Record Growth of Graphene Single Crystals"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/science-china-press/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Science China Press</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">April 4, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/researchers-explore-record-growth-of-graphene-single-crystals/">Researchers Explore Record Growth of Graphene Single Crystals</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><p>Graphene, especially the graphene single crystal, is a star material for future photonics and electronics due to its unique properties, such as giant intrinsic charge carrier mobility, record thermal conductivity, super stiffness and excellent light transmission. 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