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Scientists Streamline Process for Controlling Spin Dynamics

January 18, 2021 sarah Jonas Brookhaven National Lab, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Electronics, National Synchrotron Light Source II, NSLS-II, Spintronics

UPTON, NY—Marking a major achievement in the field of spintronics, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Yale University have demonstrated the ability to control spin dynamics in magnetic materials by altering their thickness. The study, published today in Nature Materials, could lead to smaller, more energy-efficient electronic devices.

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Remote Work Suits Jefferson Lab Technical Designer

January 7, 2021 sarah Jonas Electronics, Nuclear Physics, Particle Detectors, Particle Physics

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned workplaces everywhere upside down, prompting countless brainstorming sessions on how to make work environments safer or whether jobs might be done just as well from home. Jefferson Lab technical designer Mindy Leffel says working from home during the pandemic has been a learning process, but has only motivated her to prove herself.

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3D-Printed Smart Gel Changes Shape When Exposed to Light

January 5, 2021 sarah Jonas 3d printing, Camouflage, Cells, Colors, Communication, Displays, electronic displays, Electronics, Engineering, Hydrogel, Light, Materials, New Jersey, NJ, Octopus, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Shapes, skin, soft robotics, Tech, Technology

Inspired by the color-changing skin of cuttlefish, octopuses and squids, Rutgers engineers have created a 3D-printed smart gel that changes shape when exposed to light, becomes “artificial muscle” and may lead to new military camouflage, soft robotics and flexible displays. The engineers also developed a 3D-printed stretchy material that can reveal colors when light changes, according to their study in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

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Nikhil Tiwale: Practicing the Art of Nanofabrication

December 21, 2020 sarah Jonas atomic layer deposition, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Ceramics, Composite Materials, Computers, Computing, Electron Microscope, Electron Microscopy, electron-beam lithography, Electronic Devices, Electronics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Lithography, materials science and engineering, Microelectronics, Nanofabrication, Postdocs, quantum electronics, scanning electron microscopy, science and art, Transistors, University Of Cambridge

Applying his passions for science and art, Nikhil Tiwale—a postdoc at Brookhaven Lab’s Center for Functional Nanomaterials—is fabricating new microelectronics components.

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New Surgical Tools with Smart Sensors Can Advance Cardiac Surgery and Therapy

September 7, 2020 sarah Jonas Arrhythmias, Biomedical Engineering, Cardiology, Electrodes, Electronics, Heart, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Surgery

Researchers developed a new class of medical instruments equipped with an advanced soft electronics system that could dramatically improve the diagnoses and treatments of a number of cardiac diseases and conditions.

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‘Cyborg’ technology could enable new diagnostics, merger of humans and AI

August 17, 2020 sarah Jonas bioelectronics, Biotechnology, Coating, Coatings, Conjugated Polymers, Electronics, Human Tissue, human tissues

Connecting electronics directly to human tissues in the body is a challenge. Today, a team is reporting new coatings for components that could help them more easily fit into this milieu. The researchers will present their results at the American Chemical Society Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting & Expo.

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Quantum Materials Quest Could Benefit From Graphene That Buckles

August 12, 2020 sarah Jonas 2D materials, Building Blocks, Crystals, Devices, Electricity, Electronic Devices, Electronics, Electrons, Energy, Graphene, Graphite, Health, health monitoring devices, Magnetic Fields, Magnetism, Materials, Materials Science, New Jersey, NJ, Physics, Power, Quantum Computers, quantum materials, Research, Robots, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Science, Sensors, Superconductivity, Superconductors, Tech, Technology

Graphene, an extremely thin two-dimensional layer of the graphite used in pencils, buckles when cooled while attached to a flat surface, resulting in beautiful pucker patterns that could benefit the search for novel quantum materials and superconductors, according to Rutgers-led research in the journal Nature. Quantum materials host strongly interacting electrons with special properties, such as entangled trajectories, that could provide building blocks for super-fast quantum computers. They also can become superconductors that could slash energy consumption by making power transmission and electronic devices more efficient.

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Safer, longer-lasting energy storage requires focus on interface of advanced materials

July 31, 2020 sarah Jonas Advanced Materials, Batteries, electric grid, Electric Vehicles, Electrode, Electrolyte, Electronics, Energy Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, Supercapacitor

More studies at the interface of battery materials, along with increased knowledge of the processes at work, are unleashing a surge of knowledge needed to more quickly address the demand for longer-lasting portable electronics, electric vehicles and stationary energy storage for the electric grid.

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Physicists Find Misaligned Carbon Sheets Yield Unparalleled Properties

July 31, 2020 sarah Jonas Electronics, Graphene, Photonics, Physics, Superconductivity, twist angle, twisted bilayer graphene

A material composed of two one-atom-thick layers of carbon has grabbed the attention of physicists worldwide for its intriguing — and potentially exploitable — conductive properties.

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‘Blinking” Crystals May Convert CO2 into Fuels

July 16, 2020 sarah Jonas Carbon Dioxide, Ceramics, Chemistry, Climate Change, Cosmetics, Crystals, Devices, Electron Beam, Electronics, Electrons, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Fiber, Fireflies, Food, Fuels, Glass, Industry, Materials, Methane, Nanoparticles, nanotechnology, New Jersey, NJ, Paper, Plastics, Quantum, Quantum Computers, quantum computing, Research, Rubber, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Science, Sensors, Solar Cells, Titanium Dioxide

Imagine tiny crystals that “blink” like fireflies and can convert carbon dioxide, a key cause of climate change, into fuels. A Rutgers-led team has created ultra-small titanium dioxide crystals that exhibit unusual “blinking” behavior and may help to produce methane and other fuels, according to a study in the journal Angewandte Chemie. The crystals, also known as nanoparticles, stay charged for a long time and could benefit efforts to develop quantum computers.

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With a ‘catch-and-release’ process, researchers advance graphene electronics

June 15, 2020 sarah Jonas Electronics, Engineering, Graphene, Materials

A team of researchers has found a versatile method for the construction of high-quality vdW heterostructures using a dual-function polymeric film with a thickness of below five nanometers to promote the exfoliation of monolayer graphene.

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NUS researchers develop stretchable, self-healing and illuminating material for ‘invincible’ light-emitting devices

May 31, 2020 sarah Jonas Electronics, Robots, Self-Healing

Researchers from the National University of Singapore have developed a new stretchable material that can self-heal and light up. The novel material has promising applications that include damage-proof flexible display screens and illuminating electronic skin for autonomous soft robots.

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