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Inside an individual carbon nanotube, electrons, phonons and excitons can travel in only one dimension. This property enables the tube to have
Scientists demonstrated a self-assembly approach to fabricating nanoscale metamaterials that are built on vertically aligned conducting metallic
Self-assembly is a powerful concept for making nanoscale structures where molecules are designed to spontaneously pack themselves into the desired
The various classes of chelators discovered and developed in the course of this fundamental research serve as tools that act, on the molecular
Identifying the correct mechanism of a reaction can still be one of the toughest tasks facing chemists. For example, when designing a catalyst,
The ability to correlate the 3D arrangements of atoms and defects with a material’s properties and functionality is vital in designing new
The next generation of microelectronics will only be realized by finding ways to continue to reduce the size of a transistor. Since the
Graphene’s remarkable electronic properties have fueled the vision of developing graphene-based devices to enable lighter, faster and smarter
Recently, scientists discovered that in some magnetic materials, magnetic spirals, called skyrmions, could form on the material’s surface.