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2D Electronics Get an Atomic Tuneup
Electron microscopy experiments revealed meandering stripes formed by metal atoms of rhenium and niobium in the lattice structure of a 2D transition metal dichalcogenide alloy. (Image courtesy of Amin...
View ArticleWhat’s Nanotechnology? Kristin Persson Explains at 4 Different Levels
VIDEO: Molecular Foundry Director Kristin Persson celebrates National Nanotechnology Day with students. (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab) Happy National Nanotechnology Day! Nanotechnology is any...
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9 Berkeley Lab Scientists Named 2020 AAAS Fellows
Berkeley Lab’s nine 2020 AAAS Fellows: (top row, from left to right) Wibe A. “Bert” de Jong, Spencer R. Klein, Sanjay Kumar, Mary E. Maxon, (bottom row, left to right) Esmond G. Ng, John Douglas Owens,...
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Shine On: Avalanching Nanoparticles Break Barriers to Imaging Cells in Real Time
From left: Experimental images of thulium-doped avalanching nanoparticles separated by 300 nanometers; at right, simulations of the same material. (Credit: Berkeley Lab and Columbia Engineering) Since...
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This Ultrathin Sensor Could Save Your Lungs – and the Climate
The new 2D sensor is flexible and transparent, making the technology a likely candidate for wearable environmental-and-health-monitoring sensors. (Credit: Shutterstock/Kaspars Grinvalds) Nitrogen...
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Century-Old Problem Solved With First-Ever 3D Atomic Imaging of an Amorphous...
At left, an experimental 3D atomic model of a metallic glass nanoparticle, 8 nanometers in diameter. Right: The 3D atomic packing of a supercluster within the structure. Differently colored balls...
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Improved Desalination Process Also Removes Toxic Metals to Produce Clean Water
UC Berkeley chemists synthesized a flexible polymer membrane incorporating nanoparticles called “porous aromatic frameworks.” The membrane selectively absorbs nearly 100% of metals such as mercury,...
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Stronger, Lighter, Better: Nanotwinned Titanium Forges Path to Sustainable...
Scientists at Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry used an electron microscopy technique called electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) to image the structure of pure titanium with a nanotwinned structure....
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Technique Tunes Into Graphene Nanoribbons’ Electronic Potential
Scanning tunneling microscopy image of a zigzag graphene nanoribbon. (Credit: Felix Fischer/Berkeley Lab) – By Rachel Berkowitz Ever since graphene – a thin carbon sheet just one-atom thick – was...
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With a Little Help, New Optical Material Assembles Itself
Using 3D STEM (scanning transmission electron microscope) tomography at Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry, Ting Xu and her team mapped out the precise placement of nanoparticles in a self-assembling...
View ArticleScientists Capture 3D Images of Nanoparticles, Atom by Atom, With...
A research team including scientists from Berkeley Lab has developed a technique that produces atomic-scale 3D images of nanoparticles tumbling in liquid between sheets of graphene, the thinnest...
View ArticlePaul Alivisatos Wins Priestley Award
Paul Alivisatos, an internationally renowned chemist who holds joint appointments with Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley, has been awarded the 2021 Priestley Medal, the highest honor of the American...
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