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Researchers design non-volatile switches that manipulate light using phase-change materials and graphene heaters

A team of researchers from Stanford University, University of Washington, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, University of Maryland and MIT have reported the design of an energy-efficient, silicon-based non-volatile switch that manipulates light through the use of a...
PolyJoule unveils graphene-enhanced polymer batteries

PolyJoule unveils graphene-enhanced polymer batteries

PolyJoule, a spin-off of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), recently unveiled a new battery technology based on its own proprietary conductive polymers and other organic, non-metallic materials.The battery cells were reportedly tested to perform for...

Researchers detect evidence of strong electron correlation in a trilayer graphene/hBN moiré superlattice

Researchers from MIT, Harvard University, University of California at Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong and Fudan Universities and Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science have taken a significant step...
Researchers detect abnormally strong absorption of light in magnetized graphene

Researchers detect abnormally strong absorption of light in magnetized graphene

Researchers from Germany’s University of Regensburg, Russia’s MIPT, and U.S-based University of Kansas and MIT have discovered an abnormally strong absorption of light in magnetized graphene. The effect appears upon the conversion of normal electromagnetic...

MIT researchers manage to create a 2D polymer material for the first time

Researchers from MIT created a new 2D material, called 2DPA-1, which is the world’s first 2D polymer. Until now, it was actually believed to be impossible to induce polymers into a 2D sheet.To create the material, the researchers used a novel polymerization...

Graphene assists in observing the elusive Schwinger effect

Researchers at The University of Manchester, MIT and other international collaborators have succeeded in observing the so-called Schwinger effect, an elusive process that normally occurs only in cosmic events. By applying high currents through specially designed...