Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Argonne maintains a wide-ranging science and technology portfolio that seeks to address complex challenges in interdisciplinary and innovative ways. Below is a list of all articles, highlights, profiles, projects, and organizations related specifically to nanoscience and nanotechnology.

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Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Based Vertical Devices for Memory Applications

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Perovskites Hold Great Potential for Solar Cells
Stressing and straining: Geochemists answer fundamental question of mineral reactions

Geochemists answer fundamental question of mineral reactions.

$Argonne researchers used coherent X-ray diffraction imaging to look at the strain inside an iron nanoparticle as it oxidized. This image shows the nanoparticle gradually oxidizing.$
One device, many frequencies: Argonne researchers create a unique, tiny resonator

Pioneering micromechanical “frequency comb” responds to external signals in an entirely new way.
Chain Reaction Innovations project at Argonne aims to fill critical computing needs

Research team harnesses Center for Nanoscale Materials power to explore emerging materials for energy-efficient computing.
Cooperativity and entanglement pave way for ground-state cooling using nitrogen vacancy centers

Center for Nanoscale Materials researchers present a quantum model for achieving ground-state cooling in low frequency mechanical resonators and show how cooperativity and entanglement are key factors to enhance the cooling figure of merit.
Controlling shell morphology central to efficient charge separation in water-processable semiconductor

In a study published in Small, Center for Nanoscale Materials researchers created a protocol for controlling shell morphology in water-processed semiconductor nanoparticles and revealed the dependence of charge separation efficiency on shell morphology.
Sound waves let quantum systems ‘talk’ to one another
Manipulating Exciton Dynamics for Energy Conversion Applications

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