Visualising nanoscale changes in the electronic properties of graphene

NPL's Quantum Detection Group has recently published a study in ("Carrier type inversion in quasi-free standing graphene: studies of local electronic and structural properties") that casts a new light on the electronic properties of quasi-free standing graphene (QFSG), a material that may find applications...
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Fabrication of carbon nanotube transparent conductive film with long-term stability

As nanoparticles of metal halides such as copper iodide are grown in a film, the newly developed carbon nanotube (CNT) transparent conductive film has a hybrid structure in which the nanoparticles connect CNTs to each other. The film retains 85 % of the transmittance of the base material, while sheet resistance (surface resistance rate) is 60 Ω/square....
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Water near a water-repelling surface cannot dissolve salts

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have demonstrated that water near a water-repelling surface has significantly less capability to dissolve salts (, "Subnanoscale hydrophobic modulation of salt bridges in aqueous media"). Salt and a water-repelling surface. Water near a water-repelling surface is less likely to dissolve salts. (Image: Yoshimitsu...
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