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Patterns of patterns: Exploring supermoiré engineering
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied SciencesPeer-Reviewed Publication
An interference pattern that emerges from three stacked and twisted layers of graphene, called a supermoiré pattern, can uncover hidden properties of simpler moiré materials.
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- Science
MSK Research Highlights, July 15, 2025
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterPeer-Reviewed Publication
Realizing on-site carbon nanotube photo-thermoelectric imaging
Chuo UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
Led by Assistant Professor Kou Li, a research group in Chuo University, Japan, has developed chemically enriched photo-thermoelectric (PTE) imagers using semiconducting carbon nanotube (CNT) films, resulting in the achievement of enhanced response intensity and noise reduction, that enables efficient remote and on-site inspections, according to a recent paper publication in Communications Materials. CNT film-based PTE imagers are crucial for multimodal non-destructive inspection, but conventional device design strategies have faced challenges in achieving high response intensity for wireless data logging.
CNT film-based PTE imagers enable functional electromagnetic-wave monitoring, potentially facilitating multimodal non-destructive inspection device usage. The CNT film compositions govern the fundamental device performance, and satisfying high PTE conversion efficiency (higher response and lower noise) is essential for sensitive operations. Although typical sensitive design focuses on minimising noise, the associated levelling-off response intensity (up to a few millivolts) induces technical limitations in device operations. These issues include mismatching for coupling with compact wireless circuits, which are indispensable for on-site inspection applications and require high-intensity responses at least a few millivolt orders. This work develops chemically enriched PTE imagers comprising semiconducting CNT (semi-CNT) films. While semi-CNTs provide greater intensity thermoelectric responses than semi-metal mixture compositions in the conventional PTE device, the presented imager employs p-/n-type chemical carrier doping to relax inherent significant bottlenecking noise. Such doping enhances material properties for PTE conversion with semi-CNTs up to 4,060 times. The imager satisfies similar performances to conventional CNT film devices, including ultrabroadband sensitive photo-detection (with minimum noise sensitivity of 5 pWHz−1/2) under repeatedly deformable configurations, and advantageously exhibits response signal intensity exceeding a few–tens of millivolts. These features enable remote on-site non-destructive PTE imaging inspection with palm-sized wireless circuits.- Journal
- Communications Materials
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- ACT-X, JST-Mirai Program, Murata Science Foundation, Matsuo Foundation, Takano Science Foundation, Futaba Foundation, Konica Minolta Science and Technology Foundation, Fuji Seal Foundation, Telecommunications Advancement Foundation, TEPCO Memorial Foundation, The Foundation for The Promotion of Ion Engineering, Hattori Hokokai Foundation, Mechanical Social Systems Foundation, Kayamori Foundation of Informational Science Advancement, Shimadzu Science Foundation, Japan Power Academy, Tokuyama Science Foundation, Yashima Environment Technology Foundation, Tateisi Science and Technology Foundation, The Kajima Foundation, Japan Keirin Autorace Foundation, Amano Institute of Technology, Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, JSPS, KAKENHI, New Material Information Foundation, Suzuki Foundation, Takano Life Science Research Foundation
Novel approach reduces alloy microstructure prediction from years to minutes
Yokohama National UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
For thousands of years, humans have combined metals to collectively harness properties found in individual components, producing such practical materials as bronze, brass and, more recently, steel. However, predicting the exact microstructures underpinning these alloys to understand how specific properties of the constituent materials may manifest across scales is still a complex mystery researchers are working to solve. Now, thanks to a team based in Japan, that work could take minutes instead of years.
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- Nature Communications
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- Niterra Materials Co., Ltd., Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Analog repeaters could be the key to practical mmWave deployment
Institute of Science TokyoPeer-Reviewed Publication
Analog repeaters dramatically enhance millimeter-wave (mmWave) coverage in mobile networks by overcoming signal blockage, report researchers from Science Tokyo. As demonstrated in a field experiment at Ookayama Campus, low-cost repeaters connected either wirelessly or via optical fiber offer a promising solution for 5G and 6G networks. Both configurations achieved over 1 Gbps throughput and enhanced mmWave signal stability, showing strong potential for practical deployment in urban and high-traffic areas.
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- IEEE Access
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- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Solar power in new configurations can support Europe’s green transition and energy independence
Aarhus UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
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- Nature Communications