Applied Physics Reviews

10/12/2023

This review provides a recent overview of x-ray computed tomography, regarding bio-based applications toward state-of-the-art synchrotron capabilities and data-driven processing Cnpem - Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais

X-ray computed microtomography (μCT) is an innovative and nondestructive versatile technique that has been used extensively to investigate bio-based systems in

09/12/2023

Atmospheric water harvester provides water to arid communities using hygroscopic gel and salts.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2023 – More than 2.2 billion people currently live in water-stressed countries, and the United Nations estimates that 3.5 million die every year from […]

08/12/2023

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08/12/2023

Biosensors, analytical devices that report biological or chemical signals proportional to the quantity of analytes, are developed in hopes of informing real-time clinical intervention.

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Solving challenges associated with affinity-type interactions could enable real-time monitoring of peptides and protein biomarkers for improved treatment outcom

07/12/2023

Nitric oxide (NO) is a crucial part of numerous biological processes, serving as an important regulator in the nervous, cardiovascular, and immune systems.

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Graphene composites offer high sensitivities, low detection limits, and fast responses for real-time biochemical monitoring.

07/12/2023

A review of emerging plasma technologies to engineer bioinstructive surfaces for biomedical applications, from bone implants and cardiovascular devices to biosensors and 3D-bioprinted structures

06/12/2023

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Nitric oxide (NO) signaling plays many pivotal roles impacting almost every organ function in mammalian physiology, most notably in cardiovascular homeostasis,

03/12/2023

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30/11/2023

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29/11/2023

Lead-free perovskite nanoparticles stable over 265 days were synthesized at room temperature opening possibilities of efficient, low-cost and stable lead-free perovskite solar cells and LEDs. Binghamton University

Tin halide perovskites are among the candidates for replacing lead-based ones for less toxicity and comparable optical properties. However, stability remains a

24/11/2023

Access to clean water is a constant concern for many people living in arid regions, one made increasingly more pressing due to droughts triggered by climate change.

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A rotational adsorption strategy offers substantial benefits over existing designs, potentially granting millions of people reliable access to clean water.

21/11/2023

Early cancer detection improves survival rates, yet subtle changes in early-stage cancers remain challenging for accurate diagnosis despite extensive research.

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Various bioimaging and biosensing tools can accurately diagnose early-stage cancer by recognizing stage-specific changes in cancer cell proliferation.

20/11/2023

SiO2@GO-NH Nano-hybrid showed remarkable sensing performance towards ethanol at room-temperature due to quenching of oxygen-related defects that leads to the improvement in charge carrier transport

The presence of surface defects, such as epoxy and carbonyl groups, is known to control the charge-carrier transport in graphene oxide (GO). In addition, these

13/11/2023

Novel oxide materials provide an excellent platform for achieving highly efficient spin-wave excitation and transmission for magnonic applications with versatile functionalities.

Spin waves or their quanta magnons are collective excitations in magnetically ordered materials. Magnonics have recently attracted tremendous interest for build

12/11/2023

This review brings an overview of green LIG developments, from its conversion mechanisms and physical-chemical properties to its applications and challenges related to green LIG implementation.

Since the discovery of laser-induced graphene (LIG), significant advances have been made to obtain green LIG (gLIG) from abundant, eco-friendly, natural, and or

11/11/2023

New electrode design promises major improvements in wearable electrocardiograms. Read more of the press release! 👇

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2023 – Nearly 200 million people around the globe have coronary heart disease, which accounts for about one in every six deaths, according to […]

07/11/2023

Double vacuum channel waveguides for extending the THz-electron interaction are proposed. Those enable the efficient acceleration of low energy electrons to relativistic speeds in THz – accelerators.

Terahertz radiation (THz)-based electron acceleration has the potential as a technology for driving the next-generation, compact ultrafast and ultrabright elect

01/11/2023

Kirigami is an ancient art form that involves strategically configuring cuts to release constraints in sheet materials and allow buckling and folding.

Kirigami and hard magnetic actuation yield untethered soft robots.

31/10/2023

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23/10/2023

Macrophages, produced naturally by the body's immune system, possess an intrinsic ability to infiltrate cancerous tumors.

13/10/2023

Detecting trace airborne chemicals is crucial in industrial, agricultural, and medical fields, yet it remains challenging. Existing methods, such as gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, are bulky, expensive, and time-consuming.

Coating semiconducting nanowires with metal-organic frameworks improves trace gas detection selectivity and sensitivity.

10/10/2023

Coating semiconducting nanowires with metal-organic frameworks improves trace gas detection selectivity and sensitivity.

Coating semiconducting nanowires with metal-organic frameworks improves trace gas detection selectivity and sensitivity.

29/09/2023

Electrochemical water splitting is a promising technique for producing clean hydrogen, but is hindered by slow reaction kinetics from four-electron transfer steps.

Low-energy-recoil ion implantation can accurately synthesize high-entropy oxide nanomaterials.

28/09/2023

Researchers recently discovered the giant magnetoelastic effect in a soft system. Here, we for the first time applied the discovery as a fundamentally new working mechanism for human-machine interfacing.

Skin-integrated electronics that directly interact with machines are transforming our ways of life toward the emerging trend of the metaverse. Consequently, dev

26/09/2023

Low-energy-recoil ion implantation can accurately synthesize high-entropy oxide nanomaterials.

25/09/2023

In this research, it was discovered a new type of electrically conducting materials, super-semiconductors, which resistivity is 3-10 orders of magnitude lower than that of a conventional semiconductor.
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Solid-state electrical conducting materials can be roughly categorized as superconductors, conductors, and semiconductors, depending on their conducting carrier

19/09/2023

Researchers studied electronic doping in metal-halide perovskites. Above a certain threshold doping adversely affects the device performance. However, the measured densities are far below that threshold.

Traditional inorganic semiconductors can be electronically doped with high precision. Conversely, there is still conjecture regarding the assessment of the elec

18/09/2023

Here, we demonstrated a direct comparison of how excitons in atomically thin semiconductors interact with light in a tunable plasmonic pico-cavity vs. photonic cavity

15/09/2023

The researchers succeeded to realize stable electrocardiogram monitoring even under movements using a kirigami-based stretchable flexible sensor sheet wirelessly by optimizing the sensor size and design.
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Home-use, wearable healthcare devices may enable patients to collect various types of medical data during daily activities. Electrocardiographic data are vitall

14/09/2023

Antibody fragments have promising applications in pharmaceuticals due to their specific binding abilities and distinct mode of action from full-size antibodies. The challenge lies in developing efficient production methods and protein engineering strategies for generating them.

Advances in production methods make antibody fragments a valuable tool in therapeutic applications.

09/09/2023

What mechanical motifs do cells use to define their shape and structure? Full review article in the April issue of Applied Physics Reviews.

Living systems are composed of molecules that are synthesized by cells that use energy sources within their surroundings to create fascinating materials that ha

08/09/2023

A machine-learning-based framework breaks the spectroscopic analysis limit by two-fold to better identify a nuanced magnetic effect that can lead to spintronics without energy dissipation.

06/09/2023

Intelligent meta-imagers pre-select task-relevant information over-the-air during the measurement by integrating programmable meta-atoms as trainable physical weights into an end-to-end AI pipeline. CNRS Peking University

Computational meta-imagers synergize metamaterial hardware with advanced signal processing approaches such as compressed sensing. Recent advances in artificial

05/09/2023

Ammonia is a colorless gas frequently used in commercial, industrial, and agricultural settings. While broadly useful, ammonia can be explosive and poisonous even in low concentrations.

The sensor makes it easier to detect the poisonous gas and could be used for industrial, agricultural, and medical applications.

30/08/2023

Ionic liquid crystal elastomers are suitable for solid electrolytes of organic electrochemical transistors. Their properties can be tuned by varying the liquid crystal director alignment. Kent State University Department of Physics https://aippub.org/45kcOGV

Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) have attracted great attention since their discovery in 1984 due to their flexibility and biocompatibility. Although