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Trapping light in a carbon net

June 22, 2012 – 11:00 pm

Trapping light in a carbon net - Graphene, an ordered monolayer of carbon, is the thinnest substance known, and yet has extraordinary mechanical strength. A new study shows that its two-dimensional network of atoms can even trap light. Reference: F. Keilmann et al, 'Gate-tuning of graphene plasmons revealed by infrared nano-imaging,' Nature (2012) doi:10.1038/nature11253

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Element Six and Harvard University collaboration sets a new quantum information record

June 11, 2012 – 6:00 pm

Element Six and Harvard University collaboration sets a new quantum information record - Element Six, the world leader in synthetic diamond supermaterials, working in partnership with academics in Harvard University, California Institute of Technology and Max-Planck-Institut fur Quantenoptik, has used its Element Six single crystal synthetic diamond grown by chemical vapor deposition to demonstrate the capability of quantum bit memory to exceed one second at room temperature. Reference: 'Room-Temperature Quantum Bit Memory Exceeding One Second,' Science 8 June 2012: Vol. 336 no. 6086 pp. 1283-1286 DOI: 10.1126/science.1220513

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Perfecting the defect

May 8, 2012 – 2:00 am

Perfecting the defect - Simulations of defects inside copper point the way to making stronger metals. Results show that there are many different deformation mechanisms occurring in nano-structured materials like nanotwinned copper. Understanding each of them will allow scientists to tune material properties. Reference: Z.-X. Wu et al, 'Deformation mechanisms, length scales and optimizing the mechanical properties of nanotwinned metals,' Acta Materialia, 2011; 59 (18): 6890 DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2011.07.038

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