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Growing high-quality graphene in three dimensions

February 21, 2022

Cnr Nano researchers conceived a novel approach for the realization of high-quality graphene with a 3D structure. This novel and versatile material opens up the possibility for a large number of applications in nano-electronics, sensors, and energy related fields.

#WomenInScience

February 11, 2022

Cnr Nano supports the International Day of Women and Girls in Science marking the essential role that women and girls play in science and technology.

Cryptographic Magic Windows

February 10, 2022

Pictured on the cover of Advanced Material Technologies: the research by Andrea Camposeo and colleagues on stretchable and 3D printed cryptographic magic windows capable of generating complex patterns, including micro-QR-codes, by refraction of light in the visible range.

Using smartphones to collect noise pollution data

February 7, 2022

A smartphone-based participatory experiment designed by Cnr Nano researcher in collaboration with a team of colleagues, measured and evaluated the impact of environmental noise in residential areas. The results are published on PlosOne.

Hunting for excitonic insulators

January 12, 2022

Cnr Nano researchers report evidence compatible with the long sought excitonic insulator in a monolayer two-dimensional material, WTe2. Their result, just published in Nature Physics, has been cited in a News and Views article focusing on topological excitons.

Ready for a new series of Nano Colloquia!

December 28, 2021

The 2022 first semester series of our Nano Colloquia is now planned. 13 lectures by our young researchers established to provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge and ideas.

Novel quantum states of matter disclosed with near-field microscopy

December 6, 2021

Cnr Nano researchers observed for the first time a new type of light-matter excitation linked to the exotic behaviours of topological insulators, thanks to the development of advanced microscopy techniques at terahertz frequencies. The study appears in Nature Communications

Materials innovation through simulations

November 29, 2021

Research on new materials is increasingly carried out through simulations in supercomputers allowing for the design of materials with optimal performance. Cnr Nano is at the forefront of materials design research whilst encouraging an international, collaborative, and open-source science

Graphene as a solid lubricant becomes super-slippery

November 19, 2021

Cnr Nano researchers studied the friction properties of graphene deposited on a material, identifying extreme lubricity conditions.
The goal is to reduce friction in the design of nano gears through new solid lubricants

On the 2021 Nobel Prize and TRPV1 and PIEZO receptors

October 5, 2021

The seminal discoveries of TRPV1, TRPM8 and Piezo ion channels awarded with the Nobel Prize launched intense research activities focused on understanding their functions. Our Barbara Storti studied the TRPV1 with different nanoimaging techniques

Anyons in quantum Hall interferometry

September 21, 2021

The quantum Hall effect is a unique playground to exploit quantum coherence of electrons for various applications, from metrology to quantum computation. A Review article by Cnr NANO researchers gives a sur­vey of the main results achieved in Quantum Hall interferometry