The method is able to drastically accelerate the development of materials that have a friction coefficient suited to the purpose of use, such as low-friction materials for reducing energy loss and high-friction materials required for high-performance brakes.
Jul 10th, 2014
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Researchers have developed a new methodology that can easily and precisely control the timing of and the structure as well as functions obtained in self-assembly of conjugated molecules, which is a key technology in the field of organic electronics materials.
Jul 10th, 2014
Read moreResearchers have caught a central step of photosynthesis in action for the first time. The team used the world's most powerful X-ray flashlight to record still frames of a molecular complex called photosystem II as it splits water into hydrogen and oxygen, a process that maintains the oxygen in earth's atmosphere.
Jul 9th, 2014
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Scientists explore the dynamics of correlated quantum systems. What does it mean for objects to interact locally versus globally? How do local and global interactions translate into larger, increasingly connected networks? How fast can certain entanglement patterns form?
Jul 9th, 2014
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Researchers have developed highly efficient holography based on nanoantennas that could be used for security as well as medical and recreational purposes.
Jul 9th, 2014
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Scientists have built a new weapon against pathogens in the form of tiny DNA pyramids. Their study found the nanopyramids can flag bacteria and kill more of them than medicine alone.
Jul 9th, 2014
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Using high-brilliance X-rays, researchers track the process that fuel cells use to produce electricity, knowledge that will help make large-scale alternative energy power systems more practical and reliable.
Jul 9th, 2014
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Physicists succeed in realizing an analogue of the Meissner effect by measuring edge currents in a ladder-like crystal of light.
Jul 9th, 2014
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Not even geckos and spiders can sit upside down forever. Nanophysics makes sure of that.
Jul 9th, 2014
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Chemists have made a decisive step towards more cost-efficient regenerative fuel cells and rechargeable metal-air batteries. They developed a new type of catalyst on the basis of carbon, which can facilitate two opposite reactions: electrolysis of water and combustion of hydrogen with oxygen.
Jul 9th, 2014
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This is the first demonstration, combining experiment and theory, that the interaction of the carbon atoms with a metal substrate stabilizes the low coordinated carbon edge atoms. In models for the growth of graphene on metal substrates, such low coordinated atoms at the growing edge play a special role. These results, which demonstrate such stability, will play a significant role in further development of these models and will help guide future strategies to grow graphene nanostructures with atomic scale control of edge structure.
Jul 9th, 2014
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Researchers develop low cost, environmentally friendly way to produce sand-based lithium ion batteries that outperform standard by three times.
Jul 8th, 2014
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With a chemical 'trick', scientists have succeeded in isolating a stable gold carbene complex. They are the first to have created the basis for directly examining the otherwise unstable gold-carbon double bond.
Jul 8th, 2014
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Nano for Security and Defense International Conference (NanoSD2014) will be held in Avila, Spain (September 23-26, 2014). The conference will provide an opportunity to discuss general issues and important impacts of nanotechnology in the development of security and defense.
Jul 8th, 2014
Read moreThe lithium-ion batteries that power our laptops and electric vehicles could store more energy and run longer on a single charge with the help of a sponge-like silicon material. Researchers developed the porous material to replace the graphite traditionally used in one of the battery's electrodes, as silicon has more than 10 times the energy storage capacity of graphite.
Jul 8th, 2014
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Flatlands Beyond Graphene (FBG) 2014 will bring together world-leading experts in the area of 2D nanomaterials. It will focus on recent advances in controlling and characterising the properties of these materials, with a particular emphasis on electronic, photonic and spintronic applications.
Jul 8th, 2014
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