Scientists have found a way to enhance hybrid flow batteries and their commercial use. The new approach can store electricity in these batteries for very long durations for about a fifth the price of current technologies, with minimal location restraints and zero emissions.
Jan 22nd, 2021
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Researchers have designed a bottom-up approach to create carbon-based bioelectronics that could be used in medical research or for devices such as tissue stimulators to treat Parkinson's disease or cardiac problems.
Jan 22nd, 2021
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Researchers have developed a stable graphene oxide nanofiltration membrane with uniform pore size to remove organic micropollutants.
Jan 22nd, 2021
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The newly developed shape memory polymer resist, which allows for high-resolution 4D printing, promises a platform for information hiding for optical anti-counterfeiting and tunable photonic devices.
Jan 22nd, 2021
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Scientists have miniaturized the optical components required to cool atoms down to a few thousandths of a degree above absolute zero, the first step in employing them on microchips to drive a new generation of super-accurate atomic clocks, enable navigation without GPS, and simulate quantum systems.
Jan 22nd, 2021
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For years, the metal nanoparticles used in catalysts have been getting smaller and smaller. Now, a research team has shown that everything is suddenly different when you arrive at the smallest possible size: a single atom.
Jan 22nd, 2021
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Researchers have successfully designed and fabricated bubble-propelled enzymatic micromotors built from a highly porous metal-organic framework (MOF). These new micromotors might lead to applications for drug delivery and adsorption of pollutants.
Jan 22nd, 2021
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Researchers demonstrate that four-layer rhombohedral graphene is a new material for realizing flat-band-based quantum phenomena in a natural way.
Jan 22nd, 2021
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A desalination membrane laminated with nanosheets featuring 2D nanochannels.
Jan 22nd, 2021
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A promising lead halide perovskite is great at converting sunlight to electricity, but it breaks down at room temperature. Now scientists have discovered how to stabilize it with pressure from a diamond anvil cell.
Jan 22nd, 2021
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Researchers develop nanostructures capable of polarized optical encryption.
Jan 21st, 2021
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Tiny channels between graphene sheets can be aligned in a way that makes them ideal for water filtration.
Jan 21st, 2021
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Two novel techniques, atomic-resolution real-time video and conical carbon nanotube confinement, allow researchers to view never-before-seen details about crystal formation.
Jan 21st, 2021
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Researchers develop novel sensor for the improved detection of influenza A viruses, with high reproducibility.
Jan 21st, 2021
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Researchers discuss the top-down and bottom-up strategies for the synthesis of graphene quantum dots. The respective advantages and disadvantages of these methods are summarized.
Jan 21st, 2021
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Scientists combine scanning tunneling microscopy with ultrafast spectroscopy to image the motion of electrons with unprecedented resolution, which may lead to advances in semiconductors and optoelectronics.
Jan 21st, 2021
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