Batteries from scrap metal
Direct conversion of rusty stainless steel mesh into stable, low-cost electrodes for potassium-ion batteries.
Jun 9th, 2017
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New form of carbon that's hard as a rock, yet elastic, like rubber
A team of scientists has developed a form of ultrastrong, lightweight carbon that is also elastic and electrically conductive. A material with such a unique combination of properties could serve a wide variety of applications from aerospace engineering to military armor.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreGraphene electrodes offer new functionalities in molecular electronic nanodevices
The results could be exploited to develop smaller, higher-performance devices for use in a range of applications including molecular sensing, flexible electronics, and energy conversion and storage, as well as robust measurement setups for resistance standards.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreBlood test uses nanotechnology to predict aggressive prostate cancer accurately
Clinical data suggests that up to 40 percent of men could avoid painful biopsies and overtreatment.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreChemists bring mixed folded proteins to life with nanoparticles
Scientists have found a way to recover a protein structure after its chemical denaturation. The method is based on electrostatic interaction between folded, or denatured, proteins and alumina nanoparticles, which unwrap them.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreMussels add muscle to biocompatible nanofibers
Chemists develop hydrogel strings using compound found in sea creatures.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreThe first nano-sized superelastic alloy
Researchers have explored superelasticity properties on a nanometric scale based on shearing an alloy's pillars down to nanometric size.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreA general strategy for reprogrammable assembly molecular motors on solid surfaces
A new study demonstrates that molecular motors with disulfide bonds can be assembled on solid surfaces modified by disulfide bonds, regardless of their chemical composition and microstructure.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreDeveloping high-performance broadband graphene-based photodetectors
Researchers report a van der Waals heterostructure photodetector consisting of graphene and its fluorine-functionalized derivative that enhances the photoresponse of graphene with broadband sensitivity. The proposed scheme in this work paves the way toward implemention of high-performance broadband graphene-based photodetectors.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreNext-gen computers for aerospace applications will aid nanotechnologies
The develop next generation computers for aerospace applications will aid the development of nanotechnologies that could have wide uses in sensing, health and communications.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreSimulations pinpoint atomic-level defects in solar cell nanostructures
Scientists ran a series of atomistic calculations a to find the root cause of defects in two commonly used semiconductor materials - lead selenide (PbSe) and cadmium selenide (CdSe) - and provide design rules to avoid them.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreGraphene enhancing our vision of the infinitely small
Through the development of a one-of-a-kind microscope, researchers reported using atom-thin layers of graphene to enhance microscopic images of minuscule viruses.
Jun 9th, 2017
Read moreTiny glow sticks
Microrods made of lanthanoid organic frameworks act as microscale optical waveguides.
Jun 8th, 2017
Read moreCombustion-derived nanoparticles in brain cells concern for Alzheimer's disease development
A new study heightens concerns over the detrimental short- and long-term impact of airborne iron-rich strongly magnetic combustion-derived nanoparticles present in young urbanites' brains.
Jun 8th, 2017
Read moreQuantum nanoscope
Seeing electrons surfing the waves of light on graphene.
Jun 8th, 2017
Read moreNanotechnology reveals hidden depths of bacterial 'machines'
New research has probed the structure and material properties of protein machines in bacteria, which have the capacity to convert carbon dioxide into sugar through photosynthesis.
Jun 8th, 2017
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