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Whitepaper evaluates opportunities and risks of nanomaterials

A recently published whitepaper gives an overview of the current state of the art in risk assessment of nanomaterials and provides the theoretical basis for the development and implementation of an effective and transparent risk management framework.

Aug 4th, 2020

Machine learning methods provide new insights into organic-inorganic interfaces

Simulations refute earlier theories on long-range charge transfer between organic and inorganic materials.

Aug 4th, 2020

Designing COF-based heterogeneous catalysts for selective CO2 photoreduction

Researchers present the first demonstration of COFs hosting metalloporphyrin-based carbon dots for selective CO2 photoreduction.

Aug 4th, 2020

A force from nothing used to control and manipulate objects

Scientists provide a new way to measure the Casimir force and use it to control objects.

Aug 4th, 2020

Atoms at the photo shoot

Scientists have photographed, for the first time, individual atoms floating less than a thousandth of a millimeter above a light-conducting glass fiber.

Aug 3rd, 2020

Novel approach improves graphene-based supercapacitors

Researchers are working on a pathway to improve the performance of supercapacitors, and meet that demand for increased storage capacity.

Aug 3rd, 2020

An autonomous synthesis bot for quantum dots

Researchers have developed an intelligent flow-based QD synthesis strategy, which utilizes plug-and-play fluidic microreactors capable of autonomous synthesis and optimization of colloidal QDs across multiple target parameters simultaneously.

Aug 3rd, 2020

Graphene oxid based test detects infections in just 15 minutes

Scientists have developed a handy graphene oxid based sensor platform to detect acute infections such as sepsis or the antibodies against the coronavirus within minutes.

Aug 3rd, 2020

Simplified circuit design could revolutionise how wearables are manufactured

Researchers have demonstrated the use of a ground-breaking circuit design that could transform manufacturing processes for wearable technology.

Aug 3rd, 2020

Moth eye inspires self-cleaning, anti-icing, antireflection, and self-healing coating

Researchers demonstrate a facile, icephobic, highly transparent, and self-healable solid slippery surface to overcome the mentioned drawbacks using a combination of the biomimetic nanopillar structure (moth-eye structure) and the biomimetic solid lubricant (paraffin wax).

Aug 3rd, 2020

The art of making tiny holes

How can you perforate an atomic layer of material and leave the one underneath intact? Scientists have developed a technique for processing surfaces on an atomic scale.

Aug 3rd, 2020

Physicists find misaligned carbon sheets yield unparalleled properties

Researchers describe how the ability of twisted bilayer graphene to conduct electrical current changes in response to mid-infrared light.

Jul 31st, 2020

Way, shape and form: Synthesis conditions define the nanostructure of manganese dioxide

A new study sheds light on how different synthesis conditions can produce manganese dioxide with distinct porous structures, hinting at a strategy for the development of highly tuned MnO2 nanomaterials that could serve as catalysts in the fabrication of bioplastics.