Cheaper, more flexible and eco-friendly smartphone screens with graphene
New 'potato stamp' technique combining silver and graphene may create cheaper, more flexible and eco-friendly screens.
Oct 25th, 2017
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Researchers introduce novel catalyst for rechargeable metal-air batteries
The new catalyst possesses the structure of nanofiber-based perovskite materials and exhibits excellent electrochemical performance, close that of today's precious metal catalysts, yet still inexpensive.
Oct 25th, 2017
Read moreResearchers develop highly stable perovskite solar cells
A recent study has presented a highly stable perovskite solar cells, using edged-selectively fluorine functionalized graphene nano-platelets. This breakthrough has gotten much attention as it is made out of fluorine, a low-cost alternative to gold.
Oct 25th, 2017
Read moreThe world's smallest jet engine
Researcher receives the Guinness World Record for the smallest nanotube travelling through fluid like a jet engine.
Oct 25th, 2017
Read moreResearchers greenlight gas detection at room temperature
Newly developed nanocomposite sensors are based on zinc and indium oxides, and their efficiency is maximized by green light illumination. The proposed device could be used to detect combustible, explosive, or poisonous substances in the atmosphere even at low concentrations.
Oct 25th, 2017
Read moreWatching catalysts evolve in 3D
Scientists reveal structural, chemical changes as nickel-cobalt particles donate electrons, vital for making better batteries, fuel cells.
Oct 25th, 2017
Read moreRapid cellphone charging getting closer to reality with nanotechnology
The ability to charge cellphones in seconds is one step closer after researchers used nanotechnology to significantly improve energy-storage devices known as supercapacitors.
Oct 25th, 2017
Read moreNovel nanoparticle to remove cadmium toxicity from freshwater systems
Researchers found that sulfurized nano-zero-valent iron picked up cadmium from a watery medium and alleviated cadmium toxicity to that alga for more than a month.
Oct 25th, 2017
Read moreJumping nanoparticles
Transitions occurring in nanoscale systems, such as a chemical reaction or the folding of a protein, are strongly affected by friction and thermal noise. Such transitions occur most frequently at intermediate friction, an effect known as Kramers turnover.
Oct 24th, 2017
Read moreBending the laws of thermodynamics for enhanced material design
Wide metastable composition ranges are possible in alloys of semiconductors with different crystal structures.
Oct 24th, 2017
Read moreScientists invent a new mode of atomic force microscopy (AFM)
This new AFM mode enhances this microscopy technique as a standard characterization technique available for material research specifically for the case of piezoelectricity and ferroelectricity.
Oct 24th, 2017
Read moreTurning a pinch of salt into an electrical switch
A team of scientists has discovered a way to induce and control a fundamental electrical switching behaviour on the nanoscale.
Oct 24th, 2017
Read moreSelf-assembly of highly-porous crystalline particles into novel photonic materials for sensing
Researchers have formed highly-porous metal-organic framework particles that spontaneously assemble into well-ordered 3D superstructures that present photonic crystal properties.
Oct 24th, 2017
Read moreScientists break new ground in memory technology
An international research team pioneered the development of a novel thin, organic film that supports a million more times read-write cycles and consumes 1,000 times less power than commercial flash memories.
Oct 24th, 2017
Read moreA quantum spin liquid
Honeycomb lattice meets elusive standards of the Kitaev model.
Oct 24th, 2017
Read moreScientists write 'traps' for light with tiny ink droplets
A microscopic 'pen' that is able to write structures small enough to trap and harness light using a commercially available printing technique could be used for sensing, biotechnology, lasers, and studying the interaction between light and matter.
Oct 24th, 2017
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