Even geckos can lose their grip
Not even geckos and spiders can sit upside down forever. Nanophysics makes sure of that.
Jul 9th, 2014
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Novel catalyst with two functions: hope for more cost-efficient metal-air batteries and fuel cells
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
Read moreUnraveling atomic-scale edge structure of nanoscale graphene islands
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
Read moreUsing sand to improve battery performance
Researchers develop low cost, environmentally friendly way to produce sand-based lithium ion batteries that outperform standard by three times.
Jul 8th, 2014
Read moreHighly reactive gold carbene complex shines in emerald green
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
Read moreNanotechnology that will impact the Security and Defense sectors to be discussed at NanoSD2014
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 moreSilicon sponge improves lithium-ion battery performance
The 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
Read moreFlatlands - beyond graphene
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
Read moreNew nanoscale cooling element works in electrical insulators as well
Researchers have designed a miniscule cooling element that uses spin waves to transport heat in electrical insulators. The cooling element could be used to dissipate heat in the increasingly smaller electrical components of computer chips.
Jul 8th, 2014
Read moreResearchers achieve record efficiency for large-area industrial crystalline-silicon n-PERT solar cell
Nanoelectronics research center imec, reported today an n-type PERT crystalline silicon solar cell fabricated on a large area wafer reaching a top conversion efficiency of 21.5 percent. This is the highest efficiency achieved for this type of solar cell on an industrial large area wafer size.
Jul 8th, 2014
Read moreTAPPI's 'Nanotechnology for Renewable Nanomaterials' wraps up
Several key commercial announcements were made at this year's conference, highlighting the tangible growth in this emerging market area of renewable biopolymers.
Jul 8th, 2014
Read moreThe quantum dance of oxygen
Under extremely high pressure conditions oxygen molecules group into quartets and give rise to a 'dance of their magnetic moments'. This results in magnetic properties never previously observed in these conditions and in theory points to the existence of a new phase of the element, called epsilon 1.
Jul 7th, 2014
Read moreMystery solved how printed diode works
A thirteen-year-long mystery about a diode in printed electronics that works in the GHz band, has finally been solved.
Jul 7th, 2014
Read moreRUSNANOPRIZE 2014 Award Committee includes prominent members of the research and business communities
The composition of the Prize Committee for the International RUSNANOPRIZE, presented annually for outstanding advancements in the field of nanotechnology, has just been confirmed. This year, the Committee will determine the authors of the most interesting technological development in the area of optics, electronics and photonics.
Jul 7th, 2014
Read moreNanoengineers develop next-generation battery
New technology yields potential for faster-charging, longer-lasting batteries to power future electronic devices.
Jul 7th, 2014
Read moreResearchers use nanoparticles to enhance chemotherapy
Researchers have developed a new formulation of cisplatin, a common chemotherapy drug, that significantly increases the drug's ability to target and destroy cancerous cells.
Jul 7th, 2014
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