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Combination of two materials creates high-performance, stretchy nanogenerator

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The popularity of wearable electronics has induced demand for their parts, including power sources such as triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs). Such power sources must be both stretchy and high-performance, holding up under various deformation co...

Dec 12, 2022

Simulations are starting to gel

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists show how including the effects of the surrounding water during the aggregation of charged particles can improve the accuracy of simulations, which may help elucidate biological self-assembly.

Dec 12, 2022

Tiny metal snowflakes demonstrate new nanoscale manufacturing methods

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers in New Zealand and Australia have grown tiny metal snowflakes, cubes, rods and other shapes. The nanocrystals form like snow out of a liquid metal, demonstrated an intriguing new potential method for manufacturing nanoscale structures.

Dec 12, 2022

Two Startups Are Bringing Fiber to the Processor

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

If a CPU in Seoul sends a byte of data to a processor in Prague, the information covers most of the distance as light, zipping along with no resistance. But put both those processors on the same motherboard, and they’ll need to communicate over en...

Dec 11, 2022

G6 Materials launches a range of graphene-enhanced electrically-conductive adhesives

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

G6 Materials is launching new ready-to-use graphene-enhanced electrically-conductive adhesives. The G6 Epoxy materials are made from from graphene and silver, and these adhesives are ready-to-use, excellent for quick and easy applications.

Dec 11, 2022

Researchers combine graphene foam and MXenes to create creates high-performance, stretchy nanogenerators

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers from China's Hebei University of Technology and The Pennsylvania State University in the U.S have combined MXenes and laser-induced graphene foam nanocomposite to improve the design and performance of triboelectric nanogenerators ...

Dec 11, 2022

State of the Art Quantum Chemistry in 2022

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum chemistry is very hard. The best quantum computing chemistry seems to be at the level of 12 qubits / 12 atoms. Supercomputer simulations can handle 20 qubits and 20 atoms simulation. There are early papers that suggest classical supercompu...

Dec 11, 2022

The Tech Is Finally Good Enough for an Airship Revival

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

At Moffett Field in Mountain View, Calif., Lighter Than Air (LTA) Research is floating a new approach to a technology that saw its rise and fall a century ago: airships. Although airships have long since been supplanted by planes, LTA, which was f...

Dec 10, 2022

New study commissioned by EUON assesses graphene’s potential impact on health and environment

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

The European Union Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON) has published a study that has systematically reviewed and critically assessed the potential health and environmental effects of graphene, graphene oxide, and other two-dimensional (2D) mater...

Dec 10, 2022

Combination of two materials creates high-performance, stretchy nanogenerator

Pennsylvania State University   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

The popularity of wearable electronics has induced demand for their parts, including power sources such as triboelectric nanogenerators, or TENGs. Penn State researchers combined a porous 2D material known as MXene and laser-induced graphene foam ...

Dec 9, 2022

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