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Recyclable food packaging: quality control for nanocoatings

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists are developing an optical measurement system enabling the inline quality control of these barrier layers.

Oct 12, 2022

Graphene Facilitates the Progress of Flexible and Wearable Electronics

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Since its discovery in 2004, graphene has been praised as a wonder material of the future. The ultrathin carbon material is an extremely strong thermal and electrical conductor, making it an ideal...

Oct 12, 2022

Digital University of Kerala signs MoUs with UK universities to further graphene technologies

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

The Digital University of Kerala (DUK) has signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with four universities in the UK: Oxford, Edinburgh, Manchester and Siegen, for collaboration in the field of graphene.

Oct 12, 2022

New characterization methods developed to identify light elements

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In research published today in Nano Letters, physicists have delivered an unexpected boost for researchers with a new technique for 3D nanoscale elemental analysis for ion-electron microscope systems that allows the scientific community to take th...

Oct 12, 2022

Graphene boosts flexible and wearable electronics (w/video)

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In two new studies, the researchers demonstrate that graphene can greatly improve electrical circuits required for wearable and flexible electronics such as smart health patches, bendable smartphones, helmets, large folding display screens, and more.

Oct 12, 2022

Blue energy with nanopore osmotic power generators

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers create an ultrathin silicon membrane with arrays of nanopores to permit osmotic flow to generate electricity, which may provide a previously untapped source of renewable energy from the oceans.

Oct 12, 2022

Advanced fabric can cool a wearer down and warm them up

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Textile engineers have developed a fabric woven out of ultra-fine nano-threads made in part of phase-change materials and other advanced substances that combine to produce a fabric that can respond to changing temperatures to heat up and cool down...

Oct 11, 2022

The best October Prime Day gaming deals you can get

Engadget   -   General News Websites

Maybe you have someone in your life who's an avid gamer or game streamer and you want to get them something to take their hobby to the next level. You're in luck — Amazon's October Prime Day has proven to be a boon for gaming deals,...

Oct 11, 2022

Graphene improves circuits in flexible and wearable electronics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

At 200 times stronger than steel, graphene has been hailed as a super material of the future since its discovery in 2004. The ultrathin carbon material is an incredibly strong electrical and thermal conductor, making it a perfect ingredient to enh...

Oct 11, 2022

Physicists use 'electron correlations' to control topological materials: Strong electron interactions allow topological state to be switched on and off

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Topological states have stable, immutable features of great interest for quantum computing and communications, and physicists from the United States and Europe have now discovered how to switch a topological state on and off. The control is made p...

Oct 11, 2022

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