Many valuable metals like gold, silver, lithium and uranium are vital to high technology and modern industry. The terrestrial mineral reserves of these metals are generally very limited or suffer from high mining cost. Although most of these valua...
Aug 18, 2022
In a first, a dye-sensitized photocatalyst that facilitates the most efficient solar water splitting activity recorded to date (for similar catalysts) has been optimized by researchers from Tokyo Tech. Their surface-modified, dye-sensitized nanosh...
Aug 18, 2022
A paper published in the journal Ceramics International reported the development of an organic-inorganic covering of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) combined with zirconia (ZrO2) nanoparticles for improving the corrosion resistance of magnesium (Mg) a...
Aug 18, 2022
Although biomass-derived carbon quantum dots are sustainable nanomaterials, they have poor optical properties and low photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY). An article published in the journal Scientific Reports reported the synthesis of nitrogen...
Aug 18, 2022
Researchers demonstrate a novel self-assembled DNA crystal actuator, which has reversible, directional expansion and contraction for over 50 microns in response to versatile stimuli, including temperature, ionic strength, pH, and redox potential.
Aug 18, 2022
In a review recently published in the journal Materials Today: Proceedings, researchers discussed the recent development in drug delivery using nanoparticles based on graphite.
Aug 18, 2022
The widespread use of nanoplastics has become a major environmental problem because their tiny particles can readily infiltrate biological systems. FT-IR and Raman spectrometry are used to investigate nanoplastics, but these methods face several d...
Aug 18, 2022
A rapid and simple method to form ordered arrays of gold nanoparticles with plasmonic properties.
Aug 18, 2022
Dispersion paints are mostly used in households for painting walls and ceilings. An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Bayreuth has now analyzed the chemical composition of two typical dispersion paints and discovered a large n...
Aug 17, 2022
Graphex Group, which manufactures graphene products for lithium-ion batteries in China, recently announced a raise of $12 million. This exceeds the Company's plan to raise $8 million as part of its IPO on the US NYSE stock exchange.
Aug 17, 2022
