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Team finds that biological nanofibrils can efficiently extract valuable metal elements from water

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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

New photocatalyst boosts water splitting efficiency for clean hydrogen production

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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

Providing Superior, Extended Corrosion Protection

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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

N-Doping Improves Carbon Quantum Dot Optical and Sensing Properties

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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

An engineered DNA crystal actuator system

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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

Graphite Nanomaterials Reviewed for Role in Drug Delivery Systems

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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

First Step in Making Nanoplastics Tests Visible to the Naked Eye

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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

Versatile in-situ method to prepare plasmonic nanoparticles arrays

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A rapid and simple method to form ordered arrays of gold nanoparticles with plasmonic properties.

Aug 18, 2022

Particles from everyday wall paints can harm living organisms, but a novel membrane shows high filtering effects

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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 raises $12 million as part of IPO on US NYSE stocl exchange

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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

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