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Nanoporous Sponge Anchored on Graphene Produces Faster, More Efficient Wastewater Treatment

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

A new method was developed to improve the adsorption capacity of wastewater treatment. Continue reading about how graphene helps in the efficiency of the material.

Aug 5, 2022

Graphene oxide membranes reveal unusual behaviour of water at the nanoscale

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Do more pores in a sieve allow more liquid to flow through it? As material scientists have uncovered, this seemingly simple question may have an unexpected answer at the nanoscale – and it could have important implications in the development of wa...

Aug 5, 2022

Graphene oxide membranes reveal unusual behaviour of water at the nanoscale

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Do more pores in a sieve allow more liquid to flow through it? As material scientists have uncovered, this seemingly simple question may have an unexpected answer at the nanoscale—and it could have important implications in the development of wate...

Aug 5, 2022

Simulating infinitely many chaotic particles using a quantum computer

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers at Quantinuum, working with a colleague at the University of Texas, Austin, has developed a way to simulate infinitely many chaotic particles using a quantum computer running with a limited number of qubits. In their paper pu...

Aug 5, 2022

Quantum computers would be better at Wordle than classical ones

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

A player using a quantum algorithm will win the codebreaking game Mastermind, which has the same underlying principles as Wordle, more often and in fewer moves than someone using a classical algorithm

Aug 5, 2022

Quantum computers would be better at Wordle than classical ones

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

A player using a quantum algorithm will win the codebreaking game Mastermind, which has the same underlying principles as Wordle, more often and in fewer moves than someone using a classical algorithm

Aug 5, 2022

Data-driven discovery of NbOI2 as a high performance layered piezoelectric

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Piezoelectric materials can convert mechanical energy to electrical energy, and vice versa. In recent years, there has been growing interest in the search for two-dimensional (2D) layered piezoelectrics. Such layered van der Waals piezoelectrics a...

Aug 5, 2022

Nano-sponges on graphene make efficient filters of industrial wastewater

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Engineers at the University of Vienna have developed a new composite material that makes an efficient filter for removing organic pollutants from water. The system uses super-porous “nano-sponges” embedded on a sheet of graphene.

Aug 5, 2022

MXene Doping to Enhance Ignition and Combustion Performance

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanothermites are a new realm of nano-energetic materials and are used in systems that need a fast energy release rate at low ignition temperature. However, conventional ignition methods are based on hot spots, posing the risk of unwanted ignition.

Aug 5, 2022

High-Performance Spatial-Interleaving Graphene Supercapacitor

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Portable electronic devices raised the demand for supercapacitors with high power density and mechanical flexibility within a finite area. However, currently commercialized devices come with in-plane interdigital configuration and thickness-confin...

Aug 5, 2022

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