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Making Chemical Separation More Eco-friendly with Self-assembled Nanoscale Membranes

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Chemical separation processes are essential in the manufacturing of many products from gasoline to whiskey. Such processes are

May 10, 2022

Micro- and nanoplastic from the atmosphere is polluting the ocean

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

According to estimates, by 2040 the level of plastic pollution could reach 80 million metric tons per year. Plastic particles have now been detected in virtually all spheres of the environment, e.g. in water bodies, the soil and the air. Via ocean...

May 10, 2022

Mussels Inspire Enhanced Nanocrystal-Keratin Composites

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Keratin composites have recently shown considerable promise in wound healing, tissue rebuilding, and packaging, replacing petrochemical-based products. A new study available in the journal...

May 10, 2022

Promising New Carbon Nanotube Chip for Cancer Cell Capture and Release

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Although the advancement of microfluidic technologies accelerated the assay of circulating tumor cells (CTC), the release of the captured viable cells is still a challenge....

May 10, 2022

Dual Function SARS-CoV-2 Sensor for Point of Contact Testing

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have recently developed electrochemical immunosensors based on graphene oxide−gold (GO−Au) nanocomposites. These immunosensors are highly sensitive with dual function, i.e.,...

May 10, 2022

Highly Tunable Graphene-Semiconductor vdW Heterostructures

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A group of researchers recently published a paper in the journal ACS Nano that demonstrated the feasibility of using vertically stacked graphene-tungsten disulfide (WS2)-graphene (GWG) van der Waals...

May 10, 2022

Versarien's tech to be used in new Umbro training kit

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Versarien has announced that its Graphene-Wear technology will be incorporated in Umbro's top-of-the-range Pro-Training Kit for the Spring/Summer collection 2023. Umbro and Versarien have been working on several projects since 2018, and this ...

May 10, 2022

"Catalytic condenser" lets cheap metals act like rare, expensive ones

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

It’s an unfortunate truth that many important chemical reactions require rare and expensive metals as catalysts. But now, scientists have developed a device that actively tweaks plain old aluminum to make it behave like other metals on the fly.Con...

May 10, 2022

Graphenea Foundry launches new GFET process

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Graphenea has announced that, following the release of its GFET S30, it has developed a High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) manufacturing process to create Field-Effect Transistor (FET) structures on graphene, or GFETs. This process is now available under th...

May 10, 2022

Researchers develop simple approach for creating quantum materials

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

University of Pennsylvania scientists have recently conducted a study that shows how patterned, periodic deformations of a single layer of graphene transforms it into a material with electronic properties previously seen in twisted graphene bilaye...

May 10, 2022

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