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New approach can predict pollution from cooking emissions

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Organic aerosols—such as those released in cooking—may stay in the atmosphere for several days, because of nanostructures formed by fatty acids as they are released into the air.

Apr 14, 2022

Researchers create miniature wide-angle camera with flat metalenses

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Researchers have designed a new compact camera that acquires wide-angle images of high-quality using an array of metalenses—flat nanopatterned surfaces used to manipulate light. By eliminating the bulky and heavy lenses typically required for this...

Apr 14, 2022

"Graphene-hBN breakthrough to spur new LEDs, quantum computing"

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In a discovery that could speed research into next-generation electronics and LED devices, a University of Michigan research team has developed the first reliable, scalable method for growing single layers of hexagonal boron nitride on graphene.

Apr 14, 2022

Cellulose Nanocrystals Proposed as Eco-Friendly Lubricant Additive

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The design of environmentally benign lubricant additives is critical for preserving the environment. In a paper available as a pre-proof in the journal Carbohydrate Polymers, the lubricating process...

Apr 14, 2022

Hybrid quantum bit based on topological insulators

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With their superior properties, topological qubits could help achieve a breakthrough in the development of a quantum computer designed for universal applications. So far, no one has yet succeeded in unambiguously demonstrating a quantum bit, or qu...

Apr 14, 2022

Pollution from cooking emissions hangs in the air

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Organic aerosols -- such as those released in cooking -- may stay in the atmosphere for several days, because of nanostructures formed by fatty acids as they are released into the air.

Apr 14, 2022

Indoor-active photocatalyst for antiviral coating against various variant types of SARS-CoV-2

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A photocatalyst made using a combination of titanium dioxide and copper oxide nanoclusters inactivates various variant types of novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Scientists have developed this antiviral photocatalyst, in a recent breakthrough, which h...

Apr 14, 2022

"Graphene-hBN breakthrough to spur new LEDs, quantum computing"

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

In a discovery that could speed research into next-generation electronics and LED devices, a research team has developed a reliable, scalable method for growing single layers of hexagonal boron nitride on graphene.

Apr 14, 2022

Super Stable Hydrogel for Wearable Sensors from Janus Nanosheets

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Self-healing wearable, flexible sensors to detect human motion created using Janus nanosheets hydrogel are presented in a study published in the journal ACS Applied Polymer Materials....

Apr 14, 2022

Significant Insights Gained from TERS-Enabled Raman Imaging of MXenes

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In an article recently published in the journal ACS Nano, authors reported Raman imaging of single- to few-layer flakes of titanium carbide (Ti3C2Tx) MXene deposited substrates using tip-enhanced...

Apr 14, 2022

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