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Metal–Organic Frameworks for Generation of Novel Hybrid Materials

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A metal-organic framework is composed of metal ions and organic surrounding molecules forming a complex structure useful for synthesizing nanoporous carbons (NPC), as explained in an article...

Feb 18, 2022

Easy aluminum nanoparticles for rapid, efficient hydrogen generation from water

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Aluminum is a highly reactive metal that can strip oxygen from water molecules to generate hydrogen gas. Its widespread use in products that get wet poses no danger because aluminum instantly reacts with air to acquire a coating of aluminum oxide,...

Feb 18, 2022

Novel Nanosphere to Adsorb Uranium in Water and Soil

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A new nanosphere was devised to address uranium contamination, consisting of a magnetized hollow ferro-ferric oxide (h-Fe3O4) center and a phosphate-modified layered double...

Feb 18, 2022

High Performance TiO2 Nanocomposite MnCeOx Catalyst

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In an article submitted to the preprint server Research Square* and under consideration to be published in the journal In Review Environmental Science and Pollution...

Feb 18, 2022

Easy aluminum nanoparticles for rapid, efficient hydrogen generation from water

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For years, researchers have tried to find efficient and cost-effective ways to harness the extreme reactivity of aluminum to generate clean hydrogen fuel. A new study shows that an easily produced composite of gallium and aluminum creates aluminum...

Feb 18, 2022

Researchers Develop Dynamically Tuneable Plasmonic Nanoantennas from Conducting Polymer

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Linköping University’s researchers have developed optical nanoantennas, which could be switched on/off and slowly tuned with the application of electrical potentials. The research opens for...

Feb 18, 2022

Researchers Examine Transportation Mechanism of Microplastics in Bilayer Membranes

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Scientists from the University of Eastern Finland employed molecular modeling techniques to analyze the movement of nano-sized plastics in membrane structures. The observations indicate that for...

Feb 18, 2022

A Novel Pesticide-Free Nanoplatform to Control Housefly Larvae

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Research submitted to the preprint server Research Square,* investigated the effectiveness of polydopamine (PDA)-coated iron oxide (Fe3O4) as a photothermal insecticide. Study: NIR...

Feb 18, 2022

UNSW Sydney buys nanosatellite bus from NanoAvionics

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The University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, has contracted mission integrator NanoAvionics to build a nanosatellite bus for UNSW's satellite innovation laboratory. As part of the collaboration, NanoAvionics will deliver a 6...

Feb 18, 2022

Nanoantennas for light controlled electrically

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Researchers at Linkoping University have developed optical nanoantennas that can be turned on/off and gradually tuned by applying electrical potentials. The study, which has been published in Advanced Materials, opens for applications including dy...

Feb 18, 2022

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