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The mechanisms of enhanced evaporation flux through nanochannels

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Confined mass transfer mainly focuses on the dynamic behavior of water, ion, gas and other media confined in nanochannels. Scientists recently show increasing interest in confined mass transfer due to its wide application in energy, environment, h...

Aug 16, 2021

Next generation electronics: Expanding the possibilities with silver nanowires

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Today's nanoscale technologies are sophisticated enough to be applied in an endless number of useful devices, from sensors in touch screen devices and household appliances to wearable biosensors that can monitor chemical levels in our blood, ...

Aug 16, 2021

Woven nanotube fibers turn heat into power

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Invisibly small carbon nanotubes aligned as fibers and sewn into fabrics become a thermoelectric generator that can turn heat from the sun or other sources into energy.

Aug 16, 2021

Woven nanotube fibers turn heat energy into electrical energy: Flexible thermoelectric generators could be useful way to make carbon ‘green’

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Carbon nanotubes woven into thread-like fibers and sewn into fabrics become a thermoelectric generator that can turn heat from the sun or other sources into other forms of energy.

Aug 16, 2021

Fighting fungal infections: Giant leaps for smart nanotech

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

They're roughly the same size as a coronavirus particle, and 1000 times smaller than a human hair, yet newly engineered nanoparticles developed by scientists at the University of South Australia, are punching well above their weight when it c...

Aug 16, 2021

Crystal prism provides better control to quantum computer chips

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

As revolutionary as they could be, quantum computers still have a few kinks to iron out, such as controlling more than a few dozen qubits at once. Now, researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have found a way to control potentially...

Aug 16, 2021

Unexpected twist of catalytic nanoparticles

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanoparticles that make up catalysts can arrange themselves in slightly different ways, and behave significantly differently as a result. This is revealed by an X-ray study of palladium nanoparticles carried out at DESY Nanolab and PETRA III. The ...

Aug 16, 2021

Fighting Fungal Infections: Giant Leaps for Smart Nanotech

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

They’re roughly the same size as a coronavirus particle, and 1000 times smaller than a human hair, yet newly engineered nanoparticles developed by scientists at the University of South Australia, are punching well above their weight when it comes ...

Aug 16, 2021

Fighting fungal infections: Giant leaps for smart nanotech

University of South Australia   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Smart micelles offer great potential in treating pathogenic fungi. They’re roughly the same size as a coronavirus particle, and 1000 times smaller than a human hair, yet newly engineered nanoparticles developed by scientists at the University of S...

Aug 16, 2021

Jumping from Hundreds to Millions: Spin-Based Silicon Key to Million-Qubit Quantum Computing, Another Step Towards Supercomputers

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

A new approach towards scaling up qubits from hundred to millions is potentially the key to improving present-day quantum computers.

Aug 16, 2021

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