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For Computers of the Future: Scientists Attain Hundredfold Enhancement of Germanium Quantum Dot Luminance

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A team of scientists including researchers from ITMO University, A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Institute for Physics of

Jun 7, 2021

Insights into construction of metal chalcogenide supertetrahedral clusters

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Nanoclusters, which consist of several or even thousands of atoms, represent an important intermediate state between microscopic atoms and macroscopic matter. A profound comprehension of the composition, structure, and properties of nanoclusters i...

Jun 7, 2021

Study provides new insights into indoor HCHO purification by transition-metal nanocatalysts

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Room-temperature catalytic oxidation is an efficient approach to converting formaldehyde (HCHO) into harmless CO2 by using reactive oxygen species (ROS) on the surface of noble-metal nanocatalysts.

Jun 7, 2021

Nanoengineering integrates crystals that don't usually get along

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A blueprint for designing new materials using difficult combinations of nanocrystals has been developed by a team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan.

Jun 7, 2021

A new material made from carbon nanotubes can generate electricity by scavenging energy from its environment

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Engineers discovered a way to generate electricity using tiny carbon particles that can create an electric current simply by interacting with an organic solvent in which they're floating.

Jun 7, 2021

Ultra-high-density hard drives made with graphene store ten times more data

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Graphene can be used for ultra-high density hard disk drives (HDD), with up to a tenfold jump compared to current technologies, researchers at the Cambridge Graphene Center have shown.

Jun 7, 2021

A blueprint for designing and synthesizing new, multifunctional materials

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Nanocrystals are a type of inorganic nanoparticle, defined as any material with at least one dimension smaller than

Jun 7, 2021

A Breakthrough in the Physics of Blood Clotting | Research Horizons

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New Research Shows Platelets Do their Job Better When Not in Total Sync with One Another During trauma, certain platelets (tiny 2-micrometer cells in the blood in charge of making the initial plug) contract first. They shrin...

Jun 7, 2021

A new material made from carbon nanotubes can generate electricity by scavenging energy from its environment

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MIT engineers have discovered a new way of generating electricity using tiny carbon particles that can create a current simply by interacting with liquid surrounding them.

Jun 7, 2021

Tiny particles power chemical reactions

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A new material made from carbon nanotubes can generate electricity by scavenging energy from its environment.

Jun 7, 2021

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