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Properties of chromium tribromide show path to innovative electronic devices

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Two-dimensional (2D) materials with a single-layer thickness retaining magnetic order in atomically thin limit began to increase their scientific and technological significance after the successful synthesis of graphene and later investigations of...

Apr 22, 2021

Nanofiltration membranes to treat industrial wastewater from heavy metals

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NUST MISIS scientists together with Indian colleagues from Jain University and Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College presented innovative membranes for the complete removal of heavy metals from industrial wastewater. The special nanostructure ...

Apr 22, 2021

Under pressure: Manipulating protein-mimicking molecules with hydrostatic pressure

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Stimulus-responsive supramolecular structures have emerged as an alternative to conventional ones, owing to their applications in sensing, drug delivery, and switchable memory systems. Now, scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology explore the h...

Apr 22, 2021

The Next Generation of Qubit Control: SHFSG Signal Generator Launch Event

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Meet the next generation of signal generator at this Zurich Instruments launch event

Apr 21, 2021

Lasers To Lunar Arks: Cryopreservation Heats Up

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Two new centers employ nanoparticles, RF coils, and a host of other tech for the cryogenic storage of biological tissues—maybe even for a vault on the moon

Apr 21, 2021

Lasers To Lunar Arks: Cryopreservation Heats Up

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When scientists in the 1950s tried to cool hamsters to 0 °C and rewarm them, it didn’t go great. In 2002, things looked rosier when a scientist chilled a single rabbit kidney down to -130°C, then rewarmed it and transplanted it into a live rabbit...

Apr 21, 2021

Electrons in twisted graphene 'freeze' when heated – Physics World

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Entropy measurements reveal an unexpected phase transition analogous to the Pomeranchuk effect in helium-3 The post Electrons in twisted graphene ‘freeze’ when heated appeared first on Physics World.

Apr 21, 2021

Direct observation of the ad- and desorption of guest atoms into a mesoporous host

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Most battery materials, novel catalysts, and storage materials for hydrogen have one thing in common: they have a structure composed of tiny pores in the nanometer range. These pores provide space which can be occupied by guest atoms, ions, and mo...

Apr 21, 2021

Identification of the wettability of graphene layers at the molecular level

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Graphene is a two-dimensional material in which carbon atoms are arranged in hexagonal structures, and it has unique physical and chemical properties such as sub-nanometer thickness, chemical stability, mechanical flexibility, electrical and therm...

Apr 21, 2021

The sweet taste of success for a supported nickel phosphide nanoalloy catalyst

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Catalysts lie at the heart of a greener and more sustainable future for chemical production. However, many of the catalysts currently in widespread use have limitations that affect their efficiency. Researchers from Osaka University have reported ...

Apr 21, 2021

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