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Nanotunnel dimensions in platinum-gold structures dictate gas adsorption dynamics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have elucidated how hydrogen and carbon monoxide is adsorbed into solids containing a crown-motif structure of platinum and gold. Using quick-scan X-ray absorption measurements and theoretical calcula...

Feb 10, 2025

Biocompatible nanoadhesive offers hope for safer corneal transplants, reducing inflammation and infection risks

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A research team from the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, China, has developed a novel biocompatible nanoadhesive for corneal transplantation. The nanoadhesive is based on tetrahedral framework nucleic acids combined with functionalized...

Feb 10, 2025

Nanotech reveals how harmful microplastics stick to coral reefs

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University of Waterloo researchers have pinpointed for the first time how microplastics accumulate in coral reefs, a key step to understanding how to protect vulnerable ecosystems.

Feb 10, 2025

Nanoscale tin catalyst discovery paves the way for sustainable CO2 conversion

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed a sustainable catalyst that increases its activity during use while converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable products. This discovery offers a blueprint for designing next-generation electrocatalysts.

Feb 10, 2025

Nanoscale tin catalyst discovery paves the way for sustainable CO2 conversion

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a sustainable catalyst that increases its activity during use while converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable products. This discovery offers a blueprint for designing next-generation electrocatalysts.

Feb 10, 2025

Researchers achieve record quantum efficiency in next-generation LEDs

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Research teams from Southeast University, led by Professors Zhenhua Ni and Junpeng Lv, in collaboration with Professor Hongwei Liu from Nanjing Normal University and Professor Peng Zhou from Fudan University, have achieved a breakthrough in van de...

Feb 10, 2025

Room-temperature infrared detector matches performance of cryogenically-cooled devices

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A research team led by Professors Zhenhua Ni and Junpeng Lv at Southeast University has recently developed a room temperature infrared detector based on a two-dimensional material vertical channel heterojunction. This advanced detector offers ultr...

Feb 10, 2025

New nanomaterial enables more powerful quantum imaging systems

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Quantum physics holds great promise for advancing imaging technology beyond what traditional optics can achieve. At its core, quantum imaging uses pairs of photons – particles of light – that share a special connection called entanglement. This qu...

Feb 10, 2025

Understanding gas diffusion in nanoscale voids key to new gas technologies

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have elucidated how hydrogen and carbon monoxide is adsorbed into solids containing a crown-motif structure of platinum and gold. Using quick-scan X-ray absorption measurements and theoretical calcula...

Feb 10, 2025

Researchers measure superfluid stiffness of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers from MIT and Japan's National Institute for Materials Science have directly measured superfluid stiffness for the first time in “magic-angle” graphene — two or more atomically thin sheets of graphene twisted with respect to each o...

Feb 10, 2025

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