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Core/shell nanoparticles as efficient reducing agents

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Generally it is believed that core quantum dots (QDs) are good reducing agents and are used for that purpose in solar hydrogen generation and various organic transformations. However, core QDs are very unstable. Core/shell dots are more robust, bu...

Nov 13, 2020

Graphene tractor beams could one day redirect lightning strikes

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Lightning strikes are a major trigger for wildfires, including the record-breaking blazes that devastated Australia, California and other regions this year. An international research team has now demonstrated a method that could effectively contro...

Nov 13, 2020

Scientists discover new family of quasiparticles in graphene-based materials

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A group of researchers led by Sir Andre Geim and Dr. Alexey Berdyugin at The University of Manchester have discovered and characterized a new family of quasiparticles named 'Brown-Zak fermions' in graphene-based superlattices.

Nov 13, 2020

Scientists discover new family of quasiparticles in graphene-based materials

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists reveal a phenomenon that is 'radically different from textbook physics' and this work has led to the discovery and characterisation of a new family of quasiparticles found in graphene-based materials. Called Brown-Zak fermions...

Nov 13, 2020

Park Systems Announces NanoScientific Symposium Asia Nov. 24-25, 2020

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Park Systems and NanoScientific Publications announce NanoScientific Symposium Asia, which will be held virtually on Nov. 24-25, 2020. The event is for nanoscience researchers and scientists to learn...

Nov 13, 2020

CCNY & partners in quantum algorithm breakthrough

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Researchers led by City College of New York physicist Pouyan Ghaemi report the development of a quantum algorithm with the potential to study a class of many-electron quantums system using quantum computers. Their paper, entitled "Creating an...

Nov 13, 2020

Success in controlling perovskite ions' composition paves the way for device applications

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Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites have received much attention as potential next generation solar cells and as materials for light-emitting devices. Kobe University's Associate Professor TACHIKAWA Takashi (of the Molecular Photoscience Res...

Nov 13, 2020

Manchester group discover new family of quasiparticles in graphene-based materials

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After years of dedicated research a group of pioneering scientists led by Nobel Laureate Andre Geim have again revealed a phenomenon that is 'radically different from textbook physics' and this work has led to the discovery and character...

Nov 13, 2020

EU experts find lack of safety data for nanomaterials in cosmetics

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Commission's SCCS publishes Opinions on nano copper and hydroxyapatite, plus homosalate

Nov 12, 2020

Exploring the Unusual Electronic States and Optical Properties of Quantum-Sized Materials

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Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) synthesize sub-nanometer particles with precisely controlled proportions of indium and tin using specific macromolecular templates called dendrimers.... The post Exploring the Unusual Elect...

Nov 12, 2020

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