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Oligomeric materials to enhance water splitting

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Researchers from the Llobet group have developed a new molecular material made out of oligomers and used it as a catalyst in water oxidation, achieving unprecedented current densities for molecular catalysts. The paper "Water oxidation electr...

Sep 28, 2020

ESA’s Φ-Week: Digital Twin Earth, Quantum Computing and AI Take Center Stage

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

ESA’s 2020 Φ-week event kicked off this morning with a series of stimulating speeches on Digital Twin Earth, updates on Φ-sat-1, which was successfully launched... The post ESA’s Φ-Week: Digital Twin Earth, Quantum Computing and AI Take Center St...

Sep 28, 2020

Stable supramolecular structure system to identify activity origin of carbon dioxide electroreduction

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N-doped or N-heterocyclic nanostructured electrocatalysts for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction have made important progress in product selectivity. For further development, it is important to identify the exact activity origin of these elec...

Sep 28, 2020

Stable Nano-Carrier Releases Drugs Only in Diseased Cells

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Medications often have unwanted side-effects. One reason is that they reach not only the unhealthy cells for which they are intended, but also reach and have an impact on healthy cells. Researchers...

Sep 28, 2020

Speaking with neurons: Novel nanostructured neural electrodes

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Knowing the state of mammalian cells, in particular neural cells, depends on advances in nanotechnology‐based interfaces. Nanotechnology offers new technical possibilities to unravel the connectivity routes of the nervous system by adding nanoscal...

Sep 28, 2020

Lithium batteries charge faster thanks to nanochannels

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New technology to be used in lithium batteries can make them charge faster. The material graphite that was often used, already had a successor that could not further be improved, was the assumption. Until now, as researchers of the MESA+ Institute...

Sep 28, 2020

Chemists study environmental safety, health effects of nanotechnology

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

The world of nanotechnology is a place where materials so small they’re undetectable to the human eye are

Sep 28, 2020

Terraced graphene for ultrasensitive magnetic field sensor

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National University of Singapore physicists have developed a sensitive two-dimensional (2-D) magnetic field sensor, which can potentially improve the detection of nanoscale magnetic domains for data storage applications.

Sep 28, 2020

New nanochannels make lithium batteries charge faster

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers found out that by nanostructuring graphite, new 'paths' will be created for lithium ions. This makes the battery charge faster.

Sep 28, 2020

Speaking with neurons through nanostructured neural electrodes

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have designed improved flexible thin metal electrodes with nanotopography for a more intimate interfacing with neurons.

Sep 28, 2020

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