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Scientists propose multifunctional liquid metal nanocapsules

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Liquid metals (LMs) are promising for applications in flexible electronics and biomimetic functional composites. Nanometerization and surface modification of LMs are usually used to improve their substrate affinity and processing properties. In mo...

Sep 21, 2020

Towards chirality control of graphene nanoribbons embedded in hexagonal boron nitride

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Researchers report the successful control over the chirality of graphene nanoribbons embedded in hexagonal boron nitride nano-trenches, whose direction can be modulated by different catalytic cutting particles.

Sep 21, 2020

Colloidal dispersions of nanosheets for catalysis

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Researchers have used a liquid phase exfoliation process to obtain nanosheets with enhanced electrocatalytical properties.

Sep 21, 2020

Scientists propose multifunctional liquid metal nanocapsules

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New research revealed that liquid metals can initiate free radical polymerization of vinyl monomer under ultrasonication.

Sep 21, 2020

High-sensitivity nanoscale chemical imaging with hard x-ray nano-XANES

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X-rays with excellent penetration power and high chemical sensitivity are suited to understand heterogeneous materials. In a new report on Science Advances, A. Pattammattel, and a team of scientists at the National Synchrotron Light Source in New ...

Sep 21, 2020

The right formula for scaling production of promising nanomaterial to decontaminate water

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An international team of researchers have found a way to refine and reliably produce an unpredictable and hard-to-control material that could impact environmental conservation, energy and consumer electronics.

Sep 21, 2020

New MXene composite material for planes and cars that will show damage invisible to a human eye

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Electrically conductive nanoparticles will be used for the composite material that could be used in advanced transport, aviation, wind turbines and other structures.

Sep 21, 2020

Carbon nanotubes developed for super efficient desalination

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Membrane separations have become critical to human existence, with no better example than water purification. As water scarcity becomes more common and communities start running out of cheap available water, they need to supplement their supplies ...

Sep 21, 2020

Why there is no speed limit in the superfluid universe

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Physicists have established why objects moving through superfluid helium-3 lack a speed limit; exotic particles that stick to all surfaces in the superfluid. The discovery may guide applications in quantum technology, even quantum computing, where...

Sep 21, 2020

IBM Roadmap to 1000 Qubit Quantum Computer by 2023 | NextBigFuture.com

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IBM’s current largest quantum computer has 65 qubits, but they revealed a roadmap to 1000 qubits by 2023. The IBM plan is 127 qubits in 2021 and 433 qubits in 2022.

Sep 21, 2020

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