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Sparc Technologies reports significant performance improvements achieved in graphene hnhanced water-based coatings

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Sparc Technologies has announced the results of initial test work in water-based acrylic epoxy coatings. The testing has reportedly demonstrated significant corrosion performance improvements through the incorporation of low dosages of carefully s...

Dec 3, 2024

New method realize ohmic contacts in n-type MoS₂ transistors at cryogenic temperatures

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Semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are a class of layered materials exhibiting unique optoelectronic properties that could be leveraged to develop transistors, sensors and other nanoelectronics. Despite their advantages, creati...

Dec 3, 2024

Nanoscale bumps and grooves trigger big changes in cell behavior

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The surfaces that cells come into contact with can influence how the cells grow, function, and communicate—shaping metabolism and even cellular health. Now, engineering researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a platfor...

Dec 3, 2024

Tiny dancers: Scientists synchronize bacterial motion

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Researchers at TU Delft have discovered that E. coli bacteria can synchronize their movements, creating order in seemingly random biological systems. By trapping individual bacteria in micro-engineered circular cavities and coupling these cavities...

Dec 3, 2024

Physicists take a step closer to controlling single-molecule chemical reactions

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Controlling matter at the atomic level has taken a major step forward, thanks to nanotechnology research by an international team of scientists led by physicists at the University of Bath.

Dec 3, 2024

Tiny dancers: Scientists synchronize bacterial motion

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Researchers at TU Delft have discovered that E. coli bacteria can synchronize their movements, creating order in seemingly random biological systems. By trapping individual bacteria in micro-engineered circular cavities and coupling these cavities...

Dec 3, 2024

Infrared detectors made from quantum dots

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What do motion detectors, self-driving cars, chemical analyzers and satellites have in common? They all contain detectors for infrared (IR) light. At their core and besides readout electronics, such detectors usually consist of a crystalline semic...

Dec 3, 2024

Haydale reports its latest financial results for its Fiscal Year 2024

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Haydale has announced its financial results for Q3 2024, which is the end of its 2024 fiscal year. Haydale says that while it has developed an excellent pipeline of opportunities, the timeline of converting these into sales takes longer than antic...

Dec 3, 2024

Hexagons of hexagonal boron nitride join up to form 2D insulator for next-gen electronic devices

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A method that can grow a useful insulating material into exceptionally high-quality films that are just one atom thick and are suitable for industrial-scale production has been developed by an international team led by Xixiang Zhang from KAUST.

Dec 2, 2024

Artificial photosynthesis learned from nature: New solar hydrogen production technology developed

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Researchers have successfully developed a supramolecular fluorophore nanocomposite fabrication technology using nanomaterials and constructed a sustainable solar organic biohydrogen production system.

Dec 2, 2024

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