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Novel approach improves graphene-based supercapacitors

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Demand for integrated energy storage devices is growing rapidly as people rely more and more on portable and wireless electronics, and the global need grows for clean energy sources such as solar and wind energies. This is creating an exponential...

Aug 6, 2020

Using machine intelligence to find the charge density wave phases of any 2D material

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Charge density wave (CDW) is a quantum mechanical phenomenon, which induces distortion in the crystal structures of some low-dimensional (1D or 2D) metals, when the temperature is reduced. Such distorted crystal structure is known as CDW phase and...

Aug 6, 2020

Way, shape and form: Synthesis conditions define the nanostructure of manganese dioxide

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The study sheds light on how different synthesis conditions can produce manganese dioxide with distinct porous structures, hinting at a strategy for the development of highly tuned MnO2 nanomaterials that could serve as catalysts in the fabricatio...

Aug 6, 2020

Nanoparticle system captures heart-disease biomarker from blood for in-depth analysis

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a method combining sticky nanoparticles with high-precision protein measurement to capture and analyze a common marker of heart disease to reveal details that were previously inacce...

Aug 6, 2020

Anode material for safe batteries with a long cycle life

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Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Jilin University in Changchun/China investigated a highly promising anode material for future high-performance batteries - lithium lanthanum titanate with a perovskite crystal structure (L...

Aug 6, 2020

Researchers propose strategy to evaluate tumor photothermal therapy in real-time

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Researchers from USTC reported an "intelligent" strategy of using organic nanoparticles to evaluate photothermal therapy efficiency on tumor in real time.

Aug 6, 2020

A closer look at water-splitting's solar fuel potential

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Scientists at Berkeley Lab and the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP) have gained important new insight into how the performance of a promising semiconducting thin film can be optimized at the nanoscale for renewable energy technolo...

Aug 6, 2020

Meeting Growing Demand for Increased Storage Capacity With Improved Graphene-Based Supercapacitors

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Demand for integrated energy storage devices is growing rapidly as people rely more and more on portable and wireless electronics, and the global need grows... The post Meeting Growing Demand for Increased Storage Capacity With Improved Graphene-...

Aug 5, 2020

May the force be with you: Detecting ultrafast light by its force: From cell phones to solar cells - research has implications for improvements in a wide range of technologies

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A research team has developed a new technique to detect nano-sized imperfections in materials. They believe this discovery will lead to improvements in the optical detectors used in a wide range of technologies, from cell phones to cameras and fib...

Aug 5, 2020

May the force be with you: Detecting ultrafast light by its force

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A McGill research team has developed a new technique to detect nano-sized imperfections in materials. They believe this discovery will lead to improvements in the optical detectors used in a wide range of technologies, from cell phones to cameras ...

Aug 5, 2020

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