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Power line vibrations fuel their own nanogenerator monitoring systems

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Power transmission networks stretch millions of kilometers across varied terrain, requiring constant monitoring to prevent failures and maintain reliable electricity delivery. Current monitoring systems depend on batteries that need regular replac...

Nov 7, 2024

Physicists show how layering and twisting affect graphene's properties

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

When it comes to electrically conductive nanomaterials, graphene — stronger and lighter than steel and more conductive than copper — has been shown to be an excellent choice for a wide range of technologies.

Nov 7, 2024

Researchers explore the superconducting limit of ‘magic angle’ graphene

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

When two sheets of are stacked together and offset at a slight angle, the bilayer material can produce numerous intriguing effects, notably superconductivity. Cornell University researchers have gained new understanding on how twisted bilayer grap...

Nov 7, 2024

Breakthrough in energy-efficient avalanche-based amorphization could revolutionize data storage

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed a new method for disrupting the crystal structure of a semiconductor that requires as little as one billion times less power density. This advancement could unlock wider applications for phase-change memory (PCM) -- a pr...

Nov 6, 2024

Robotics enables cleaner interfaces in stacked sheets of layered 2D materials

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Researchers used a special robotic system to assemble very large pieces of atomically clean two-dimensional materials into stacks. The study, published in Small ("Mechanisms of Interface Cleaning in Heterostructures Made from Polymer-Contamin...

Nov 6, 2024

Green techniques and 3D electron diffraction for new MOF

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Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are porous crystalline materials whose structure resembles a scaffold of beams around a large empty space; this internal space can be used to store gases like hydrogen and methane or to absorb impurities.

Nov 6, 2024

Nanoparticles designed to trap and neutralise large amounts of SARS-CoV2

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Researchers from the IBB-UAB have developed a new class of nanostructures capable of trapping and neutralising large quantities of the SARS-CoV2 virus particles, both in liquid solutions and on the surface of materials. These novel nanoparticles c...

Nov 6, 2024

The first generation and control of skyrmions at room temperature in a 2D material

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The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has, for the first time in the world, generated and controlled skyrmions at room temperature in a two-dimensional (2D) material. This achievement reduces power consumption compared to t...

Nov 6, 2024

Inovartic Investment launches Abu Dhabi University Graphene Center in partnership with SLINTEC

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Inovartic Investment Lanka, a joint venture between Sri Lanka’s Apex Asia Holdings and UAE’s Inovartic Investment, has announced the launch of the Abu Dhabi University Graphene Center – an advanced facility dedicated to pioneering research in grap...

Nov 6, 2024

Zentek and Triera Biosciences receive USD$791,000 from Government of Canada to test multivalent aptamer technology

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Zentek has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Triera Biosciences has received a CAD$1.1 million (around USD$791,000) Government of Canada contract to test its multivalent aptamer technology for the rapid drug discovery of therapeutics or p...

Nov 6, 2024

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