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Support drives fate of protected gold nanoclusters as catalysts

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In collaboration with experimentalists from Ghent University, Belgium and Utrecht University, Netherlands, researchers at the Nanoscience Center (NSC) at the University of Jyväskylä, have recently discovered that the choice of a support material f...

Jun 16, 2020

With a 'catch-and-release' process, researchers advance graphene electronics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In recent years, atomically flat layered materials have gained significant attention due to their prospects for building high-speed and low-power electronics. Best known among those materials is graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms. Among the ...

Jun 16, 2020

A new family of nanocars ready for the next nano 'Grand Prix'

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed a new family of nanocars ready to compete on a gold surface against the 9 other teams selected for the 2nd Nanocar Race in 2021.

Jun 16, 2020

All of the performance, none of the fuss: nitrile hydrogenation done right

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The need to be mindful consumers is becoming a priority for an ever-growing portion of society. This means that achieving efficient and environmentally sustainable chemical processes is more important than ever before. One way of influencing react...

Jun 16, 2020

New technique for polymer manufacturing with reduced solvents aimed at vehicle, packaging production

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of Purdue University innovators hopes its new technology provides a more business-friendly option to utilize sustainable cellulose nanomaterials for use in vehicles, food packaging and other manufactured items.

Jun 16, 2020

Spontaneous formation of nanoscale hollow structures could boost battery storage

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

An unexpected property of nanometer-scale antimony crystals -- the spontaneous formation of hollow structures -- could help give the next generation of lithium ion batteries higher energy density without reducing battery lifetime. The reversibly ...

Jun 16, 2020

At VLSI 2020, CEA-Leti Demos New Architecture for HPC Devices Using Gate-All-Around Nanosheet Fabrication Process

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

CEA-Leti has demonstrated fabrication of a new gate-all-around (GAA) nanosheet device as an alternative to FinFET technology targeting high-performance (HPC) applications such as smartphones, laptops, and mobile systems with data collection and pr...

Jun 16, 2020

Support drives fate of protected gold nanoclusters as catalysts

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have discovered that the choice of a support material for model catalysts, made from gold nanoclusters protected by organic molecules, may have drastic effects on the structure of the catalyst.

Jun 16, 2020

Bio-inspired sensor systems based on ion transport, not electronics

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Many biological systems transmit signals via ions or molecules, whereas man-made sensors are mainly based on electron transport systems, i.e. electronics. The concept of ionic sensory systems is inspired by ion transport in biological systems, whi...

Jun 16, 2020

Multi-Watt Terahertz Semiconductor “Quantum-Cascade” Laser Breakthrough

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Lehigh’s Center for Photonics and Nanoelectronics use new phase-locking technique to achieve record-high output power for terahertz lasers, report highest radiative efficiency for... The post Multi-Watt Terahertz Semiconductor “Qua...

Jun 16, 2020

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