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Nanostructured Plasmonic Materials Could Provide More Natural Color for Displays

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Ultralow-power, ultrahigh-definition displays and screens that will be easier on the eyes could be possible with technology being developed by researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF). Their approach illuminates the display by reflec...

Jun 9, 2020

Discovery of Complex Nanometric Geometric Shapes on Dragonfly Wings Improves the Efficiency of Antibacterial Surfaces

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Universitat Rovira i Virgili researchers have developed a nanometric-scale theoretical model to create structures that kill bacteria by using elastic forces. The results of this... The post Discovery of Complex Nanometric Geometric Shapes on Drag...

Jun 9, 2020

Renewable fuel from carbon dioxide with the aid of solar energy

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Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, are attempting to convert carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to fuel using energy from sunlight. Recent results have shown that it is possible to use their technique to selectively produce methane, carbo...

Jun 9, 2020

Renewable fuel from carbon dioxide with the aid of graphene and solar energy

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Recent research results have shown that it is possible to use a novel technique to selectively produce methane, carbon monoxide or formic acid from carbon dioxide and water.

Jun 9, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: New tool helps nanorods stand out: Rice team�s SEMseg method makes nanoparticle analysis quicker and more affordable

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Rice University scientists have developed an easy and affordable tool to count and characterize nanoparticles.

Jun 9, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Transparent graphene electrodes might lead to new generation of solar cells: New roll-to-roll production method could enable lightweight, flexible solar devices and a new generation of display screens

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new way of making large sheets of high-quality, atomically thin graphene could lead to ultra-lightweight, flexible solar cells, and to new classes of light-emitting devices and other thin-film elect...

Jun 9, 2020

Examining a snapshot of exploding oxygen

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For more than 100 years, we have been using X-rays to look inside matter and progressing to ever smaller structures—from crystals to nanoparticles. Now, within the framework of a larger international collaboration on the X-ray laser European XFEL ...

Jun 9, 2020

Spontaneous formation of nanoscale hollow structures could boost battery storage

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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 hollowi...

Jun 9, 2020

Machine learning predicts nanoparticles' structure and dynamics

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Researchers have demonstrated that new distance-based machine learning methods are capable of predicting structures and atomic dynamics of nanoparticles reliably. The new methods are significantly faster than traditional simulation methods used fo...

Jun 9, 2020

Spontaneous formation of nanoscale hollow structures could boost battery storage

ScienceDaily   -   General 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 h...

Jun 9, 2020

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