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'Artificial Chemist' Combines AI, Robotics to Autonomously Develop Quantum Dots

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Artificial Chemist, a technology invented by researchers at North Carolina State University (NC State) and the University at Buffalo, integrates artificial intelligence and an automated system for performing chemical reactions to speed R&D...

Jun 8, 2020

Ultrathin nanosheets separate harmful ions from water

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

An international research team has created an ultrathin membrane with high porosity that can filter potentially harmful ions from water.

Jun 8, 2020

How Transparent Graphene Electrodes Could Aid Solar Cell Generation

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new manufacturing process for graphene is based on using an intermediate carrier layer of material after the graphene is laid down through a vapor deposition process. The carrier allows the...

Jun 8, 2020

Single-cell yolk-shell capsules with high biological activity and stability

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Inspired by the yolk-shell structure of eggs and the structural ordering of cell surfaces in the evolution, reseachers propose highly stable single cyanobacterium capsules with an ordered yolk-shell structure of uniformly organized and tunable nan...

Jun 8, 2020

Human hair used to make flexible displays for smart devices

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology and Griffith University have developed a method for turning small hair strands into carbon nanodots, which are tiny, uniform dots that are one-millionth of a millimeter. To produce the carbo...

Jun 8, 2020

New coating material for surgical tools

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Spin-off company NChemi Engineering Nanomaterials, created from the Center for the Development of Functional Materials (CDMF) in Brazil, has presented new technology resulting from projects developed by the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) and the CDMF.

Jun 8, 2020

Ultrathin nanosheets separate ions from water

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In a world-first, an international research team, led by Monash University and ANSTO, has created an ultrathin porous membrane to completely separate potentially harmful ions, such as lead and mercury, from water.

Jun 8, 2020

Transparent graphene electrodes might lead to new generation of solar cells

Phys.org   -   Scientific News 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 electronics.

Jun 8, 2020

Ultrathin MOF nanosheets separate ions from water

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers created this ultrathin molecular sieve membrane using 2D nanosheets, developed with water-stable Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs).

Jun 8, 2020

Confining Magnetic Fluids in Nanospace to Create Functional Materials

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

At the Shinshu University, a research group under the guidance of Ryusuke Futamura analyzed the response of magnetic ionic liquids (MIL) to magnetic fields from the microscopic viewpoints. Magnetic...

Jun 8, 2020

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