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New tool helps nanorods stand out

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have developed an easy and affordable tool to count and characterize nanoparticles.

Jun 8, 2020

Crystalline 'nanobrush' clears way to advanced energy and information tech

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers synthesized a tiny structure with high surface area and discovered how its unique architecture drives ions across interfaces to transport energy or information. Their 'nanobrush' contains bristles made of alternating crystal ...

Jun 8, 2020

Integrating nanomaterial with light-absorbing molecule powers hydrogen production from water and sun

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have developed a hybrid material constructed from a metal oxide nanosheet and a light-absorbing molecule for splitting water molecules (H2O) to obtain dihydrogen (H2) under sunlight. Since H2 can be used as carbon-free fuel, this study ...

Jun 8, 2020

Crystalline 'nanobrush' clears way to advanced energy and information tech

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Engineers have synthesized a tiny structure with high surface area and discovered how its unique architecture drives ions across interfaces to transport energy or information. Their 'nanobrush' contains bristles made of alternating cryst...

Jun 8, 2020

Crystalline 'nanobrush' clears way to advanced energy and information tech

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory synthesized a tiny structure with high surface area and discovered how its unique architecture drives ions across interfaces to transport energy or information. Their &quo...

Jun 8, 2020

'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

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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

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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

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