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Polymer membranes could benefit from taking a dip

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Many industrial processes rely on thin membranes that can clean water, for example, by filtering out impurities. In recent years, a technique called atomic layer deposition (ALD) has been used to tune these membranes for better performance, but th...

Apr 28, 2020

Scientists identify gene responsible for butterfly’s dazzling structural colours – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Advance will make it easier to study natural colour-determining nanostructures and could inspire more efficient ways of producing photonics devices The post Scientists identify gene responsible for butterfly’s dazzling structural colours appeared ...

Apr 28, 2020

Polymer membranes could benefit from taking a dip

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A simple pretreatment step enables membranes to be enhanced using atomic layer deposition, a technique that can improve performance and introduce new surface properties.

Apr 28, 2020

Polymer membranes could benefit from taking a dip

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A simple pretreatment step enables membranes to be enhanced using atomic layer deposition, a technique that can improve performance and introduce new surface properties.

Apr 28, 2020

New Nanomaterials for Circuit Boards Could be Resistant to High-Altitude Radiation

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

As demand for higher-efficiency and smaller electronics grows, so does demand for a new generation of materials that can be printed at ever smaller dimensions. Such materials are critical to national...

Apr 28, 2020

Unique Nanostructure Enables Leap in Using Silicon for Battery Anodes

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Novel nanostructure design lends extraordinary strength to a promising storage ingredient. The same material you’ll find at the tip of a pencil — graphite —... The post Unique Nanostructure Enables Leap in Using Silicon for Battery Anodes appeared...

Apr 28, 2020

Q&A: Architect of New “Inspire”; Quantum-Computing Platform on Spin Qubits and Programming Quantum Chips

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Richard Versluis, the system architect, describes Europe’s first public-access quantum-computing platform

Apr 28, 2020

Funding boost to make quantum circuits reliable

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

The commercial development of quantum computers calls for breakthroughs in three important areas: quantum logic, readout of quantum

Apr 28, 2020

Nanoarchitected metamaterial with material achieves the theoretic limits of stiffness and strength

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The strength of the carbon plate structures was up to 639% stronger and up to 522% stiffer than same-weight beam nanolattices of the same material. This is the first experimental evidence that plate-architecture is superior to the established beam...

Apr 28, 2020

Nanoarchitected metamaterial with material achieves the theoretic limits of stiffness and strength

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The strength of the carbon plate structures was up to 639% stronger and up to 522% stiffer than same-weight beam nanolattices of the same material. This is the first experimental evidence that plate-architecture is superior to the established beam...

Apr 28, 2020

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