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Researchers develop fused-ring electron acceptor with 3-D exciton and charge transport

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Recently, Professor Zhan Xiaowei's group from the College of Engineering at Peking University made progress in non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells (OSCs). They developed a new fluorinated fused-ring electron acceptor (FREA) with 3...

Apr 24, 2020

Team gains insights on the oxide layer of stainless steel

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In March, a team of Alfa Laval researchers and scientists from Lund University led by Axel Knutsson, Material Specialist at Alfa Laval, came to the MAXPEEM beamline for four-days beamtime. MAXPEEM, one of the soft X-ray beamlines in the 1.5 GeV st...

Apr 24, 2020

'Decoy' nanoparticles can block HIV and prevent infection

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Flipping the standard viral drug targeting approach on its head, engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a promising new "nanosponge" method for preventing HIV from proliferating in the body: coating polymer na...

Apr 24, 2020

Nanobiosensor can Help Diagnose Early-Stage Multiple Sclerosis

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Researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in Sorocaba (state of São Paulo, Brazil) have developed a technique to diagnose early-stage multiple sclerosis, a disease of the...

Apr 24, 2020

'Decoy' nanoparticles can block HIV and prevent infection

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Cloaking nanoparticles in cell membranes draws HIV away from immune cells.

Apr 24, 2020

The best material for homemade face masks may be a combination of two fabrics

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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people wear masks in public. Because N95 and surgical masks are scarce and should be reserved for health care workers, many people are making...

Apr 24, 2020

Scientists develop MOF nanomaterial to remove antibiotics in water

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Researchers used a hydrothermal synthesis method to fabricate the nanomaterial that can work as an absorbent to remove norfloxacin, a kind of antibiotics in water.

Apr 24, 2020

New solution to capture microplastics before they enter waterways

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A novel method utilizes nanocellulose structures for early particle identification. Nanocellulose would allow particles to be captured even before they enter waterways.

Apr 24, 2020

New solution to capture microplastics before they enter waterways

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A thousand liters of seawater can contain up to 8.3 million particles of microplastics. Until now, identifying these very small particles has been difficult—usually they are only detected once they have accumulated in the bodies of fish. A method ...

Apr 24, 2020

OCSiAl Becomes the Largest European Supplier of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes with its Upgraded REACH Registration

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As from April 2020, OCSiAl is able to commercialize up to 100 tonnes annually of its TUBALL™ single wall carbon nanotubes in Europe thanks to the company’s upgraded dossier under the...

Apr 24, 2020

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