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Dark excitons can make a high contribution to light emission from nanotubes

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The high conversion of dark to bright excitons in long carbon nanotubes can lead to more efficient optoelectronics devices.

Mar 12, 2020

'Spillway' for electrons could keep lithium metal batteries from catching fire

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanoengineers developed a safety feature that prevents lithium metal batteries from rapidly heating up and catching fire in case of an internal short circuit.

Mar 12, 2020

'Spillway' for electrons could keep lithium metal batteries from catching fire

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

UC San Diego nanoengineers developed a safety feature that prevents lithium metal batteries from rapidly overheating and catching fire in case of an internal short circuit. The clever tweak does not prevent battery failure, but rather provides adv...

Mar 12, 2020

Gold nanoparticles uncover amyloid fibrils

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

EPFL scientists have developed powerful tools to unmask the diversity of amyloid fibrils, which are associated with Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. The scientists made the breakthrough by developing gold nanoparticl...

Mar 12, 2020

New Reactor System Could Enable Large-Scale Production of 2D Nanomaterials

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

For over ten years, two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials, like graphene, have been hyped as crucial materials for making improved antennas, batteries, microchips, and a host of other devices. After...

Mar 11, 2020

New Software can Help Identify Fabricable Optical and Nanophotonic Structures

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists at Stanford University have recently developed an inverse design codebase, known as SPINS. The inverse design can aid researchers in investigating different kinds of design...

Mar 11, 2020

How quantum computing got a boost from an experiment in a cornfield

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

In a cornfield in India, Urbasi Sinha ran an experiment that may challenge the rules of quantum mechanics and paves the way for higher dimensional quantum computing

Mar 11, 2020

Workplace exposure to carbon nanotubes may suppress immune system

Chemical Watch   -   Scientific News Websites

Niosh study will now expand to consider longer exposure times

Mar 11, 2020

Magic twist angles of graphene sheets identified: Researchers identify how twisted graphene sheets behave and their stability at different sizes and temperatures

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Graphene is 200 times stronger than steel and can be as much as 6 times lighter. These characteristics alone make it a popular material in manufacturing. Researchers have now identified how twisted graphene sheets behave and their stability at dif...

Mar 11, 2020

“Happy Accident” Cracks 58-Year-Old Puzzle on Way to Quantum Computing Breakthrough

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

A happy accident in the laboratory has led to a breakthrough discovery that not only solved a problem that stood for more than half a... The post “Happy Accident” Cracks 58-Year-Old Puzzle on Way to Quantum Computing Breakthrough appeared first o...

Mar 11, 2020

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