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Nano-sponge with extreme properties

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new process simplifies the fabrication of porous materials with a defined nanostructure and takes them one step

Mar 13, 2020

Water-free way to make MXenes could mean new uses for the promising nanomaterials

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Ten years after producing the first sample of the now widely studied family of nanomaterials, called MXenes, Drexel University researchers have discovered a different way to make the atom-thin material that presents a number of new opportunities f...

Mar 13, 2020

3D Hierarchically porous nanostructured catalyst helps efficiently reduce CO2

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers developed a three-dimensional hierarchically porous nanostructured catalyst with carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide conversion rate up to 3.96 times higher than that of conventional nanoporous gold catalysts.

Mar 13, 2020

Graphene Manufacturer Consolidates Battery Organizations, Makes Leadership Promotions

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Global Graphene Group (G3) announces the consolidation of Angstron Energy Company (AEC) into Honeycomb Battery Company (HBC), effective February 28, 2020. G3 is the holding company for both organizations, in addition to Taiwan Graphene Company (TG...

Mar 13, 2020

Water-free way to make MXenes could mean new uses for the promising nanomaterials

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The new discovery removes water from the MXene-making process, which means the materials can be used in applications in which water is a contaminant or hampers performance, such as battery electrodes and next-generation solar cells.

Mar 13, 2020

Water-free way to make MXenes could mean new uses for the promising nanomaterials

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Ten years after producing the first sample of the now widely studied family of nanomaterials, called MXenes, Drexel University researchers have discovered a different way to make the atom-thin material that presents a number of new opportunities f...

Mar 13, 2020

Invisible plastics in water

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A Washington State University research team has found that nanoscale particles of the most commonly used plastics tend to move through the water supply, especially in fresh water, or settle out in wastewater treatment plants, where they end up as ...

Mar 13, 2020

Silicon-graphene hybrid plasmonic waveguide photodetectors beyond 1.55 μm

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Waveguide photodetectors beyond 1.55 μm are becoming very attractive for many applications. Recently, researchers from Zhejiang University and Southeast University in China proposed and realized high-performance silicon-graphene hybrid plasmonic w...

Mar 13, 2020

New study presents hygroscopic micro/nanolenses along carbon nanotube ion channels

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A recent study, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has introduced a novel technology, which allows carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to be easily observed under room temperature.

Mar 13, 2020

Pathways toward realizing the promise of all-solid-state batteries

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

UC San Diego nanoengineers offer a research roadmap describing four challenges that need to be addressed in order to advance a promising class of batteries, all-solid-state batteries, to commercialization. The researchers describe their work to ta...

Mar 13, 2020

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