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New world record for conversion of solar energy to electricity using quantum dots

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have set a world record for the conversion of solar energy to electricity via the use of tiny nanoparticles called 'quantum dots'. The technology has a huge range of potential applications, including the possibility to use it...

Feb 18, 2020

Improving the electrical and mechanical properties of carbon-nanotube-based fibers: Researchers recently developed a technique that can be used to build carbon-nanotube-based fibers by creating chemical crosslinks; the technique improves the electrical and mechanical properties of these materials

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers recently developed a technique that can be used to build carbon-nanotube-based fibers by creating chemical crosslinks. The technique improves the electrical and mechanical properties of these materials.

Feb 18, 2020

Nanomaterials sector: be specific when talking about ‘nanoplastics’

Chemical Watch   -   Scientific News Websites

Trade association says people should indicate whether materials are 'incidental' or 'manufactured'

Feb 18, 2020

Stability by fluctuation: topological materials outperform through quantum periodic motion

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have discovered that applying vibrational motion in a periodic manner may be the key to preventing dissipations of the desired electron states that would make advanced quantum comp...

Feb 18, 2020

Topological materials outperform through quantum periodic motion

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Scientists have discovered that applying vibrational motion in a periodic manner may be the key to preventing dissipations of the desired electron states that would make advanced quantum computing and spintronics possible.

Feb 18, 2020

Scientists create supersensitive nanomaterials for DNA diagnostics and targeted drug delivery

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In 1900, German physician Paul Ehrlich came up with the notion of a "magic bullet." The basic idea is to inject a patient with smart particles capable of finding, recognizing, and treating a disease. Medicine has pursued the magic bullet...

Feb 18, 2020

Topological materials outperform through quantum periodic motion

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have discovered that applying vibrational motion in a periodic manner may be the key to preventing dissipations of the desired electron states that would make advanced quantum computing and spintronics possible.

Feb 18, 2020

Graphene Formed Under Microscope Is Small Enough for Electronics

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists at Rice University; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT Knoxville); and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) used a small, visible beam mounted to a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to form laser-induced graphene (LIG), a multi...

Feb 18, 2020

Color mixing for nanoplasmonic painters

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Similar to the way painters mix different hues and tones of colors on their palette, researchers demonstrated a method for continuous mixing of different structural colors at the nanoscale on a single pixel. This novel method for structurally gene...

Feb 18, 2020

Dave McDowell to Step Down as Director of the Institute for Materials (IMat) | Research Horizons

Georgia Tech   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

After more than seven years of shepherding interdisciplinary materials research and defining a materials innovation ecosystem at the Georgia Institute of Technology, David L. McDowell is stepping down from his role as founding director of...

Feb 18, 2020

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