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Improving the electrical and mechanical properties of carbon-nanotube-based fibers

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The Lyding Group 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 19, 2020

A new world record for the conversion of solar energy to electricity using quantum dots

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The development of next generation solar power technology that has potential to be used as a flexible 'skin' over hard surfaces has moved a step closer, thanks to a significant breakthrough at The University of Queensland.

Feb 19, 2020

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

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The development of next generation solar power technology that has potential to be used as a flexible 'skin' over hard surfaces has moved a step closer, thanks to a significant breakthrough.

Feb 19, 2020

Improving the electrical and mechanical properties of carbon-nanotube-based fibers

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology 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 19, 2020

Green chemistry of fullerene: Scientists invented an environmentally friendly way to realize organic

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology (CEST) and the Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences have developed a novel approach for preparing thin semiconductor fullerene films. The me...

Feb 19, 2020

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

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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

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