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With nanogenerators, static electricity as strong as lightening can be saved in a battery

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers presented a new technology that can increase the amount of power generated by a triboelectric nanogenerator. They developed a high-efficiency integrated circuit to obtain reliable and practical electrical energy from the triboelectric ...

Feb 6, 2020

Graphene mapping 50 times faster

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Researchers added a smart algorithm to the detection, resulting in Raman working at least fifty times faster and making it more 'gentle' to sensitive materials.

Feb 6, 2020

Controlling buckling in a nanoscale beam using electrostatic effects

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers from Bilkent University and Sabanci University SUNUM Nanotechnology Research Center has developed a way to control buckling in a nanoscale beam using electrostatic effects. In their paper published in the journal Physical Rev...

Feb 6, 2020

A gold butterfly can make its own semiconductor skin

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A nanoscale gold butterfly provides a more precise route for growing/synthesizing nanosized semiconductors that can be used in nano-lasers and other applications.

Feb 6, 2020

Novel magnetic nanostructures for emerging biomedical applications

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New types of magnetic nanostructures have interesting properties that enhance novel medical applications in diagnosis and allow the exploration of new therapeutic techniques. In a new paper, researchers review promising new nanomaterials that can...

Feb 6, 2020

Scientists Learn More about the First Hours of a Lithium-ion Battery’s Life

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New technology enables nanoscale molecular view of self-assembling gateway structure within The first hours of a lithium-ion battery’s

Feb 6, 2020

A nanoscale gold butterfly can make its own semiconductor skin

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A nanoscale gold butterfly provides a more precise route for growing/synthesizing nanosized semiconductors that can be used in nano-lasers and other applications.

Feb 6, 2020

Improved ruthenium nanocatalyst branches out and outperforms

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

By creating branched nanoparticles from the metal ruthenium, researchers developed a way to increase the speed of catalysis while maintaining the catalyst's stability. Because they have precise control over the nanoparticle?s crystal structur...

Feb 6, 2020

FEFU scientists developed method to build up functional elements of quantum computers

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Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU, Vladivostok, Russia), together with colleagues from FEB RAS, China, Hong Kong, and Australia, manufactured ultra-compact bright sources based on IR-emitting mercury telluride (HgTe) quantum dot...

Feb 6, 2020

Graphene mapping 50 times faster

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University of Twente researchers added a smart algorithm to the detection, resulting in 'Raman' working at least fifty times faster and making it more 'gentle' to sensitive materials. The research is presented in National Scien...

Feb 6, 2020

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