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Nanomaterial-coated fabric destroys chemical warfare agents – Physics World

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Composite metal-organic frameworks might be used in protective suits and face masks for soldiers The post Nanomaterial-coated fabric destroys chemical warfare agents appeared first on Physics World.

Jan 20, 2020

Inverse design of porous materials using artificial neural networks

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The ability to generate optimized nanomaterials with artificial neural networks can significantly revolutionize the future of materials design in materials science. While scientists had progressively created small and simple molecules, complex cry...

Jan 20, 2020

Addressing global warming with new nanoparticles and sunshine

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Harvesting sunlight, researchers of the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Korea) published in Materials Today ("Phase-Selective Highly Efficient Nanostructured Metal-decorated Hybr...

Jan 20, 2020

Chemists find fungal shrapnel in the air

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In a discovery that has implications for our understanding of the air we breathe, UCI chemists report that they've found nanoscale fragments of fungal cells in the atmosphere. The pieces are extremely small, measuring about 30 nanometers in d...

Jan 20, 2020

Engineering defects in ferroelectrics provides key to improved polarisation stability

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Improved polarisation retention in ferroelectric a significant step forward for domain-wall nanoelectronics in data storage.

Jan 20, 2020

Designer-defect mediated clamping of ferroelectric domain walls for more stable nanoelectronics

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A UNSW study published today in Nature Communications presents an exciting step towards domain-wall nanoelectronics: a novel form of future electronics based on nano-scale conduction paths, and which could allow for extremely dense memory storage.

Jan 20, 2020

Addressing global warming with new nanoparticles and sunshine

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Artificial photosynthesis:visible-light-driven photocatalysts convert CO2 into oxygen and pure CO under water.

Jan 20, 2020

Taming ultrafast electrons with light

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Physicists have exploited light to control the motion of electrons in a metallic nanocircuit. This could have major implications for the future of data processing and computing.

Jan 20, 2020

Light Powers World’s Fastest-Spinning Object to 300 Billion Revolutions per Minute

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Nanoparticle levitated by light rotates at 300 billion rpm A dumbbell-shaped nanoparticle powered just by the force and torque of light has become the world’s... The post Light Powers World’s Fastest-Spinning Object to 300 Billion Revolutions per ...

Jan 18, 2020

Using an Engineered Nanomaterial and Sunlight to Decontaminate Pesticide-Polluted Water

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Two Teams of INRS Join Forces and Develop a New Ecological Process to Degrade Atrazine Atrazine is one of the most widely used pesticides in... The post Using an Engineered Nanomaterial and Sunlight to Decontaminate Pesticide-Polluted Water appear...

Jan 18, 2020

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