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Producing graphene from carbon dioxide

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Direct conversion of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide to multi-layer graphene using copper-palladium alloys.

Jul 8, 2019

Playfully discover atom manipulation

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The team of Toma Susi at the University of Vienna uses an electron microscope to manipulate strongly bound materials with atomic precision. Since the instruments used are fully computerized, it is possible to show in a simulation how researchers a...

Jul 8, 2019

Optimizing the growth of coatings on nanowire catalysts

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A chemical surface treatment boosts the catalytic activity of the wire-looking nanostructures for a key reaction in solar fuel production.

Jul 8, 2019

On the way to nanotheranostics

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Nanotheranostics is a cutting-edge field of medicine that uses nanoparticles to simultaneously diagnose and treat diseases. Chemical engineers at EPFL have now developed a novel nanotheranostic system that uses tunable light to activate or image n...

Jul 8, 2019

Heat transport can be blocked more effectively with a more optimized holey nanostructure

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The research group of Nanoscience Center at University of Jyvaskyla confirms its earlier observations that by using the wave nature of heat in holey nanostructures heat conduction can be reduced by over hundredfold. The research was published in t...

Jul 8, 2019

Left out to dry: A more efficient way to harvest algae biomass

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Researchers at the University of Tsukuba develop a new system for evaporating the water from algae biomass with reusable nanoporous graphene, which can lead to cheaper, more environmentally friendly biofuels and fine chemicals.

Jul 8, 2019

Quantum chemistry on quantum computers

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A new quantum algorithm has been implemented for identifying important physical quantities such as spin quantum numbers relevant to convoluted electronic wave functions on quantum computers, serving as tracking complex chemical reactions without e...

Jul 8, 2019

Producing graphene from carbon dioxide

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The general public knows the chemical compound of carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas in the atmosphere and because of its global-warming effect. However, carbon dioxide can also be a useful raw material for chemical reactions. A working group at K...

Jul 8, 2019

Honeywell Trapped Ion Quantum Computer | NextBigFuture.com

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Honeywell Quantum Solutions has demonstrated record-breaking high fidelity quantum operations on their trapped-ion qubits. It is a major step towards producing the world’s most powerful quantum computer. Honeywell targets an operational trapped io...

Jul 6, 2019

Quantum Control in Nanodiamonds | NextBigFuture.com

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Quantum coherence control usually requires low temperature environments. Even for nitrogen-vacancy center spins in diamond, a remarkable exception, the coherence signal is limited to about 700 K due to the quench of the spin-dependent fluorescence...

Jul 6, 2019

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