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Instant upcycling of marine microplastics into graphene

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James Cook University researchers have achieved a significant breakthrough that allows them to convert microplastics to a highly valuable material. They published their findings in Small Science.

Aug 13, 2024

Scientists achieve more than 98% efficiency removing nanoplastics from water

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University of Missouri scientists are battling against an emerging enemy of human health: nanoplastics. Much smaller in size than the diameter of an average human hair, nanoplastics are invisible to the naked eye.

Aug 13, 2024

Researchers report green synthesis of graphene for targeted recovery of silver from photovoltaic waste

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In 2015, scientists at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia, and collaborators from institutions in Australia, Singapore, Japan, and the US developed a technique for growing graphene from tea tree extract. Now, scientists from James Cook...

Aug 13, 2024

Researchers develop eco-friendly nanoparticles from plant waste

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Researchers at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague have successfully synthesized bimetallic nanoparticles using waste extracts from Cannabis sativa and Vitis vinifera, showcasing an eco-friendly approach with potent antimicrobial ...

Aug 12, 2024

Self-propelled microrobots enhance industrial chemical reactions

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Chemical manufacturing has long relied on catalysts - substances that accelerate reactions without being consumed themselves. These catalysts typically exist as static entities, either fixed in place or passively dispersed throughout reaction mixt...

Aug 12, 2024

Metal with nanoscale voids outperforms void-free samples mechanically

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Voids or pores were usually viewed as fatal flaws that can severely degrade material's mechanical performance and were required to be eliminated in manufacturing.

Aug 12, 2024

Researchers manipulate the electronic band structure of graphene

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Researchers have used a specially crafted electric potential to manipulate the electronic band structure of graphene, laying the groundwork for on-demand electronic band design.

Aug 12, 2024

Chang Robotics and Northwestern University’s INVO Lab introduce new graphene-enhanced packaging

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Chang Robotics, an engineering company, and Northwestern University’s INVO Lab have announced a joint venture aimed at reducing contamination from microplastics and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the US food supply.

Aug 12, 2024

Khalifa University’s RIC2D and LOLC Advanced Technologies Australia advance their partnership

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Khalifa University of Science and Technology’s Research & Innovation Center for Graphene and 2D Materials (RIC2D), through its commercial arm spinoff company INTRATOMICS™, and LOLC Advanced Technologies Australia, a subsidiary of the Sri L...

Aug 10, 2024

2D layer of phosphorus pentamers shows semiconductor properties on silver surface

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Phosphorus is a vital component of every organism and plays a key role, for example, in energy transfer in the body and within cell membranes, bones and teeth. Phosphorus is also special because it occurs in numerous different forms (allotropes). ...

Aug 9, 2024

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