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Imaging technique gives catalytic 2D material engineering a better view

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A scanning electrochemical cell imaging technique shows how nanoscale structural features affect the catalytic activity of MoS2 monolayers for hydrogen evolution reactions.

Dec 3, 2019

Smog-eating graphene composite reduces atmospheric pollution

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A graphene-titania photocatalyst degrades up to 70% more atmospheric NOx than standard titania nanoparticles in tests on real pollutants.

Dec 3, 2019

Grain boundaries in graphene do not affect spin transport

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Researchers from the ICN2 Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience Group as well as the Université catholique de Louvain have used numerical simulations to show that spin diffusion length is independent of grain size. The results are published in...

Dec 3, 2019

Imaging technique gives catalytic 2D material engineering a better view

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A scanning electrochemical cell imaging technique shows how nanoscale structural features affect the catalytic activity of MoS2 monolayers for hydrogen evolution reactions, report researchers.

Dec 3, 2019

Improving drug delivery for brain tumor treatment: Scientists propose combining ultrasound with other techniques to improve drug transport into brain tumors

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Despite improvements in drug delivery mechanisms, treating brain tumors has remained challenging. Researchers have studied the processes affecting therapeutic drug penetration into brain tumors. One approach is to use microbubbles to help overcome...

Dec 3, 2019

The direct observation of van der Waals stacking-dependent interlayer magnetism

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Materials scientists aim to control the crystal structure of a solid—in a powerful approach to manipulate their fundamental properties. Researchers can achieve this control in van der Waals (vDW) materials by modifying the stacking order through r...

Dec 3, 2019

Hiring antibodies as nanotechnology builders

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What if we could use antibodies as functional tools for nanotechnology applications? A group of researchers at the University of Rome Tor Vergata started from this simple question, and the results of their research are now published in Nature Comm...

Dec 3, 2019

New Phenomenon in 2D Semiconductors Could Boost Efficiency of Future Solar Cells

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Physicists from the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics (CINAP), of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Korea), have unraveled a fascinating phenomenon called carrier multiplication...

Dec 3, 2019

Electron correlations in carbon nanostructures

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Physicists elucidate the behaviour of electrons in graphene nanoribbons.

Dec 3, 2019

Magnetic nanoparticles with ionic liquids for water purification

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In many parts of the world, access to clean drinking water is far from certain. Filtration of large volumes of water, however, is slow and impractical. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, scientists have introduced a new water purification method b...

Dec 3, 2019

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