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Grain boundaries in graphene do not affect spin transport

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have used numerical simulations to show that spin diffusion length is independent of grain size. The results have implications for the optimisation of graphene-based spintronic devices.

Dec 3, 2019

Magnetic nanoparticles for water purification

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have introduced a new water purification method based on magnetic nanoparticles coated with a so-called 'ionic liquid' that simultaneously remove organic, inorganic, and microbial contaminants, as well as microplastics. The na...

Dec 3, 2019

Hiring antibodies as nanotechnology builders

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers recruit antibodies as molecular builders to assemble nanoscale structures made of synthetic DNA.

Dec 3, 2019

High-Pressure Microfluidisation Enables Oil Droplets to Enter Inorganic Crystals

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Analytik reports on ground-breaking work by the Department of Chemistry at the University of Sheffield using a LV-1 Microfluidizer to create novel oil-in-water Nano emulsions that were subsequently...

Dec 3, 2019

Electron correlations in carbon nanostructures

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Graphene nanoribbons are only a few carbon atoms wide and have different electrical properties depending on their shape and width. A team from Kiel University has now succeeded in simulating the detailed behavior of electrons in these special nano...

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

Diamonds in your devices: Powering the next generation of energy storage

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Supercapacitors, which have begun to stand in for conventional batteries, such as Li-ion batteries, can currently store much less energy than is ideal. To remedy this, a group of scientists from Japan propose using conductive nanodiamond as electr...

Dec 3, 2019

Towards high quality ZnO quantum dots prospective for biomedical applications

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Scientists from Warsaw together with colleagues from Grenoble have moved a step closer to creating stable, high quality colloidal zinc oxide quantum dots (ZnO QDs) for use in modern technologies and nanomedicine. Using advanced DNP-enhanced NMR sp...

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 at Kanazawa University in Angewandte Chemie Internation...

Dec 3, 2019

Making higher-energy light to fight cancer

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have achieved photon up-conversion, the emission of light with energy higher than the one that excites the material, using carefully designed structures containing silicon nanocrystals and specialized organic molecules. The accomplishm...

Dec 2, 2019

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