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Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Big energy savings for tiny machines

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Inside all of us are trillions of tiny molecular nanomachines that perform a variety of tasks necessary to keep us alive.

May 25, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Quantum rebar: Quantum dots enhance stability of solar-harvesting perovskite crystals: Researchers demonstrate that perovskite crystals and quantum dots working together can increase stability of solar materials

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University of Toronto Engineering researchers have combined two emerging technologies for next-generation solar power -- and discovered that each one helps stabilize the other. The resulting hybrid ma...

May 25, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: New data on ultrafast electron photoemission from metallic nanostructures obtained: The results of the Russian-Japanese experiment explain the mechanism of electron photoemission by metallic nanostructures under ultrafast laser excitation

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Metallic nanoparticle ensembles are capable of emitting short bunches of electrons when irradiated by powerful laser pulses of femtosecond (1 fs = 10-15 s) duration. Scientists at Lobachevsky Universi...

May 24, 2019

Battle of the elements: what makes carbon King of the Elements? – Physics World

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Anna Demming argues that carbon plays a fundamental role in everything from disruptive nanotechnologies to the chemistry of life The post Battle of the elements: What makes carbon King of the Elements? appeared first on Physics World.

May 24, 2019

Mathematically designed graphene has improved electrocatalytic activity

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An international research group has improved graphene's ability to catalyze the 'hydrogen evolution reaction,' which releases hydrogen as a result of passing an electronic current through water. They designed a mathematically predic...

May 24, 2019

Mathematically designed graphene has improved electrocatalytic activity

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An international research group has improved graphene's ability to catalyse the 'hydrogen evolution reaction', which releases hydrogen as a result of passing an electronic current through water.

May 24, 2019

Mathematically designed graphene has improved electrocatalytic activity

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An international research group has improved graphene's ability to catalyse the hydrogen evolution reaction, which releases hydrogen as a result of passing an electronic current through water. They designed a mathematically-predicted graphene...

May 24, 2019

Study investigates how spin-orbit interaction protects Majorana nanowires

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Researchers at Delft University of Technology have recently carried out a study investigating spin-orbit interaction in Majorana nanowires. Their study, published in Physical Review Letters, is the first to clearly show the mechanism that enables ...

May 24, 2019

Combination of Nanotechnology and Photonics Improves the Performance of Medical Meshes for Surgical Implants

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Surgical medical meshes were invented about five decades ago and since then have become important elements in the recovery processes of damaged-tissue surgeries, with hernia repair being the most...

May 24, 2019

Quantum computing boost from vapor stabilizing technique: The patented technique allows electrons to be used for quantum computing, high-precision measurements and other applications

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A technique to stabilize alkali metal vapor density using gold nanoparticles, so electrons can be accessed for applications including quantum computing, atom cooling and precision measurements, has now been patented.

May 24, 2019

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