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Bacteria trapped—and terminated—by graphene filter

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Airborne bacteria may see what looks like a comfy shag carpet on which to settle. But it's a trap.

Oct 7, 2019

Physicists unlock the mystery of thermionic emissions in graphene

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When a metal is heated to a sufficiently high temperature, electrons can be ejected out from the surface in a process known as the thermionic emission, a process that is similar to the evaporation of water molecules from the surface of boiling water.

Oct 7, 2019

Rare 'Lazarus superconductivity' observed in promising, rediscovered material

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Researchers from the University of Maryland, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL) and the University of Oxford have observed a rare phenomenon called re-entrant superconduct...

Oct 7, 2019

Matryoshka-inspired hierarchically structured triboelectric nanogenerators for wave energy harvesting

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Ocean wave energy is an abundant resource of clean energy. However, having been explored for decades, there is still lacking efficient and economical technologies to convert water wave energy into electricity for large-scale applications Researche...

Oct 7, 2019

Molecular nanocarbons with mechanical bonds

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Carbon materials with nano-scale periodicity such as graphene and carbon nanotubes, called "nanocarbons," are expected to become light, highly functional next-generation materials. There have been demands for precise synthesis methods ta...

Oct 7, 2019

Bacteria trapped - and terminated - by graphene filter

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Research team adapts laser-induced graphene to remove pathogens from the air.

Oct 7, 2019

Physicists unlock the mystery of thermionic emission in graphene

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers discover a new theory that paves the way for the design of better graphene electronics and energy converters.

Oct 7, 2019

Picoscience and a plethora of new materials

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The revolutionary tech discoveries of the next few decades may come from new materials so small they make nanomaterials look like lumpy behemoths. These materials will be designed and refined at the picometer scale, which is a thousand times small...

Oct 7, 2019

Molecular nanocarbons with mechanical bonds

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Scientists have succeeded in synthesizing molecular nanocarbons with knots and catenanes by using a novel method in which silicon atoms are used. The epoch-making product of this research will pave the way to the development of new nanocarbon mate...

Oct 7, 2019

Picoscience and a plethora of new materials

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The revolutionary tech discoveries of the next few decades, the ones that will change daily life, may come from new materials so small they make nanomaterials look like lumpy behemoths.

Oct 7, 2019

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