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Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Shaking hands with human or robot? Nanotubes make them alike as never before

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Will the future of humanity resemble the robot-filled societies seen in science fiction? In fact, human-like robots are much closer to becoming a reality than you may think. Thanks to nanotube-based s...

Jun 7, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: UCI scientists create new class of two-dimensional materials: Fabrication could help unlock new quantum computing and energy technologies

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In a paper published this week in Nature, materials science researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions unveil a new process for producing oxide perovskite crystals in e...

Jun 7, 2019

Manipulating electron spin using artificial molecular motors

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Artificial molecular switches and machines have undergone rapid advances over the past several decades. Particularly, artificial molecular motors are highly attractive from the viewpoint of chirality switching during rotational steps. Now, researc...

Jun 7, 2019

One-two-punch catalysts trapping carbon dioxide for cleaner fuels

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Copper and platinum nanoparticles added to the surface of a blue titania photocatalyst significantly improve its ability to recycle atmospheric carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels.

Jun 7, 2019

One-two-punch nanocatalysts trapping CO2 for cleaner fuels

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Copper and platinum nanoparticles added to the surface of a blue titania photocatalyst significantly improve its ability to recycle atmospheric carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels.

Jun 7, 2019

Preventing Corrosion of Oil Pipeline by Identifying a Nanoscale Problem

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Steel pipes tend to rust and sooner or later fail. To anticipate disasters, oil companies and others have developed computer models to foretell when replacement is necessary. However, if the models...

Jun 7, 2019

Direct Observation of Giant Molecules

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The tiny size of conventional diatomic molecules in the sub-nanometer regime hinders direct optical resolution of their constituents. Physicists from the Quantum Many Body Division at MPQ led by Prof. Immanuel Bloch were able to bind pairs of hig...

Jun 7, 2019

Thwarting oil-pipeline corrosion by identifying a nanoscale villain

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Steel pipes rust and eventually fail. To preempt disasters, oil companies and others have created computer models to

Jun 7, 2019

Understanding the (ultra-small) structure of silicon nanocrystals

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New research provides insight into the structure of silicon nanocrystals, a substance that promises to provide efficient lithium ion batteries that power your phone to medical imaging on the nanoscale.

Jun 7, 2019

Scientists create new class of two-dimensional materials

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Fabrication of ultrathin perovskite oxides down to the monolayer limit could help unlock new quantum computing and energy technologies.

Jun 7, 2019

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