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Chemists manipulate the quantum states of gold nanoclusters

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have found a way to control the lifetime of the quantum states of gold nanoclusters by three orders of magnitude, which could lead to improvements in solar cell and photocatalysis technologies.

Apr 26, 2019

Chemists manipulate the quantum states of gold nanoclusters

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have found a way to control the lifetime of the quantum states of gold nanoclusters by three orders of magnitude, which could lead to improvements in solar cell and photocatalysis technologies.

Apr 26, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Coal could yield treatment for traumatic injuries: Rice, Texas A&M, UTHealth scientists discover coal-derived �dots� are effective antioxidant

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Graphene quantum dots drawn from common coal may be the basis for an effective antioxidant for people who suffer traumatic brain injuries, strokes or heart attacks.

Apr 26, 2019

Remote connections? Detangling entanglement in quantum physics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum computers, quantum cryptography and quantum (insert name here) are often in the news these days. Articles about them inevitably refer to entanglement, a property of quantum physics that makes all these magical devices possible.

Apr 26, 2019

Diamond quantum microscope images nanoscale features in 2D magnets – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Single-spin microscopy sheds light on 2D magnets including a puzzling anomaly in the properties of 2D CrI3 crystals The post Diamond quantum microscope images nanoscale features in 2D magnets appeared first on Physics World.

Apr 26, 2019

Crack propagation is asymmetric in polar materials

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The ICN2 Oxide Nanophysics Group, led by ICREA Prof. Gustau Catalán, has published in Physical Review Letters how, due to flexoelectricity, cracks in ferroelectrics (switchable polar materials) propagate more easily in the polar direction than in ...

Apr 26, 2019

International Research Team Designs Mathematically Predicted Graphene with Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Electrochemical imaging shows that phosphorus and nitrogen atoms are vital for improving the potential of holey graphene to boost the liberation of hydrogen during electrolysis. An international...

Apr 26, 2019

Hydrogen Sticks to Graphene More Than Expected and Now We Know Why

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

For all its complexity, chemistry amounts to just two things: making and breaking bonds between atoms. Understanding how

Apr 26, 2019

Researchers find H-C bonds form when hydrogen atoms collide at high speed with graphene

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers from Germany, the U.S. and the U.K. has found that a significant number of H-C bonds formed when hydrogen atoms were forced at high speed to collide with graphene. In their paper published in the journal Science, the research...

Apr 26, 2019

We accidentally created a new wonder material that could revolutionise batteries and electronics

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have created phosphorene nanoribbons by accident - a material made from one of the universe?s basic building blocks, but that has the potential to revolutionise a wide range of technologies.

Apr 26, 2019

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