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Good vibrations: New tech may lead to smaller, more powerful wireless devices

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

What if your earbuds could do everything your smartphone can do already, except better? What sounds a bit like science fiction may actually not be so far off. A new class of synthetic materials could herald the next revolution of wireless technolo...

May 10, 2024

Designer peptoids mimic nature's helices

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nature is filled with extraordinarily precise molecular shapes that fit together like a hand in glove. Proteins, for example, can assemble into a wide variety of well-defined shapes that grant them their function.

May 10, 2024

Lyten ships Li-S battery A-samples for customer evaluation

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Lyten has announced it has shipped A samples of its 6.5 Ah (C/3 discharge rate, 25° C) lithium-sulfur pouch cells to Stellantis and other leading US and EU automotive OEMs for evaluation. Lyten is known for using Li-S cathode made of sulfur and it...

May 10, 2024

Finnlines adopts GIT Coatings' graphene-based hard foul release hull coating across its fleet

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Finnlines, a leading shipping operator of freight and passenger services, has partnered with GIT Coatings to accelerate its decarbonization efforts by adopting XGIT-FUEL, an innovative graphene-based hard foul release hull coating, across its ro-r...

May 9, 2024

Innovative electrospinning method creates advanced ceramic nanofibers and springs

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Ceramics boast impressive strength and durability, but their inherent rigidity and brittleness have long hindered applications demanding flexibility, such as filters, sensors, wearable devices and flexible electronics. Materials scientists have pu...

May 9, 2024

Researchers can now accurately measure the emergence and damping of a plasmonic field

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

An international research team led by Universität Hamburg, DESY, and Stanford University has developed a new approach to characterize the electric field of arbitrary plasmonic samples, like, for example, gold nanoparticles. Plasmonic materials are...

May 8, 2024

Enabling rapid screening of poly(2-oxazoline)-based nanomedicine through divergent synthesis

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A research collaboration has devised a new way to quickly and reliably diversify the reactive end-groups on poly(2-oxazoline)s, a biocompatible polymer class.

May 8, 2024

Scientists create black arsenic visible infrared photodetectors

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In recent years, the exceptional structure and fascinating electrical and optical properties of two-dimensional (2D) layered crystals have attracted widespread attention. Examples of such crystals include graphene, black phosphorus (BP), and trans...

May 8, 2024

Development of ultra-high-efficiency pure red light-emitting devices with enhanced color representation

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

DGIST Professor Jiwoong Yang's team in the Energy Science and Engineering Department has successfully manufactured high-performance, skin-attachable perovskite pure red light-emitting devices to create various forms of wearable displays.

May 8, 2024

Swarms of miniature robots clean up microplastics and microbes, simultaneously

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

When old food packaging, discarded children's toys and other mismanaged plastic waste break down into microplastics, they become even harder to clean up from oceans and waterways. These tiny bits of plastic also attract bacteria, including th...

May 8, 2024

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