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Graphene coating could help prevent lithium battery fires

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers report that graphene may take the oxygen out of lithium battery fires.

Apr 9, 2019

Metamaterials Embedded with Geometrical Optics Could Simplify Optical Devices

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3D-printed metamaterials developed by a Tufts University engineering team display properties not found in conventional materials. The fabrication methods used by the team demonstrate how stereolithography-based 3D printers can be used to create 3D...

Apr 9, 2019

New hybrid energy method using graphene could fuel the future of rockets, spacecraft

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Graphene, a new material with applications in biomedical technology, electronics, composites, energy and sensors, may soon help send rockets to space.

Apr 9, 2019

Nanomaterials give plants 'super' abilities

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Science-fiction writers have long envisioned human­–machine hybrids that wield extraordinary powers. However, “super plants” with integrated nanomaterials may

Apr 9, 2019

Evidence of pair-density wave (PDW) in spin-valley locked systems

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The isolation of graphene more than a decade ago transformed the landscape of condensed-matter physics, as the single-atom-thick, two-dimensional material exhibited high crystal and electronic quality to represent a conceptually new class of quant...

Apr 9, 2019

Researchers use shear forces to create self-assembled supramolecular hydrogel

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A team of researchers at Southern University of Science and Technology in China has found a way to use shear forces to create a self-assembled supramolecular hydrogel from a sol. In their paper published in the journal Nature Chemistry, the resear...

Apr 9, 2019

Quantum Optical Cooling of Nanoparticles

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When a particle is completely isolated from its environment, the laws of quantum physics start to play a crucial role. One important requirement to see quantum effects is to remove all thermal energy from the particle motion, i.e. to cool it as c...

Apr 9, 2019

Quantum Optical Cooling of Nanoparticles

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

When a particle is completely isolated from its environment, the laws of quantum physics start to play a crucial role. One important requirement to see quantum effects is to remove all thermal energy from the particle motion, i.e. to cool it as c...

Apr 9, 2019

Graphene coating could help prevent lithium battery fires

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Engineering report that graphene -- wonder material of the 21st century -- may take the oxygen out of lithium battery fires.

Apr 9, 2019

Scientists build a machine to generate quantum superposition of possible futures

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In the 2018 movie Avengers: Infinity War, a scene featured Dr. Strange looking into 14 million possible futures to search for a single timeline in which the heroes would be victorious. Perhaps he would have had an easier time with help from a quan...

Apr 8, 2019

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