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UT engineers develop first method for controlling nanomotors

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Engineers at UT Austin develop world's first method for controlling the motion of nanomotors with simple visible light as the stimulus.

Sep 19, 2018

Interfacial engineering core@shell nanoparticles for active and selective direct H2O2 generation

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A class of supported Pd@NiO-x core@shell catalysts have been constructed as highly efficient catalysts toward direct H2O2 generation. The optimized Pd@NiO-3/TiO2 exhibited high activity, superior selectivity, low degradation activity and excellent...

Sep 19, 2018

Chitinase as 'burnt-bridge' Brownian monorail efficiently hydrolyzing recalcitrant biomass

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Serratia marcescens Chitinase A (SmChiA) is a molecular motor efficiently hydrolyzing recalcitrant crystalline chitin by moving on the surface processively. By using gold-nanoparticle probe, researchers revealed 1-nm stepping motion of SmChiA rect...

Sep 19, 2018

Two quantum dots are better than one: Using one dot to sense changes in another

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Osaka University researchers developed the first device that can detect single-electron events in a self-assembled quantum dot in real time. The device detects the single-electron tunneling events of one quantum dot as changes in the current produ...

Sep 19, 2018

Nucleation a boon to sustainable nanomanufacturing

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Young-Shin Jun, professor of energy, environmental & chemical engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, and Quingun Li, a former doctoral student in her lab, are the first to measure the activation energy and kine...

Sep 19, 2018

New nanoparticle superstructures made from pyramid-shaped building blocks

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In research that may help bridge the divide between the nano and the macro, Brown University chemists have used pyramid-shaped nanoparticles to create what might be the most complex macroscale superstructure ever assembled.

Sep 19, 2018

Gold Nanomaterials Make Photoelectrode Shine Bright

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A photoelectrode made from a combination of gold nanoparticles and a gold nanofilm offers efficient way to split water

Sep 18, 2018

Gold Nanomaterials Make Photoelectrode Shine Bright

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A photoelectrode made from a combination of gold nanoparticles and a gold nanofilm offers efficient way to split water

Sep 18, 2018

Apply to Luminate, the OPI Accelerator, by Oct. 1 for Chance to Win $1M in Funding

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Luminate NY, an international business accelerator for startups with optics, photonics, and imaging (OPI)-enabled applications, is offering early-stage startups an opportunity to grow their businesses. Luminate NY provides significant support, inc...

Sep 18, 2018

CUNY’s Alù Receives $3.2M DARPA Award

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Andrea Alù, director of the Photonics Initiative at the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the Graduate Center of City University of New York and Einstein Professor of Physics at the Graduate Center, has received a Defense Advanced Researc...

Sep 18, 2018

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