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'Butterfly-shaped' palladium subnano cluster built in 3-D

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have produced a 3-D cluster molecule based on palladium. First, they created a 'butterfly-shaped' Pd4 framework, using an organosilicon compounds bearing the aromatic substitutents as both template and support for the palladiu...

Feb 20, 2019

The holy grail of nanowire production

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Researchers have found a way to control and standardize the production of nanowires on silicon surfaces. This discovery could make it possible to grow nanowires on electronic platforms, with potential applications including the integration of nano...

Feb 20, 2019

Applications of carbon materials derived from metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Directly carbonizing from organic precursors is the most frequently used method to prepare nanoporous carbons, widely used as electrode materials, due to its flexibility and simplicity. These materials present certain drawbacks, though, such as l...

Feb 20, 2019

GraphON: Conductive coatings and materials breakthrough

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have created a breakthrough new form of graphitic material that?s conductive, easy to apply and offers greater control over performance than graphene.

Feb 20, 2019

'Butterfly-shaped' palladium subnano cluster built in 3-D

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a new strategy to construct subnanosized metal aggregates, building up small metal clusters into grander 3-D architectures.

Feb 20, 2019

GraphON: Conductive coatings and materials breakthrough

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has created a breakthrough new form of graphitic material that's conductive, easy to apply and offers greater control over performance than graphene.

Feb 20, 2019

Strain Engineering Enables Precise Placement of Single-Photon Emitters

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have developed a way to directly write quantum light sources, which emit a single photon of light at a time, into monolayer semiconductors such as ...

Feb 20, 2019

Nanopores make portable mass spectrometer for peptides a reality

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

University of Groningen scientists have developed nanopores to directly measure the mass of peptides. Although the resolution needs improvement, this proof of principle shows that a cheap and portable peptide mass spectrometer can be constructed u...

Feb 20, 2019

Powering a pacemaker with a patient's heartbeat

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Implantable pacemakers have without doubt altered modern medicine, saving countless lives by regulating heart rhythm. But they have one serious shortcoming: Their batteries last only five to 12 years, at which point they have to be replaced surgic...

Feb 20, 2019

Portable Mass Spectrometer for Peptides Becomes a Reality with Nanopores

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers of the University of Groningen have created nanopores that can be used to directly quantify the mass of peptides. Although the resolution has to be upgraded, this proof of concept reveals...

Feb 20, 2019

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