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Converting carbon dioxide into methane or ethane selectively

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed high-efficiency photocatalysts that convert carbon dioxide into methane or ethane with graphene-covered reduced titanium dioxide. The finding is expected to be utilized in the carbon dioxide reduction and recycling indus...

Aug 13, 2018

Self-assembled nanostructures with atomically precise structure and tailored electronic properties

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Bio organisms are the most-complex machines we know, and are capable of achieving demanding functions with great efficiency.

Aug 13, 2018

Using tellurium nanoparticles to achieve plasmonic-like and all-dielectric properties when exposed to sunlight

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers at Sun Yat-sen University in China has created a material with dual solar properties by adding tellurium nanoparticles to water—it showed both plasmonic-like and all-dielectric properties when exposed to sunlight. In their pa...

Aug 13, 2018

Five ways that natural design could inspire human nanotechnology

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Though nanotechnology is portrayed as a fairly recent human invention, nature is actually full of nanoscopic architectures. They underpin the essential functions of a variety of life forms, from bacteria to berries, wasps to whales. In fact, tactf...

Aug 13, 2018

Five ways that natural design could inspire human nanotechnology

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Though nanotechnology is portrayed as a fairly recent human invention, nature is actually full of nanoscopic architectures. They underpin the essential functions of a variety of life forms, from bacteria to berries, wasps to whales. In fact, tactf...

Aug 13, 2018

Effects of carbon and silicon nanoparticles on on marine microalgae

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

For the past four years, a group of toxicologists has been studying the effects of carbon and silicon nanoparticles on marine organisms.

Aug 13, 2018

PrimaLoft brings aeronautical material to outerwear products

Innovation in Textiles   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

PrimaLoft Gold Insulation Aerogel provides protection against the effects of heat and cold on hands, feet and technical equipment....

Aug 13, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Biomimetic micro/nanoscale fiber reinforced composites

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Over hundreds of millions of years of evolution, the magical nature has given birth to a myriad of biological materials which serve either as the skeletons of the organisms or as defensive or offensiv...

Aug 12, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Scientists squeeze nanocrystals in a liquid droplet into a solid-like state and back again: Simple chemical technique transforms crystal mixture where 2 liquids meet

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) found a way to make a liquid-like state behave more like a solid, and then to reverse t...

Aug 12, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Quantum chains in graphene nanoribbons: Breakthrough in nanoresearch

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A material that consists of atoms of a single element, but has completely different properties depend-ing on the atomic arrangement - this may sound strange, but is actually reality with graphene nano...

Aug 12, 2018

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