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Engineers develop novel strategy for designing tiny semiconductor particles for wide-ranging applications: MoS2 quantum dots synthesized with the new approach can potentially generate cancer-killing properties

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

NUS Engineers have developed a cost-effective and scalable strategy for designing tiny semiconductor particles known as transition metal dichalcogenide quantum dots (TMD QDs) which can potentially generate cancer-killing properties. The team is al...

Jan 25, 2019

How the use of different forms of titanium oxide influences perovskite solar cell performance

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Researchers at Tokai University report in Nano Letters a systematic study on the effects that using different forms of titanium oxide in planar perovskite solar cells has on the performance of the devices.

Jan 25, 2019

Platinum forms nano-bubbles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Technologically important noble metal oxidises more readily than expected.

Jan 25, 2019

New Nanomaterials Could Enable More Efficient and Potentially Affordable Solar Energy Harvest

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Solar rays are an abundant, clean source of energy that is becoming more and more important as the world strives to move away from power sources that lead to global warming. However, existing...

Jan 25, 2019

Tuning Graphene Superconductivity | NextBigFuture.com

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A Columbia University-led team has developed a new method to finely tune adjacent layers of graphene—lacy, honeycomb-like sheets of carbon atoms—to induce superconductivity. Above – Applying pressure to twisted bilayer graphene transforms the mate...

Jan 25, 2019

Engineers develop novel strategy for designing tiny semiconductor particles for wide-ranging applications

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Two-dimensional (2-D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) nanomaterials such as molybdenite (MoS2), which possess a similar structure as graphene, have been donned the materials of the future for their wide range of potential applications in b...

Jan 25, 2019

‘GO dough’ makes graphene easy to shape and mold

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

A Northwestern University team is reshaping the world of graphene — literally. The team has turned graphene oxide

Jan 25, 2019

Nanoparticle-Enhanced Filler Wires Help Weld Previously Un-Weldable Aluminum Alloy

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Developed in the 1940s, an aluminum alloy has traditionally shown promise for using in automobile manufacturing, except for one major barrier. Although the aluminum alloy is just one-third the...

Jan 25, 2019

Researchers Invent Thermal Lithography Process for Better Quality and Lower Cost

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An innovation in fabricating atom-thin processors has been reported by an international team of scientists. This discovery could have extensive influence on nanoscale chip manufacture and in labs...

Jan 25, 2019

Nanotechnology enables engineers to weld previously un-weldable aluminum alloy

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An aluminum alloy developed in the 1940s has long held promise for use in automobile manufacturing, except for one key obstacle. Although it's nearly as strong as steel and just one-third the weight, it is almost impossible to weld together u...

Jan 25, 2019

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