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Molecules that self-assemble into monolayers for efficient perovskite solar cells

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A team at the HZB has discovered a new method for producing efficient contact layers in perovskite solar cells. It is based on molecules that organise themselves into a monolayer. In recent years, solar cells based on metal halide perovskites hav...

Nov 28, 2018

Nanoscale blood test technique set to springboard cancer discoveries

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A technique to get more information from the blood of cancer patients than previously possible has been developed.

Nov 28, 2018

Four Georgia Tech Faculty Members Named AAAS Fellows | Research Horizons

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Four Georgia Tech faculty members have been named 2018 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.  Electronics and N...

Nov 28, 2018

'Artificial leaf' uses visible light to accelerate chemical reactions

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Over the past several years, metal nanoparticles photosensitization over semiconductors with a large band gap has emerged as a promising strategy for developing visible-light responsive photocatalytic materials. In new work, researchers demonstrat...

Nov 28, 2018

A golden age for particle analysis

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Process engineers have developed a method which allows the size and shape of nanoparticles in dispersions to be determined considerably quicker than ever before.

Nov 28, 2018

A golden age for particle analysis

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Process engineers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have developed a method which allows the size and shape of nanoparticles in dispersions to be determined considerably quicker than ever before. Based on gold nanorods, th...

Nov 28, 2018

Gold nanoparticle microsecond tracking with atomic-level localization precision achieved

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Gold nanoparticles have been used as an optical probe of high-localization precision, high-speed single-molecule tracking of protein molecular motors. With newly developed dark-field microscopy, researchers in Institute for Molecular Science, Japa...

Nov 28, 2018

SpaceX Will Launch 64 Satellites Tomorrow | NextBigFuture.com

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Tomorrow SpaceX will launch 64 satellites at one time which would be a US record. Eight of the satellites will be from companies building a global Internet of Things (IoT) by revolutionizing satellite communications. Most of today’s IoT devices, s...

Nov 27, 2018

Hierarchical nanostructures bolster high-performing alloys - Physics World

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Insights into the composition of nickel-base superalloys reveal that a complex structure spanning multiple length-scales is responsible for enhanced thermal stability The post Hierarchical nanostructures bolster high-performing alloys appeared fir...

Nov 27, 2018

NanoSphere Develops New Product Eliminating Need to Smoke Cannabis

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DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NanoSphere develops safer cannabis product for Canada that provides same effect as smoking, but without having to smoke or vape.

Nov 27, 2018

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