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Boosting carbon capture performance with laser-engineered MOFs

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Laser post-treatment tunes MOF defects and pores, boosting CO2 adsorption up to 75% while cutting costs and avoiding chemical processing.

May 13, 2026

Atomic step-terrace ordering enables unprecedented precision in mechanical testing

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Researchers report the creation of step-terrace-ordered GaN surfaces using catalyst-referred etching (CARE). Mechanical testing on these surfaces demonstrates exceptional reproducibility across 100 measurements, achieving record-low stress scatter.

May 13, 2026

Gold nanoparticles that behave like a liquid

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Gold nanoparticle layers dynamically reorganize with temperature and compression, enabling tunable, responsive materials for biomedical and nanotechnology uses.

May 13, 2026

Paragraf launches PMF2000 GFET

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Paragraf has announced the launch of its latest Graphene Field Effect Transistor (GFET), the PMF2000, marking a step forward in scalable graphene device manufacturing.

May 13, 2026

DNA 'barcodes' help researchers pinpoint gold nanoparticles that can strike cancer at its power source

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Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a high-throughput method to identify gold nanoparticles capable of delivering therapies directly to mitochondria (the energy centers inside cancer cells). By tagging nanopart...

May 12, 2026

'Implosion carving' shrinks 3D photonic devices 2,000-fold for visible-light computing

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Using a new technique that can create vacancies at any site across a material and then shrink it to about 1/2,000 of its original volume, MIT researchers have designed nanotechnology devices that could be used for optical computing and other appli...

May 12, 2026

Sunlight triggered crystal lattice harvests drinking water from air and stores it

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Chemists have designed a light activated metal organic framework (MOF) that pulls water from the air and stores it in cavities triggered by sunlight alone.

May 12, 2026

Powerful shrinking technique could enable devices that compute with light

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Researchers created tiny 3D photonic devices with features small enough to channel visible light.

May 12, 2026

GMG's graphene coating boosts air conditioning performance in Australian residential project

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Graphene Manufacturing Group (GMG) has announced that its THERMAL-XR graphene coating solution is being applied to air conditioning units at two luxury residential towers under construction on Australia’s Gold Coast in Queensland. The project invo...

May 12, 2026

Machine learning proves that graphene is hydrophobic

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For more than a decade, a fundamental mystery has surrounded graphene—the one-atom-thick "wonder material" known for its exceptional strength, conductivity, and transparency. Despite its seemingly simple structure, one basic question has...

May 11, 2026

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