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Bio-inspired nanoreactors

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Catalysis, in the course of which a substance accelerates a chemical reaction, but remains unchanged, is of central importance to many industrial processes. To develop efficient catalysts optimized for various applications, researchers of differen...

Oct 15, 2018

New model helps define optimal temperature and pressure to forge nanodiamonds in an explosion

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a procedure and a computer model that can simulate the highly variable conditions of explosions on phenomenally short time scales.

Oct 15, 2018

Covalently modified two-dimensional arsenic

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The discovery of graphene, a material made of one or very few atomic layers of carbon, started a boom. Today, such two-dimensional materials are no longer limited to carbon and are hot prospects for many applications, especially in microelectronic...

Oct 15, 2018

Covalently modified two-dimensional arsenic for electronics

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have introduced a new 2D material by successfully modifying arsenene (arsenic in a graphene-like structure) with chloromethylene groups.

Oct 15, 2018

Grolltex Releases ‘Enhanced Performance Graphene’ for Electronic Devices

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

San Diego based graphene and 2D materials producer Grolltex has completed characterization and is releasing for commercial sale a configuration of large area, single layer graphene that exhibits...

Oct 15, 2018

High entropy alloys hold the key to studying dislocation avalanches in metals

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

For decades researchers have studied materials from structures to see why and how they fail. Before catastrophic failure, there are individual cracks or dislocations that form, which are signals that a structure may be weakening. While researchers...

Oct 15, 2018

New model helps define optimal temperature and pressure to forge nanoscale diamonds

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

To forge nanodiamonds, which have potential applications in medicine, optoelectronics and quantum computing, researchers expose organic explosive molecules to powerful detonations in a controlled environment. These explosive forces, however, make ...

Oct 15, 2018

Arsenic for electronics

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

The discovery of graphene, a material made of one or very few atomic layers of carbon, started a boom. Today, such two-dimensional materials are no longer limited to carbon and are hot prospects for many applications, especially in microelectronic...

Oct 15, 2018

High-performance flexible transparent force touch sensor for wearable devices

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers reported a high-performance and transparent nanoforce touch sensor by developing a thin, flexible, and transparent hierarchical nanocomposite (HNC) film. The research team says their sensor simultaneously features all the necessary cha...

Oct 15, 2018

New products introduced at Iran Nano 2018

Tehran Times   -   General News Websites

TEHRAN – New nano products were introduced on the first day of the 11th Nanotechnology Festival and Exhibition of Iran (Iran Nano 2018) on Saturday.

Oct 14, 2018

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