UCLA’s design eliminates tradeoffs between bandwidth, sensitivity, and speed that are common in current technology. Using graphene, one
Jun 27, 2018
A collaboration has optimized the balance between the catalytic activity in hydrogen generation and stability of metal nanoparticles coated with different numbers of graphene layers. The team found that coating the catalyst nanoparticles with thre...
Jun 27, 2018
Recent research has investigated the effect of hierarchical Bi2MoO6 nanosheet arrays on the performance of Li-ion batteries (LIBs) and found that it improves the cycle stability and capacity and is expected to be used in portable electronic device...
Jun 27, 2018
Nanoscale knowledge of the relationships between water, friction and mineral chemistry could lead to a better understanding of earthquake dynamics, researchers said in a new study. Engineers used microscopic friction measurements to confirm that, ...
Jun 27, 2018
An ultrathin cloaking material has been developed that can hide hot objects, such as human bodies and military vehicles, from IR cameras. The new “stealth sheet” is <1 m thick and absorbs approximately 94 percent of the IR light it encounters, ...
Jun 27, 2018
A Rice University-led team will conduct further development and field testing of a desalination technology that uses nanoparticles and sunlight to treat water, with help from a $1.7 million grant from the Department of Energy (DOE). The technolo...
Jun 27, 2018
Scientists at Brown University have found out another unique and potentially beneficial property of graphene. The findings could be used in guiding nanoscale self-assembly and the analysis of DNA or...
Jun 27, 2018
Scientists investigated the effect of hierarchical Bi2MoO6 nanosheet arrays growing on three-dimensional Ni foam synthesized by one-step template-free route.
Jun 27, 2018
When it comes to the "smell test," the nose isn't always the best judge of food quality. Now in a study appearing in ACS' journal Nano Letters, scientists report that they have developed a wireless tagging device that can send signals to smartphon...
Jun 27, 2018
Hunters don camouflage clothing to blend in with their surroundings. But thermal camouflage—or the appearance of being the same temperature as one's environment—is much more difficult. Now researchers, reporting in ACS' journal Nano Letters, have ...
Jun 27, 2018
