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New nanosatellite energy solution increases reliability and efficiency, at reduced cost

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Between the late 1990s and 2012, around 10 small satellites were launched annually; the next six-year forecast is for over 3 000. The European space sector has a chance to gain a prime global position, helped by the right energy storage system.

Oct 10, 2018

Cell Phones, Sporting Goods, and Soon, Cars: Ford Innovates with "Miracle" Material, Powerful Graphene for Vehicle Parts

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Graphene is a material used in coating, cell phones and even some sporting goods – and soon, will be used under the hood in Ford vehicles, a first in automotive Ford, along with Eagle...

Oct 10, 2018

Researchers determine catalytic active sites using carbon nanotubes

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Catalytic research led by University of Oklahoma researcher Steven Crossley has developed a new and more definitive way to determine the active site in a complex catalyst. His team's research was recently published in Nature Communications.

Oct 10, 2018

Efficient light conversion with perovskite nanocrystals

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers show that carrier multiplication exists in perovskite nanocrystals.

Oct 10, 2018

Catalytic active sites determined using carbon nanotubes

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Catalytic research has developed a new and more definitive way to determine the active site in a complex catalyst.

Oct 10, 2018

Nanosurf User Meeting 2018

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

November 5, 2018, Basel, Switzerland Join your fellow Nanosurf AFM users and take the opportunity to discuss applications, techniques, and breakthroughs with your peers from research, industry, and...

Oct 10, 2018

Chemist creates nanoreactors to synthesize organic substances under visible light

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A RUDN chemist has developed new photocatalysts consisting of nanostructures from titanium dioxide. Hollow nanocubes with ultra-thin walls act like nanoreactors and provide for 28-fold more effective organic reactions at room temperature under the...

Oct 10, 2018

Micro-/nano architectures in MOF membrane accelerate oil-water separation

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Frequent oil spills during oil transportation have become a critical global environmental and economic problem. Traditional oil-water separation technologies, including centrifugation, filtration, dissolved air flotation, oil skimmers and adsorpti...

Oct 10, 2018

Stamp-sized graphene sheets riddled with holes could be boon for molecular separation

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

MIT engineers have found a way to directly "pinprick" microscopic holes into graphene as the material is grown in the lab. With this technique, they have fabricated relatively large sheets of graphene ("large," meaning roughly ...

Oct 10, 2018

Stamp-sized graphene sheets riddled with holes could be boon for molecular separation

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Fabrication technique could be integrated into manufacturing to make large-scale membranes.

Oct 10, 2018

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