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From office windows to Mars: Scientists debut super-insulating gel

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The aerogel, which looks like a flattened plastic contact lens, is so resistant to heat that you could put a strip of it on your hand and light a fire on top without feeling a thing.

Aug 13, 2018

Simple Method to Create and Functionalize Virus-Like Polymer Particles Having Nanostructures

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists at Tohoku University in Japan have teamed up with others to create a simple method to develop and functionalize virus-like polymer particles that have many nanostructures. The partnership...

Aug 13, 2018

Printed electronics breakthrough could lead to flexible electronics revolution

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new form of electronics manufacturing which embeds silicon nanowires into flexible surfaces could lead to radical new forms of bendable electronics, scientists say.

Aug 13, 2018

Printed nanowire electronics breakthrough could lead to flexible electronics revolution

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new form of electronics manufacturing which embeds silicon nanowires into flexible surfaces could lead to radical new forms of bendable electronics, scientists say.

Aug 13, 2018

Five ways that natural nanotechnology could inspire human design

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Though nanotechnology is portrayed as a fairly recent human invention, nature is actually full of nanoscopic architectures. They underpin the essential functions of a variety of life forms, from bacteria to berries, wasps to whales.

Aug 13, 2018

Tying electrons down with nanoribbons

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists are experimenting with narrow strips of graphene, called nanoribbons, in hopes of making cool new electronic devices,

Aug 13, 2018

Converting carbon dioxide into methane or ethane selectively

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed high-efficiency photocatalysts that convert carbon dioxide into methane or ethane with graphene-covered reduced titanium dioxide. The finding is expected to be utilized in the carbon dioxide reduction and recycling indus...

Aug 13, 2018

Self-assembled nanostructures with atomically precise structure and tailored electronic properties

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Bio organisms are the most-complex machines we know, and are capable of achieving demanding functions with great efficiency.

Aug 13, 2018

Using tellurium nanoparticles to achieve plasmonic-like and all-dielectric properties when exposed to sunlight

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers at Sun Yat-sen University in China has created a material with dual solar properties by adding tellurium nanoparticles to water—it showed both plasmonic-like and all-dielectric properties when exposed to sunlight. In their pa...

Aug 13, 2018

Five ways that natural design could inspire human nanotechnology

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Though nanotechnology is portrayed as a fairly recent human invention, nature is actually full of nanoscopic architectures. They underpin the essential functions of a variety of life forms, from bacteria to berries, wasps to whales. In fact, tactf...

Aug 13, 2018

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