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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

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

Effects of carbon and silicon nanoparticles on on marine microalgae

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

For the past four years, a group of toxicologists has been studying the effects of carbon and silicon nanoparticles on marine organisms.

Aug 13, 2018

PrimaLoft brings aeronautical material to outerwear products

Innovation in Textiles   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

PrimaLoft Gold Insulation Aerogel provides protection against the effects of heat and cold on hands, feet and technical equipment....

Aug 13, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Biomimetic micro/nanoscale fiber reinforced composites

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Over hundreds of millions of years of evolution, the magical nature has given birth to a myriad of biological materials which serve either as the skeletons of the organisms or as defensive or offensiv...

Aug 12, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Scientists squeeze nanocrystals in a liquid droplet into a solid-like state and back again: Simple chemical technique transforms crystal mixture where 2 liquids meet

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) found a way to make a liquid-like state behave more like a solid, and then to reverse t...

Aug 12, 2018

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