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World's strongest bio-material outperforms steel and spider silk

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Novel method transfers superior nanoscale mechanics to macroscopic fibres. At DESY’s X-ray light source PETRA III, a team

May 16, 2018

A new method for studying semiconductor nanoparticles has been tested

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A team from Siberian Federal University and Kirensky Institute of Physics (Siberian Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences) has developed a new method to study nanoparticles made of cadmium telluride (CdTe). The compound's peculiar interact...

May 16, 2018

Making carbon nanotubes as usable as common plastics: Researchers discover that cresols disperse carbon nanotubes at unprecedentedly high concentrations

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By using an inexpensive, already mass produced, simple solvent called cresol, scientists have discovered a way to make disperse carbon nanotubes at unprecedentedly high concentrations without the need for additives or harsh chemical reactions to m...

May 15, 2018

Making carbon nanotubes as usable as common plastics

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Northwestern University's Jiaxing Huang is ready to reignite carbon nanotube research. And he's doing so with a common chemical that was once used in household cleaners.

May 15, 2018

Even low concentrations of silver can foil wastewater treatment

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Research at Oregon State University has shed new light how an increasingly common consumer product component—silver nanoparticles—can potentially interfere with the treatment of wastewater.

May 15, 2018

The photoexcited graphene puzzle solved

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Light detection and control lies at the heart of many modern device applications, such as the camera you have in your phone. Using graphene as a light-sensitive material for light detectors can offer significant improvements with respect to mater...

May 14, 2018

A micro-thermometer to record tiny temperature changes

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Scientists have developed a micrometer-wide thermometer that is sensitive to heat generated by optical and electron beams, and can measure small and rapid temperature changes in real time. This new device can be used to explore heat transport on t...

May 14, 2018

A micro-thermometer to record tiny temperature changes

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Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and their collaborators have developed a micrometer-wide thermometer that is sensitive to heat generated by optical and electron beams, and can measure small and rapid temperature changes in...

May 14, 2018

Nano-ribbons from speeding nano-droplets

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National University of Singapore scientists have discovered a unique growth mechanism to produce atomically thin semiconductor ribbons that can serve as a building block for high-performance nanoelectronic devices.

May 14, 2018

The photoexcited graphene puzzle solved

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Light detection and control lies at the heart of many modern device applications, such as the cameras in phones. Using graphene as a light-sensitive material for light detectors offers significant improvements with respect to materials being used ...

May 14, 2018

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