Researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have detected evidence for quartz nanocrystals in the high-altitude clouds of WASP-17 b, a hot Jupiter exoplanet 1,300 light-years from Earth.
Oct 16, 2023
New research from Flinders University and UNSW Sydney, published in the ACS Nano journal, explores switchable polarization in a new class of silicon compatible metal oxides and paves the way for the development of advanced devices including high-d...
Oct 16, 2023
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have engineered a range of new single-walled transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) nanotubes with different compositions, chirality, and diameters by templating off boron-nitride nanotubes. They also ...
Oct 16, 2023
A joint research team led by Prof. Dai Qing and Prof. Li Chi from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has demonstrated the coherent ultrafast photoemission from a single quantized ene...
Oct 16, 2023
Researchers developed boron nitride nanotube templating techniques to efficiently synthesize high quality single-walled transition metal dichalcogenide nanotubes with controlled composition and chirality. This enables tailoring electronic properti...
Oct 16, 2023
By utilizing boron-nitride nanotubes as templates, researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have successfully engineered a diverse array of single-walled transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) nanotubes, each varying in composition, chirality, ...
Oct 16, 2023
Lanthanide (Ln3+)-doped photon avalanche (PA) upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) find application in the realms of quantum topics, single-molecule tracking, miniaturized lasers and super-resolution bioimaging.
Oct 16, 2023
Researchers developed reusable titanium dioxide-based photocatalytic fibers decorated with gold nanoparticles, which showed exceptional ability in degrading water pollutants under UV light compared to commercial nanopowders. The innovation highlig...
Oct 16, 2023
Metal nanocluster/graphene nanosheet composite-based battery separator for energy storage addresses key challenges faced by lithium―sulfur batteries, opening doors to their commercialization.
Oct 16, 2023
The demand for efficient energy storage systems is ever increasing, especially due to the recent emergence of intermittent renewable energy and the adoption of electric vehicles. In this regard, lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs), which can store thr...
Oct 16, 2023
