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How a record-breaking copper catalyst converts CO2 into liquid fuels

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Researchers have made real-time movies of copper nanoparticles as they evolve to convert carbon dioxide and water into renewable fuels and chemicals. Their new insights could help advance the next generation of solar fuels.

Feb 16, 2023

From plastic waste to valuable nanomaterials: 'Flash Joule' technique efficiently turns would-be pollution into valuable nanomaterials

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Scientists create carbon nanotubes and other hybrid nanomaterials out of plastic waste using an energy-efficient, low-cost, low-emissions process that could also be profitable.

Feb 16, 2023

Smooth sailing for electrons in graphene: Measuring fluid-like flow at nanometer resolution

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Physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have directly measured the fluid-like flow of electrons in graphene at nanometer resolution for the first time. The results appear in the journal Science today.

Feb 16, 2023

Facile and scalable production of a fuel-cell nanocatalyst for the hydrogen economy

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A fuel cell is an electric power generator that is capable of producing electricity from hydrogen gas while discharging only water as a waste product. It is hoped that this highly efficient clean energy system will play a key role in the adoption ...

Feb 16, 2023

Nanoparticles perform ultralong distance communication

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Chemists have designed a new photonic lattice with properties never before seen in nature. These new architectures based on stacked lattices of nanoparticles show interactions across unprecedentedly large distances.

Feb 16, 2023

'Flash Joule' technique efficiently turns would-be pollution into valuable nanomaterials

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Putting that soda bottle or takeout container into the recycling bin is far from a guarantee it will be turned into something new. Scientists at Rice University are trying to address this problem by making the process profitable.

Feb 16, 2023

Researchers develop a novel 2D material that uses a virus to kill cancer cells

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Electro-thermal therapy, which involves applying electrical signals to nanomaterials, provides high cancer cell targeting accuracy and is highly bio-compatible. In this research, scientists from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (S...

Feb 16, 2023

Smooth sailing for electrons in graphene

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Physicists directly measured, for the first time at nanometer resolution, the fluid-like flow of electrons in graphene.

Feb 16, 2023

Nanoparticles perform ultralong distance communication, have 'no counterpart or analogue in nature'

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Northwestern University chemists have designed a new photonic lattice with properties never before seen in nature. In solid materials, atoms must be equally spaced apart and close enough together to interact effectively. Now, new architectures bas...

Feb 16, 2023

How a record-breaking copper nanocatalyst converts CO2 into liquid fuels

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have made real-time movies of copper nanoparticles as they evolve to convert carbon dioxide and water into renewable fuels and chemicals. Their new insights could help advance the next generation of solar fuels.

Feb 16, 2023

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