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Acidic layer in single-walled carbon nanotubes facilitates confinement of anion impurities

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Efficient purification processes that separate impurities from air and water are necessary to sustain life on Earth. To this end, carbon materials have long been used for deodorizing, separating, and removing harmful anion impurities by adsorption...

Oct 20, 2022

Acidic layer in single-walled carbon nanotubes facilitates confinement of anion impurities

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers demonstrate that the process of anion nanoconfinement is enhanced by an acidic adsorption layer in carbon nanotubes.

Oct 20, 2022

Researchers use graphene oxide to create a self-powered sensor that translates sign language into audio

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers from Tsinghua University recently developed a self-powered sensor that can monitor and detect multiple environmental stimuli simultaneously and demonstrated how it can “translate” sign language into audio.

Oct 20, 2022

Converting carbon dioxide to solid minerals underground for more stable storage

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A new scientific review article in Nature Reviews Chemistry discusses how carbon dioxide (CO2) converts from a gas to a solid in ultrathin films of water on underground rock surfaces. These solid minerals, known as carbonates, are both stable and ...

Oct 19, 2022

Six-qubit silicon quantum processor sets a record

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Advances in calibration routines and device fabrication lead to high-fidelity operations The post Six-qubit silicon quantum processor sets a record appeared first on Physics World.

Oct 19, 2022

Understanding Fractional Correlated Insulating States of Twisted Graphene

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene has been recently discovered to exhibit superconductivity, which has inspired theoretical studies on integer fillings. However, studies of fractional filling are sparse.

Oct 19, 2022

How Does Nanoplastics Build-Up Affect Crop Grains?

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanoplastics derived from plastic waste are increasingly accumulating in agricultural farmlands. The absorption and deposition of plastic particles by crops pollute the food supply and pose unanticipated health concerns to human beings. However, t...

Oct 19, 2022

Targeted Endocannabinoid Drug Delivery System

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanosystems with different compositions and biological properties have been extensively investigated for drug- and gene-delivery applications. Nanoparticles have tremendous potential as effective drug delivery systems because they release their ca...

Oct 19, 2022

Nanoporous Intermetallic Compounds Could be Used to Enhance Production of Hydrogen

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Of all the known substances, hydrogen is said to possess the highest energy density of 120 MJ/kg, which is around three times more than gasoline or diesel, meaning it could have a pivotal role to play in sustainable energy platforms.

Oct 19, 2022

Our brains use quantum computation

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A team of scientists believe our brains could use quantum computation, after adapting an idea developed to prove the existence of quantum gravity to explore the human brain and its workings. The brain functions measured were also correlated to sho...

Oct 19, 2022

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