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Farm-Waste-Derived Nanoring Coating to Enhance Urea Use in Rice Crops

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Urea, a white crystalline solid containing 46% nitrogen, is extensively used in agriculture as an animal feed ingredient and fertilizer. However, urea has a very poor utilization efficiency since it is lost to the environment via processes such as...

Sep 29, 2022

Laying the Groundwork for Future Environmental Risk Assessments of Graphene

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Since their initial isolation, graphene sheets have been utilized across a broad range of industries. However, substantial research is required to investigate the possible environmental dangers of graphene-based materials (GBMs) as their industria...

Sep 29, 2022

GMG finalizes THERMAL-XR acquisition

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

In August 2022, Graphene Manufacturing Group (GMG) announced its plan to acquire THERMAL-XR's IP and brand from OzKem. Now, GMG said it has completed this acquisition. GMG noted that OzKem developed the THERMAL-XR coating system products usin...

Sep 29, 2022

Nanofilms Optimize Raman Thermometry for Extreme Manufacturing

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Iowa State University, Shenzhen University, and Shanghai University of Engineering Science demonstrated an approach to the thermal probing of nanomaterials in which the ratio of two resonance Raman peak intensities of a 2D material,...

Sep 29, 2022

Discovery of new nanowire assembly process could enable more powerful computer chips

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a technique to precisely manipulate and place nanowires with sub-micron accuracy. This discovery could accelerate the development of even smaller and more powerful computer chips.

Sep 29, 2022

Engineering robust and scalable molecular qubits

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The concept of "symmetry" is essential to fundamental physics: a crucial element in everything from subatomic particles to macroscopic crystals. Accordingly, a lack of symmetry—or asymmetry—can drastically affect the properties of a give...

Sep 28, 2022

Discovery of new nanowire assembly process could enable more powerful

University of Oxford   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Researchers from Oxford University’s Department of Materials have developed a technique to precisely manipulate and place nanowires with sub-micron accuracy. This discovery could accelerate the development of even smaller and more powerful compute...

Sep 28, 2022

Breakthrough: Physicists Take Particle Self-Assembly to New Level by Mimicking Biology

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Breakthrough opens up new possibilities for the creation of next-generation materials. A new way to self-assemble particles has been created by a team of physicists. This advance offers new promise for building complex and innovative materials at ...

Sep 28, 2022

Machine Learning Will Tackle Quantum Problems, Too

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Quantum computers may prove far more powerful than any conventional supercomputer when it comes to performing the kinds of complex physics and chemistry simulations that could lead to next-generation batteries or new drugs. However, it may take ma...

Sep 28, 2022

Physicists generate new nanoscale spin waves

NanoDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Strong alternating magnetic fields can be used to generate a new type of spin wave that was previously just theoretically predicted. This was achieved for the first time by a team of physicists from (MLU). They report on their work in the scientif...

Sep 28, 2022

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