News tagged with electrochemical measurements

Study measures single-molecule machines in action

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the development of future molecular devices, new display technologies, and "artificial muscles" in nanoelectromechanical devices, functional molecules are likely to play a primary role.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Carbon nanotubes and aptamers: Vew biosensor detects extremely low bacteria concentrations quickly, easily, reliably

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bacterial diseases are usually detected by first enriching samples, then separating, identifying, and counting the bacteria. This type of procedure usually takes at least two days after arrival ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Portable gas sensors improve atmospheric pollution measurements

Different types of compact, low-power portable sensors under development by three independent research groups may soon yield unprecedented capabilities to monitor ozone, greenhouse gases, and air pollutants. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hybrid copper-gold nanoparticles convert CO2

Copper -- the stuff of pennies and tea kettles -- is also one of the few metals that can turn carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels with relatively little energy. When fashioned into an electrode and stimulated ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Touch of gold improves nanoparticle fuel-cell reactions

Advances in fuel-cell technology have been stymied by the inadequacy of metals studied as catalysts. The drawback to platinum, other than cost, is that it absorbs carbon monoxide in reactions involving fuel ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Two for one: Simultaneous size and electrochemical measurement of nanomaterials

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have done a mash-up of two very different experimental techniques—neutron scattering and electrochemical measurements—to ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Startup announces big breakthrough for electric vehicle batteries

For years, the electric vehicle industry has been eager to build a better electric car battery: one that extends range while having a longer overall life, is affordable, quick-charging and safe.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 53

New metal catalyst drives hydrogen fuel reaction forwards and backwards

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to driving hydrogen production, a new catalyst built at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory can do what was previously shown to happen only in nature: store energy in hydrogen and release ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New method to examine batteries -- MRI from the inside

There is an ever-increasing need for advanced batteries for portable electronics, such as phones, cameras, and music players, but also to power electric vehicles and to facilitate the distribution and storage of energy derived ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 12, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Inexpensive sensor gives advance warning of catastrophic failure in lithium-ion batteries

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., have developed an inexpensive sensor that can warn of impending catastrophic failure in lithium-ion batteries. The ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Microneedle sensors may allow real-time monitoring of body chemistry

Researchers from North Carolina State University, Sandia National Laboratories, and the University of California, San Diego have developed new technology that uses microneedles to allow doctors to detect real-time ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

The future cometh: Science, technology and humanity at Singularity Summit 2011 (Part II)

(PhysOrg.com) -- In its essence, technology can be seen as our perpetually evolving attempt to extend our sensorimotor cortex into physical reality: From the earliest spears and boomerangs augmenting our arms, horses and ...

Technology / Other

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (23) | comments 42 | with audio podcast feature


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