News tagged with ionic conductivity

New superconductive properties discovered in old sandwich material

(PhysOrg.com) -- Japanese researchers, led by Masashi Kawasaki, have discovered that a previously known kind of double layered material created using electrostatic doping can be used as a superconductor.

Physics / Superconductivity

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report




Search results for ionic conductivity


Slip-and-slide power generators

Researchers from Vestfold University College in Norway have created a simple, efficient energy harvesting device that uses the motion of a single droplet to generate electrical power.

Physics / General Physics

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Sequence it ... and they will come

Rapid DNA sequencing may soon become a routine part of each individual’s medical record, providing enormous information previously sequestered in the human genome’s 3 billion nucleotide bases. This ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Nano rescues skin: Shrimp shell nanotech for wound healing and anti-aging face cream

Nanoparticles containing chitosan have been shown to have effective antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus saprophyticus and Escherichia coli. The materials could be used as a protective wound-healing material to a ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers find energy storage 'solutions' in MetILs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sandia researchers have developed a new family of liquid salt electrolytes, known as MetILs, that could lead to batteries able to cost-effectively store three times more energy than today’s ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

World's first magnetic soap produced

Scientists from the University of Bristol have developed a soap, composed of iron rich salts dissolved in water, that responds to a magnetic field when placed in solution. The soap's magnetic properties were ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Development of positive electrode materials for low-cost and high-performance lithium-ion secondary batteries

Mitsuharu Tabuchi (Senior Researcher), Ionics Research Group, the Research Institute for Ubiquitous Energy Devices (Director: Tetsuhiko Kobayashi) of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Team models ionic conductivity in doped ceria for use as a fuel cell electrolyte

(PhysOrg.com) -- Optimizing the conductivity of ceria based oxides, or doped ceria, is crucial to their use as electrolytes in future solid oxide fuel cells.

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One-third of car fuel consumption is due to friction loss

No less than one third of a car's fuel consumption is spent in overcoming friction, and this friction loss has a direct impact on both fuel consumption and emissions. However, new technology can reduce friction by anything ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Electrochemical dissolution of platinum in an ionic liquid

(PhysOrg.com) -- Precious metals, especially platinum, are important catalytic materials for many chemical reactions. For example, platinum is used in some fuel cells; however, broad commercialization of such ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Emerging new properties at oxide interfaces

In many ionic materials, including the oxides, surfaces created along specific directions can become electrically charged. By the same token, such electronic charging, or 'polarisation', can also occur at the interface of ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


List of search results for ionic conductivity