U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists launched the second Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrument (SIRI-2) instrument in December 2021 onboard Space Test Program (STP) Sat-6. SIRI-2, a gamma-ray spectrometer, will demonstrate ...
Astronomy
Jul 13, 2022
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Photoluminescent metal-organic frameworks (PL-MOFs) have emerged as a promising class of stimuli-responsive luminescent materials due to their wide range of optoelectronic applications, particularly in luminescence sensing.
Optics & Photonics
May 26, 2022
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A cheap, biocompatible white powder that luminesces when heated could be used for non-invasively monitoring the temperature of specific organs within the body. Tohoku University scientists conducted preliminary tests to demonstrate ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 24, 2020
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Using sunlight for sustainable and cheap production of, for example, medicines. The 'mini-factory' in the form of a leaf that chemical engineers from Eindhoven University of Technology presented in 2016 showed that it is ...
Materials Science
Apr 24, 2018
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Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have developed a synthetic material based on the natural hackmanite mineral, which produces broad spectrum white light in lamps. The low-cost hackmanite-based material created ...
Materials Science
Jun 7, 2017
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Using sunlight to make chemical products has long been a dream of chemical engineers. The problem is that the available sunlight generates too little energy to kick off reactions. However, nature is able to do this. Antenna ...
Materials Science
Dec 21, 2016
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NIMS MANA research groups and a Nagoya University research group jointly developed a silicon fluorescent material that is very low in toxicity and high in luminescence efficiency, compared to conventional materials. Under ...
Nanophysics
Sep 16, 2016
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Silicon, a semiconducting material, reveals new talents when reduced to nanoscopic dimensions. A joint team at the HZB Institute of Nanoarchitectures for Energy Conversion and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light ...
Nanophysics
Nov 30, 2015
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A work in Advanced Functional Materials shows how MOF nanoparticles prepared with spray-drying and containing lanthanide metals may be used as nanothermometers operative over a wide range of temperatures, including in the ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 15, 2015
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Researchers at the Institute for Molecular Science of the University of Valencia (ICMol), led by Professor Julia Pérez-Prieto, have developed a method for preparing methylammonium-lead bromide (CH3NH3PbBr3) hybrid nanoparticles ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 12, 2015
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