News tagged with nickel oxide
'Holey' Nanosheets for Wastewater Dye Removal
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered that extremely thin sheets of nickel oxide with hexagonally shaped holes can absorb hazardous dyes from wastewater nearly as well as the best traditional methods, but are recyclable. ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Nickel nanoparticles may contribute to lung cancer
All the excitement about nanotechnology comes down to this: Structures of materials at the scale of billionths of a meter take on unusual properties. Technologists often focus on the happier among these newfound capabilities, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 23, 2011 |
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New production process for NiO/Ni nanocomposite electrodes for supercapacitors
(PhysOrg.com) -- Conversion to renewable energy sources like wind and sun is only a question of time. Because wind and solar radiation vary in strength, the increase in renewable energy sources will cause ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 07, 2011 |
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A new dimension in materials research
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the future, physicists will be able to follow a new lead in their search for new materials for electronic components, for example. An international team of researchers headed by scientists ...
May 26, 2011 |
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Waste chip fat fuels hydrogen economy
Don't pour that dirty fat from the frier down the sink -- it could be used to make the fuel of the future.
Jul 27, 2010 |
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Study shows that size affects structure of hollow nanoparticles
A new study from North Carolina State University shows that size plays a key role in determining the structure of certain hollow nanoparticles. The researchers focused on nickel nanoparticles, which have interesting ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 12, 2010 |
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This idea doesn't stink: New tech cuts industrial odors, pollutants
A North Carolina State University researcher has devised a new technology that really does not stink. In fact, it could be the key to eliminating foul odors and air pollutants emitted by industrial chicken rendering facilities ...
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Beyond flash -- memories are made of this
(PhysOrg.com) -- The race is on for a successor to the popular 'flash' memory used in portable devices. European researchers think they have found a candidate in novel materials combined with a simple, easily ...
Jul 22, 2009 |
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New way to make sensors that detect toxic chemicals
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ohio State University researchers have developed a new method for making extremely pure, very small metal-oxide nanoparticles.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Nickel isotope may be methane producing microbe biomarker
Nickel, an important trace nutrient for the single cell organisms that produce methane, may be a useful isotopic marker to pinpoint the past origins of these methanogenic microbes, according to Penn State and University of ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 22, 2009 |
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