Water desalination picks up the pace
A membrane made of porous carbon-fiber structures grown on a porous ceramic substrate is more efficient at filtering seawater than existing similar membranes.
Nanomaterials
Jul 18, 2018
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Nature Nanotechnology
Nanocrystal links could lead to better electronics, scientists say
Chemists and engineers today are very interested in a kind of nanotechnology enabled by tiny islands of nanoparticles called "colloidal nanocrystals." They can be made out of abundant and non-toxic materials, and they can ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 17, 2018
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In borophene, boundaries are no barrier—researchers make and test atom-thick boron's unique domains
Borophene, the atomically flat form of boron with unique properties, is even more interesting when different forms of the material mix and mingle, according to scientists at Rice and Northwestern universities.
Nanomaterials
Jul 16, 2018
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Electric car batteries souped-up with fluorinated electrolytes for longer-range driving
The success of electric car batteries depends on the miles that can be driven on a single charge, but the current crop of lithium-ion batteries are reaching their natural limit of how much charge can be packed into any given ...
Nanophysics
Jul 16, 2018
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Faster photons could enable total data security
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have solved a key puzzle in quantum physics that could help to make data transfer totally secure.
Nanophysics
Jul 16, 2018
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Quantum dots found to reduce fibrils in Parkinson's mouse models
A large team of researchers with members from several institutions in the U.S., Korea and Japan has found that injecting quantum dots into the bloodstreams of mice led to a reduction in fibrils associated with Parkinson's ...
Researchers observe unique chiral magnetic phenomenon
Tiny magnetic vortex structures, so-called skyrmions, have been researched intensively for some time for future energy-efficient space-saving data storage devices. Scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich have now discovered ...
Nanophysics
Jun 29, 2018
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Efficient, eco-friendly production of fine chemicals
The chemical industry produces not just valuable vitamins, pharmaceuticals, flavours and pesticides, but often a large amount of waste, too. This is particularly true of pharmaceutical and fine-chemical production, where ...
Nanophysics
Jun 25, 2018
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Scientists create continuously emitting microlasers with nanoparticle-coated beads
Researchers have found a way to convert nanoparticle-coated microscopic beads into lasers smaller than red blood cells.
Nanophysics
Jun 18, 2018
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Graphene carpets: So neurons communicate better
A study led by SISSA and published in Nature Nanotechnology reports for the first time the phenomenon of ion trapping by graphene carpets and its effect on the communication between neurons. The researchers have observed ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 13, 2018
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