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Researchers modify hybrid flow battery electrodes with nanomaterials
Researchers in WMG at the University of Warwick, in collaboration with Imperial College London, have found a way to enhance hybrid flow batteries and their commercial use. The new approach can store electricity in these batteries ...
Nanophysics
Jan 22, 2021
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Observing chiral edge states in gapped nanomechanical graphene
Edge states are an emerging concept in physics and have been explored as an efficient strategy to manipulate electrons, photons and phonons for next-generation hybrid electro-optomechanical circuits. Scientists have used ...
Specially oriented twisted bilayer graphene hosts topological electronic states
A sheet of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene can host novel topological phases of matter, a study has revealed.
Nanophysics
Jan 22, 2021
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New self-assembly method creates bioelectronics out of microscopic structures
Bringing together soft, malleable living cells with hard, inflexible electronics can be a difficult task. UChicago researchers have developed a new method to face this challenge by utilizing microscopic structures to build ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 22, 2021
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Research team extends 4-D printing to nanophotonics
The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and its research collaborators have successfully demonstrated the four-dimensional (4-D) printing of shape memory polymers in submicron dimensions which are comparable ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 22, 2021
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Targeted coating improves graphene oxide membranes for nanofiltration
Nanofiltration (NF) is an advanced technology for treating wastewater containing organic micropollutants (OMPs).
Bio & Medicine
Jan 22, 2021
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Researchers develop new graphene nanochannel water filters
When sheets of two-dimensional nanomaterials like graphene are stacked on top of each other, tiny gaps form between the sheets that have a wide variety of potential uses. In research published in the journal Nature Communications, ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 21, 2021
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Drug-delivery microcapsules tagged with zirconium-89 can be tracked by PET imaging
University of Alabama at Birmingham polymer and radionuclide chemists report what they say "may represent a major step forward in microcapsule drug delivery systems."
Bio & Medicine
Jan 21, 2021
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Taking sieving lessons from nature
Generating membranes using electrochemical polymerization, or electropolymerization, could provide a simple and cost-effective route to help various industries meet increasingly strict environmental regulations and reduce ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 21, 2021
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Cancer can be precisely diagnosed using a urine test with artificial intelligence
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers among men. Patients are determined to have prostate cancer primarily based on PSA, a cancer factor in blood. However, as diagnostic accuracy is as low as 30%, a considerable ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 21, 2021
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Fighting respiratory virus outbreaks through 'nano-popcorn' sensor-based rapid detection
Viral respiratory diseases are easily transmissible and can spread rapidly across the globe, causing significant damage. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is a testament to this. In the past too, other viruses have caused massive ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 21, 2021
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A new nanomaterial for the war against counterfeits
Despite the anticounterfeiting devices attached to luxury handbags, marketable securities, and identification cards, counterfeit goods are on the rise. There is a demand for the next-generation anticounterfeiting technologies—that ...
Nanophysics
Jan 21, 2021
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Point-of-care test developed for tumor marker in human saliva based on lanthanide nanoprobes
Salivary assay, emerging as a non-invasive alternative to blood assay in clinic analysis, holds great promise for early-stage cancer diagnostics with advantages of low cost, easy collection and facile processing. Therefore, ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 21, 2021
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Angstrom multilayer metrology by combining spectral measurements and machine learning
With the recent explosive demand for data storage, ranging from data centers to various smart and connected devices, the need for higher-capacity and more compact memory devices is constantly increasing. As a result, semiconductor ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 21, 2021
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An anode-free zinc battery that could someday store renewable energy
Renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, could help decrease the world's reliance on fossil fuels. But first, power companies need a safe, cost-effective way to store the energy for later use. Massive lithium-ion ...
Nanophysics
Jan 20, 2021
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Increasing optical data transmission speed
Pulsed lasers repeatedly emit light for a short period of time as if blinking. They have the advantage of focusing more energy than a continuous wave laser, whose intensity is kept unchanged over time. If digital signals ...
Nanophysics
Jan 20, 2021
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Tiny structures generate powerful beams for enhanced optical imaging
Even the smallest molecule can tell a big story. For instance, observing a single molecule can throw light on underlying biological processes in the human body. In fact, molecular imaging procedures—which are noninvasive ...
Nanophysics
Jan 20, 2021
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Gold nanoparticles more stable by putting rings on them
Hokkaido University scientists have found a way to prevent gold nanoparticles from clumping, which could help towards their use as an anti-cancer therapy.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 20, 2021
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Multidimensional coherent spectroscopy reveals triplet state coherences in cesium lead-halide perovskite nanocrystals
Advanced optoelectronics require materials with newly engineered characteristics. Examples include a class of materials named metal-halide perovskites that have tremendous significance to form perovskite solar cells with ...
Nano-thin piezoelectrics advance self-powered electronics
A new type of ultra-efficient, nano-thin material could advance self-powered electronics, wearable technologies and even deliver pacemakers powered by heart beats.
Nanomaterials
Jan 19, 2021
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