Researchers from North Carolina State University have found a new way to develop straight carbon nanofibers on a transparent substrate. Growing such nanofiber coatings is important for use in novel biomedical research tools, ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 16, 2011
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Trying to determine how negatively charged ions squeeze through a carbon nanotube 20,000 times smaller than a human hair is no easy feat.
Bio & Medicine
May 21, 2020
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Recently, the National Science Review published research from Prof. Jun Cheng (Xiamen University) and Dr. Jia-Bo Le (Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering of Chinese Academy of Sciences). The research team ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 21, 2023
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(Phys.org) —Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have designed a new type of nanostructured-carbon-based catalyst that could pave the way for reliable, economical next-generation batteries and alkaline fuel cells, ...
Materials Science
Jun 4, 2013
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Cost-effective rechargeable batteries are at the heart of virtually all portable electronic devices, which have become ubiquitous in modern daily life. Moreover, rechargeable batteries are essential components in many environment-friendly ...
Materials Science
Dec 14, 2020
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Carbon capture could help the nation's coal plants reduce greenhouse gas emissions, yet economic challenges are part of the reason the technology isn't widely used today. That could change if power plants could turn captured ...
Materials Science
Dec 15, 2017
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Interstellar clouds are the birthplaces of new stars, but they also play an important role in the origins of life in the Universe through regions of dust and gas in which chemical compounds form. The research group, molecular ...
General Physics
Jul 20, 2021
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Selective removal of detrimental gases, e.g., hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and carbon dioxide (CO2) from natural gas (CH4) could become simpler and highly effective using a new class of oriented mixed-matrix metal-organic framework ...
Materials Science
Jun 2, 2022
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Graphene and related materials hold promise for the future of electrochemical sensors—detectors that measure the concentration of oxygen, toxic gases, and other substances—but many applications require greater sensitivity ...
Nanophysics
Jan 17, 2013
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To power a car so it can travel hundreds of miles at a time, lithium-ion batteries of the future are going to have to hold more energy without growing too big in size.
Nanomaterials
Feb 25, 2015
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