If thermoelectric materials can convert low-grade heat into electricity, we may never need to charge wearable technology at home again.
Materials Science
Nov 16, 2018
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A research group led by Professor Yoshiaki Nakamura of Osaka University successfully developed a methodology for enhancing thermoelectric power factor while decreasing thermal conductivity. By introducing ZnO nanowires into ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 8, 2018
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In a newly published study, researchers dug into how fertilizing with manure affects soil quality, compared with inorganic fertilizer.
Environment
Oct 31, 2018
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The discovery of buckyballs surprised and delighted chemists in the 1980s, nanotubes jazzed physicists in the 1990s, and graphene charged up materials scientists in the 2000s, but one nanoscale carbon structure—a negatively ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 13, 2018
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Researchers at Missouri S&T have discovered a new way to harness the potential of a type of spontaneously oxidized MXene thin films, to create nanocomposites that could sense both light and the environment. Previously, such ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 20, 2018
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The time-consuming, expensive process of sequencing DNA molecules – a technology used to identify, diagnose and possibly find cures for diseases – could become a whole lot faster and cheaper as a result of a new nanofabrication ...
Nanophysics
Jun 19, 2018
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Carbon aerogels are ultralight, conductive materials, which are extensively investigated for applications in supercapacitor electrodes in electrical cars and cell phones. Chinese scientists have now found a way to make these ...
Materials Science
May 24, 2018
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Many natural organisms have the ability to repair themselves. Now, manufactured machines will be able to mimic this property. In findings published this week in Nature Materials, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University ...
Materials Science
May 21, 2018
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Inorganic semiconductors such as silicon are indispensable in modern electronics because they possess tunable electrical conductivity between that of a metal and that of an insulator. The electrical conductivity of a semiconductor ...
Condensed Matter
May 17, 2018
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In even the most fuel-efficient cars, about 60 percent of the total energy of gasoline is lost through heat in the exhaust pipe and radiator. To combat this, researchers are developing new thermoelectic materials that can ...
Condensed Matter
Apr 26, 2018
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