Monolayer graphene, an atomic-layer thick sheet of carbon, has found immense applications in diverse fields including chemical sensors and detecting single molecule adsorption events electronically. Therefore, monitoring ...
Materials Science
Jul 16, 2020
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NIMS and AIST have developed a small sensor capable of continuously monitoring the plant hormone ethylene. Ethylene gas promotes ripening in fruits and vegetables, but excessive exposure promotes them to rot. The new small ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 29, 2020
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Many common household items and devices have a coating that improves performance. For example, the thin Teflon coating on cookware helps prevent food from sticking to the surface. However, it's difficult to prepare—at room ...
Materials Science
Jun 3, 2020
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To control flowering and fruit ripening, plants release the gaseous hormone ethylene. Environmental conditions, including drought, salinity and pathogens, can also cause levels of the hormone to fluctuate. Therefore, monitoring ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 18, 2020
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Sensors collect certain parameters such as temperature and air pressure in their proximity. Physicists from Kaiserslautern and a colleague from Hanover have succeeded for the first time in using a single cesium atom as a ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 4, 2020
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Research at Oregon State University has pushed science closer to developing an electronic nose for monitoring air quality, detecting safety threats and diagnosing diseases by measuring gases in a patient's breath.
Materials Science
Jan 30, 2020
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Hydrogen is considered as one of the promising alternative energy sources. Nevertheless, its application as an energy carrier is complicated due to its highly explosive nature when mixed with oxygen. These dangerous situations ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 14, 2020
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Researchers have developed the first fully-integrated, non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) gas sensor enabled by specially engineered synthetic materials known as metamaterials. The sensor has no moving parts, requires little ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 29, 2019
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A sensor for detecting toxic gases is now smaller, faster and more reliable. Its performance sets it up for integration in a highly sensitive portable system for detecting chemical weapons. Better miniature sensors can also ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 27, 2019
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Hydrogen is a clean and renewable energy carrier that can power vehicles, with water as the only emission. Unfortunately, hydrogen gas is highly flammable when mixed with air, so very efficient and effective sensors are needed. ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 11, 2019
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