Sep 20, 2021 (Nanowerk News) A team of physicists at CU Boulder has solved the mystery behind a perplexing phenomenon in the nano realm: why some ultra-small heat sources cool down faster if you pack them closer together. The findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Silver nanoparticles boost performance of microbial fuel cells
Home > Press > Silver nanoparticles boost performance of microbial fuel cellsAbstract:Coating Shewanella bacteria with silver nanoparticles greatly boosts the performance of biofilm-based microbial fuel cells, researchers report. It achieves this effect by improving the transfer of electrons from the microbe to graphene electrodes in the fuel cells. Silver nanoparticles...
the story of an intrinsic magnetic topological insulator
Sep 21, 2021 (Nanowerk News) An intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4 has been discovered with a large band gap, making it a promising material platform for fabricating ultra-low-energy electronics and observing exotic topological phenomena. Hosting both magnetism and topology, ultra-thin (only several nanometers in thickness) MnBi2Te4 was found to have...