Oct 29, 2021 (Nanowerk News) According to NASA, there are more than 27,000 pieces of space debris bigger than the size of a softball currently orbiting Earth, and they are traveling at speeds of up to 17,500 mph, fast enough for a small chunk to damage a satellite or spacecraft...
Webb will join forces with Event Horizon Telescope to reveal the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
Oct 27, 2021 (Nanowerk News) On isolated mountaintops across the planet, scientists await word that tonight is the night: The complex coordination between dozens of telescopes on the ground and in space is complete, the weather is clear, tech issues have been addressed—the metaphorical stars are aligned. It is time...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: A sunny outlook for solar: New research demonstrates great promise of all-inorganic perovskite solar cells for improving the efficiencies of solar cells
Home > Press > A sunny outlook for solar: New research demonstrates great promise of all-inorganic perovskite solar cells for improving the efficiencies of solar cellsAll-inorganic perovskites compare well with their hybrid counterparts in terms of efficiency CREDIT ILLUSTRATION BY XIE ZHANGAbstract:Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites have already demonstrated very high...
Broadband spintronic-metasurface terahertz emitters with tunable chirality
Oct 26, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Terahertz radiation, between infrared and microwave radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum, possesses unique advantages for fundamental studies and practical applications. The ability to generate and manipulate broadband chiral terahertz waves is essential for applications in material imaging, terahertz sensing, and medical diagnosis. It can also...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Photon-pair source with pump rejection filter fabricated on single CMOS chip: New integrated source provides critical component for chip-based quantum photonic systems
Home > Press > Photon-pair source with pump rejection filter fabricated on single CMOS chip: New integrated source provides critical component for chip-based quantum photonic systemsAbstract:Researchers have demonstrated a new wavelength-tunable, silicon photon-pair source integrated with a pump rejection filter in a single CMOS chip. The new device represents an...
Predicting how changes in production, materials impact EV battery life
Oct 25, 2021 (Nanowerk News) As demand for electric vehicle batteries continues to grow, researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a method for predicting how changes to manufacturing processes and materials will impact battery life. U-M engineers have identified internal resistance, measured immediately after cells are made, as...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: A materials passport for greener batteries: Research project is investigating more environmentally friendly manufacturing and recycling processes
Home > Press > A materials passport for greener batteries: Research project is investigating more environmentally friendly manufacturing and recycling processesIDcycLIB-LogoAbstract:Efficient battery systems are increasingly being used in cars, tools, bicycles and as stationary energy storage units. At the same time, the requirements placed on these batteries continue to rise,...
Atomic scale ‘lasagna’ keeps heat at bay
Oct 23, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have found new ways of controlling how heat flows through thin materials by stacking atomically thin layers of atoms into van der Waals heterostructures. By comparing different stacks of different materials, or even the same material after heat treatment, they...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Ultrafast magnetism: heating magnets, freezing time: This study on Gadolinium is completing a series of experiments on Nickel, Iron-Nickel Alloys: The results are useful for developing ultrafast data storage devices
Home > Press > Ultrafast magnetism: heating magnets, freezing time: This study on Gadolinium is completing a series of experiments on Nickel, Iron-Nickel Alloys: The results are useful for developing ultrafast data storage devicesThe picture shows the glowing filament which keeps the sample at constant temperatures during the measurements. ...
Chemists develop a fundamentally new mode of adsorption
Oct 21, 2021 (Nanowerk News) A research team, led by Northwestern Universitychemists, has made a breakthrough in surface science by introducing a new active mechanism of adsorption. Such adsorption-based phenomena, in which molecules are attracted onto a solid surface,are essential for today’s catalysts, energy storage and environmental remediation. The research...