Sep 22, 2022 (Nanowerk News) As the need to mitigate climate change accelerates, scientists are trying to find new ways to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. One process, called electrochemical reduction or electrolysis, uses electricity and a catalyst to convert carbon dioxide into organic products that can be used in other...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Reduced power consumption in semiconductor devices
Home > Press > Reduced power consumption in semiconductor devices Schematic of the effect of the stepping-stone current flow formed via the platinum nanoparticles inserted in the thin phase-transition oxide film CREDIT POSTECH Abstract:Stepping stones are placed to help travelers to cross streams. As long as there are stepping stones...
Upgrading your computer to quantum
Sep 22, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Computers that can make use of the “spooky” properties of quantum mechanics to solve problems faster than current technology may sound alluring, but first they must overcome a massive disadvantage. Scientists from Japan may have found the answer through their demonstration of how a superconducting...
Solvent study solves solar cell durability puzzle
Sep 23, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Rice University engineers say they’ve solved a long-standing conundrum in making stable, efficient solar panels out of halide perovskites. It took finding the right solvent design to apply a 2D top layer of desired composition and thickness without destroying the 3D bottom one (or vice...
Analysis of particles of the asteroid Ryugu delivers surprising results
Sep 23, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In December 2020, a small landing capsule brought rock particles from the asteroid Ryugu to Earth – material from the beginnings of our solar system. The Japanese space probe Hayabusa 2 had collected the samples. Geoscientist Professor Frank Brenker and his team from Goethe University...
How to report and benchmark emerging field-effect transistors
Sep 23, 2022 (Nanowerk News) One of the challenges encountered by research on novel electronic devices is to compare devices based on different materials in a consistent way. RWTH Professor Max Lemme and colleagues from USA, China, and Belgium have now proposed a set of clear guidelines for benchmarking key...
Scientists use modified silk proteins to create new nonstick surfaces
Sep 23, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Tufts University have developed a method to make silk-based materials that refuse to stick to water, or almost anything else containing water for that matter. In fact, the modified silk, which can be molded into forms like plastic, or coated onto surfaces as...
New technique allows researchers to scrape beyond the surface of nanomaterials
Sep 23, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Since the initial discovery of what has become a rapidly growing family of two-dimensional layered materials — called MXenes — in 2011, Drexel University researchers have made steady progress in understanding the complex chemical composition and structure, as well as the physical and electrochemical properties,...
Advanced robotics to address the translational gap in tendon engineering
Sep 23, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A review paper by scientists at the University of Oxford discussed possible benefits of using humanoid musculoskeletal robots and soft robotic systems as bioreactor platforms in producing clinically useful tendon constructs. The new review paper, published in the journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems ("Advanced Robotics...
Atomic-scale imaging reveals a facile route to crystal formation
Sep 23, 2022 (Nanowerk News) What do clouds, televisions, pharmaceuticals, and even the dirt under our feet have in common? They all have or use crystals in some way. Crystals are more than just fancy gemstones. Clouds form when water vapor condenses into ice crystals in the atmosphere. Liquid crystal...