Oct 19, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Just like a pianist who learns to play their instrument without looking at the keys or a basketball player who puts in countless hours to throw a seemingly effortless jump shot, UCLA mechanical engineers have designed a new class of material that can learn behaviors...
novel process extends life cycle of valuable catalysts
Oct 19, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Imagine a typical recycling plant. Now imagine that the plant is a chemistry lab, and the crushed soda cans and waist-high stacks of junk mail have been replaced by microscopic structures worth tens of thousands of dollars per gram. A team of researchers from the...
Discovering the atomic configuration of two-atomic-layer-thick paraelectric materials
Oct 19, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A team of reserchers including scientists from the University of Arkansas' Department Physics have discovered the atomic configuration of two-atom-thick paraelectric materials. "Ferroelectric materials are all around us, most commonly within capacitors in our cellphones, televisions and any other electronic device," said Salvador Barraza-Lopez, associate...
Methane-eating ‘borgs’ have been assimilating earth’s microbes
Oct 19, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In Star Trek, the Borg are a ruthless, hive-minded collective that assimilate other beings with the intent of taking over the galaxy. Here on nonfictional planet Earth, Borgs are DNA packages that could help humans fight climate change. Last year, a team led by Jill...
MXene composite could eliminate electromagnetic interference by absorbing it
Oct 19, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A recent discovery by materials science researchers in Drexel University’s College of Engineering might one day prevent electronic devices and components from going haywire when they’re too close to one another. A special coating that they developed, using a type of two-dimensional material called MXene,...
International Space Station experiments reveal risks for future human space flights
Oct 19, 2022 (Nanowerk News) An international team of researchers has conducted a long-term experiment aboard the International Space Station to test the effect of space radiation on mouse embryonic stem cells. Their findings will contribute to helping scientists better assess the safety and risks related to space radiation for...
How to precisely control a particle using ultrasonic waves
Oct 19, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Like an invisible pair of tweezers, sound waves can be used to levitate tiny objects in the air. While DIY acoustic levitation kits can be found online, the technique has important applications for research and industry including manipulating sensitive material such as biological cells. New...
First experimental observation of an elusive stacking order in tetralayer graphene
Oct 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Using advanced spectroscopic techniques, researchers from RWTH Aachen University have been able to observe for the first-time domains of tetralayer graphene with ABCB stacking. The results have been reported in ACS Nano ("Experimental Observation of ABCB Stacked Tetralayer Graphene"). s-SNOM imaging of different stacking domains...