Month: June 2023

Jun 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Battery safety and performance in electronic devices and systems like battery thermal management, space conditioning, vehicle thermal comfort and thermal energy storage can improve thanks to a continuously tunable thermal regulator created at Purdue University’s College of Engineering. Xiulin Ruan and Amy Marconnet have invented...

Jun 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly shaping our world, from virtual assistants and chatbots to self-driving cars and automated manufacturing. Seizing on the potential of AI to transform science, the nation’s leading experts in science and technology have released a blueprint for the United...

Home > Press > USTC enhances fluorescence brightness of single silicon carbide spin color centersAbstract:In a study published online in Nano Letters, the team led by Prof. LI Chuanfeng and Dr. XU Jinshi from the University of Science and Technology of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences made progress...

Home > Press > Single quantum bit achieves complex systems modelingAbstract:A team led by Academician GUO Guangcan from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), with collaborative efforts from the University of Manchester, and Nanyang Technological University, has achieved new progress...

Home > Press > Quantum materials: Electron spin measured for the first time Three perspectives of the surface on which the electrons move. On the left, the experimental result, in the center and on the right the theoretical modeling. The red and blue colors represent a measure of the speed...

Home > Press > Liquid metal sticks to surfaces without a binding agent A multifunctional Origami structure built by the liquid metal-treated paper CREDIT Cell Reports Physical Science/Yuan et al. Abstract:Everyday materials such as paper and plastic could be transformed into electronic “smart devices” by using a simple new...

Home > Press > Graphene-based Carbocatalysts: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications—Beyond BoundariesAbstract:Introducing "Graphene-based Carbocatalysts: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications (Volume 2)"—a concise yet comprehensive compendium for the scientific community, professors, and students alike. This authoritative volume - published by Bentham Science - delves into the forefront of Graphene-based carbocatalysis, providing a wealth...

Home > Press > When all details matter -- Heat transport in energy materials Temporary formation of a defect pair in copper iodide. Although these defects only survive for a couple of picoseconds, i.e., for a trillionth of a second, they substantially influence macroscopic heat transport processes. CREDIT ©...

Home > Press > Zinc transporter has built-in self-regulating sensor: New cryo-EM structure of a zinc-transporter protein reveals how this molecular machine functions to regulate cellular levels of zinc, an essential micronutrient Overall structure of a transmembrane ZIP zinc transporter protein determined by cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) (left) and a schematic...

Home > Press > Advances in nanotechnology application in biosafety materials A crucial response to COVID-19 pandemicAbstract:The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has adversely affected the public domain causing unprecedented cases and high mortality across the globe. This has brought back the concept of biosafety into the spotlight to...