Day: September 5, 2023

Sep 05, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new type of material that could offer a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to clean pollutants from water. Dubbed an “engineered living material,” it is a 3D-printed structure made of a seaweed-based polymer combined with...

Sep 05, 2023 (Nanowerk News) While conventional silicon-based solar cells have had an unmistakable impact on the buildout of renewable energy resources around the world, additional performance improvements have become increasingly difficult to make as the devices approach their practical efficiency limits. This constraint has prompted scientists to seek out...

Sep 05, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Scientists have developed an elastic, durable sponge that can harvest energy from ocean waves to power cathodic protection of metals against corrosion. The sponge-based device, called a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), generates electricity through contact and separation of internal materials. Reported in Advanced Functional Materials ("Flexible...

Sep 05, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Kanazawa University report in STAR Protocols ("Protocol for live imaging of intracellular nanoscale structures using atomic force microscopy with nanoneedle probes") procedural details and tips for nanoendoscopy-AFM, for capturing images of nanoscale structures inside living cells. Images of nanoscale structures inside living cells...

Sep 05, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Electronic textiles, or e-textiles, are fabrics that integrate electronics and other functional materials to add advanced capabilities beyond basic clothing. Prior research has incorporated conductive nanomaterials like carbon nanotubes into textile fibers or coatings to create fabrics with useful properties such as conductivity, sensing, energy...