Unveiling lead-free antimony-based perovskite solar modules

Feb 20, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Solar energy holds enormous untapped potential as a clean, renewable power source. But as silicon panels approach their practical efficiency limits, scientists have turned to revolutionary lead-halide perovskites as a way forward. Since their emergence roughly a decade ago, lead-halide perovskite solar cells have rapidly...

Chameleons inspire new multicolor 3D-printing technology

Feb 20, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Inspired by the color-changing ability of chameleons, researchers developed a sustainable technique to 3D-print multiple, dynamic colors from a single ink. “By designing new chemistries and printing processes, we can modulate structural color on the fly to produce color gradients not possible before,” said Ying...

Monster black hole devouring one sun every day

Feb 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) The fastest-growing black hole ever recorded – devouring the equivalent of one sun every day – has been discovered by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU). The researchers’ findings are published in Nature Astronomy ("The accretion of a solar mass per day by a...

Defect-laden vertical graphene MOF assembly enables simple, sustainable production of chemicals

Feb 19, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Chemical manufacturing underpins modern civilization – fuels, plastics, fertilizers and pharmaceuticals all rely on it. Yet many legacy production routes exact heavy tolls on the planet and human health. New catalytic techniques aim to leapfrog current processes with drastically lower carbon footprints and less waste....

How cells respond to 3D mechanical stiffness

Feb 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Imagine a world inside your body where tiny cells are like workers building and repairing tissue structures. They interact with their surroundings, which include a scaffold called the extracellular matrix (ECM). This scaffold is like the construction site, where cells get instructions on what and...

Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: First human trial shows ‘wonder’ material can be developed safely: A revolutionary nanomaterial with huge potential to tackle multiple global challenges could be developed further without acute risk to human health, research suggests

Home > Press > First human trial shows ‘wonder’ material can be developed safely: A revolutionary nanomaterial with huge potential to tackle multiple global challenges could be developed further without acute risk to human health, research suggestsAbstract:Carefully controlled inhalation of a specific type of graphene – the world’s thinnest, super...

Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: HKUST researchers develop new integration technique for efficient coupling of III-V and silicon

Home > Press > HKUST researchers develop new integration technique for efficient coupling of III-V and silicon The study was selected as cover of the journal Laser & Photonics Reviews. CREDIT HKUST Abstract:Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a new integration technique...