Jun 03, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook University (SBU), and their collaborators have uncovered new details of the reversible assembly and disassembly of a platinum catalyst. The new understanding may offer clues to the catalyst’s stability and recyclability. The...
Enhancing nanofibrous acoustic energy harvesters with AI
Jun 03, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Scientists at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) have employed artificial intelligence techniques to improve the design and production of nanofibers used in wearable nanofiber acoustic energy harvesters (NAEH). These acoustic devices capture sound energy from the environment and convert it into electrical energy,...
Physicists take molecules to a new ultracold limit to create a Bose-Einstein condensate
Jun 03, 2024 (Nanowerk News) There’s a hot new BEC in town that has nothing to do with bacon, egg, and cheese. You won’t find it at your local bodega, but in the coldest place in New York: the lab of Columbia physicist Sebastian Will, whose experimental group specializes in...
New era of femtosecond laser processing of 2D nanostructures
Jun 03, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Laser-based technology is widely used for the development of devices based on graphene and other 2D materials. However, when laser pulses are as short as femtoseconds, new phenomena can arise in laser-matter interactions, paving the way for novel functionalities of 2D materials. In a review...
Toolkit makes protein design faster and more accessible
Jun 03, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, the University of Tübingen, and the University Hospital Tübingen have developed a web-based toolkit to accelerate and simplify protein design without needing powerful computers or extensive protein design expertise on the user’s end. The toolkit benefits...
Paving the way for hydrogen from algae enzymes
Jun 03, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Under certain conditions, some algae are able to produce hydrogen – a much sought-after green energy source. Its production takes place in the unique catalytic center of the unicellular algae and is only possible if certain cofactors of the relevant proteins are present. Researchers at...
Efficient CO2 conversion to fuels and chemicals using ionic liquid electrolyte
Jun 03, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Converting CO2 into fuel and chemicals using electricity, also known as electrochemical conversion of CO2, is a promising way to reduce emissions. This process allows us to use carbon captured from industries and the atmosphere and turn it into resources that we usually get from...
Ultra-thin infrared filter, thinner than cling wrap, revolutionizes night vision
Jun 03, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from TMOS, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, have made significant progress in their journey to deliver a new approach to night vision technology, creating an infrared filter that is thinner than a piece of cling wrap, and that could one...