Home > Press > New method in the fight against forever chemicals The piezoelectric nanoparticle acts as a catalyst and initiates a chemical reaction: 90.5 % of the PFOS molecule is degraded and 29 % is defluorinated. Credit Andrea Veciana / ETH Zurich Abstract:What do firefighting foam, non-stick...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Breakthrough in proton barrier films using pore-free graphene oxide: Kumamoto University researchers achieve new milestone in advanced coating technologies
Home > Press > Breakthrough in proton barrier films using pore-free graphene oxide: Kumamoto University researchers achieve new milestone in advanced coating technologies Numerous pores were observed in GO (indicated by white arrows). In contrast, no pores were visible in Pf-GO, even under high magnification. Credit Kazuto Hatakeyama and...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Energy transmission in quantum field theory requires information
Home > Press > Energy transmission in quantum field theory requires information Abstract:An international team of researchers has found a surprisingly simple relationship between the rates of energy and information transmission across an interface connecting two quantum field theories. Their work was published in Physical Review Letters on August 30....
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: New nanomaterial could transform how we visualise fingerprints: Innovative nanomaterials have the potential to revolutionise forensic science, particularly in the detection of latent (non-visible) fingermarks
Home > Press > New nanomaterial could transform how we visualise fingerprints: Innovative nanomaterials have the potential to revolutionise forensic science, particularly in the detection of latent (non-visible) fingermarks Development of latent fingerprints. Representative images on stainless steel are shown, illuminated by and viewed under visible light (a) before development...
Early dark energy could resolve cosmology’s two biggest puzzles
Sep 14, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A new study by MIT physicists proposes that a mysterious force known as early dark energy could solve two of the biggest puzzles in cosmology and fill in some major gaps in our understanding of how the early universe evolved. One puzzle in question is...
Axon-mimicking materials for computing
Sep 14, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers from Texas A&M University, Sandia National Lab - Livermore, and Stanford University are taking lessons from the brain to design materials for more efficient computing. The new class of materials discovered is the first of their kind – mimicking the behavior...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Quantum researchers cause controlled wobble in the nucleus of a single atom
Home > Press > Quantum researchers cause controlled wobble in the nucleus of a single atom Researchers from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands have been able to initiate a controlled movement in the very heart of an atom. They caused the atomic nucleus to interact with one of...
First flexible perovskite solar cells on polycarbonate films
Sep 13, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Perovskite photovoltaic devices have garnered much attention from both the academic and industrial R&D world because they combine high power conversion efficiencies and low-cost manufacturing processes since they can be deposited in ink form or through simple evaporation. This feature makes perovskite solar cells an...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Catalyzing environmental cleanup: A highly active and selective molecular catalyst and electrified membrane: Innovative electrochemical catalyst breaks down trichloroethylene pollutants at unprecedented rate
Home > Press > Catalyzing environmental cleanup: A highly active and selective molecular catalyst and electrified membrane: Innovative electrochemical catalyst breaks down trichloroethylene pollutants at unprecedented rate The CoPc/CNT catalyst decomposes TCE with nearly 100% Faradaic efficiency while the filtration device achieves a 95% removal rate in simulated water samples. ...