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. ...
A hair-thin wire to simulate cosmic conditions
Sep 13, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Extreme conditions prevail inside stars and planets. The pressure reaches millions of bars, and it can be several million degrees hot. Sophisticated methods make it possible to create such states of matter in the laboratory – albeit only for the blink of an eye and...
Researchers discover new way to make ‘atomic lasagna’
Sep 13, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A research team discovered a method to transform materials with three-dimensional atomic structures into nearly two-dimensional structures – a promising advancement in controlling their properties for chemical, quantum, and semiconducting applications. The field of materials chemistry seeks to understand, at an atomic level, not only...
New discovery aims to improve the design of microelectronic devices
Sep 13, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A new study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities is providing new insights into how next-generation electronics, including memory components in computers, breakdown or degrade over time. Understanding the reasons for degradation could help improve efficiency of data storage solutions. The...
Researchers unveil new approach to magnetic topological insulators
Sep 12, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from Monash University, part of the FLEET Centre, have revealed a generic approach towards intrinsic magnetic second-order topological insulators. These materials are crucial for advancements in spintronics, an emerging field aiming at using spin degree of freedom to deliver information. Background Two-dimensional ferromagnetic semiconductors,...
Nanocatalyst and membrane break down pollutants at unprededented rate
Sep 12, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Some chemicals create environmental problems; others, fortunately, can help clean them up. Chemists from Yale University and their colleagues have developed an electrochemical catalyst and membrane that offers an efficient and sustainable way to treat water contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE), a common and persistent environmental...
Breakthrough in proton barrier films using pore-free graphene oxide
Sep 12, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Kumamoto University’s research team, led by Assistant Professor Kazuto Hatakeyama and Professor Shintaro Ida of Institute of Industrial Nanomaterials, has announced a groundbreaking development in hydrogen ion barrier films using graphene oxide (GO) that lacks internal pores. This innovative approach promises significant advancements in protective...
Novel coupled nanopore platform offers greater precision for detecting molecules
Sep 12, 2024 (Nanowerk News) "As complex living systems, we likely have trillions upon trillions of tiny nanoscopic holes in our cells that facilitate and regulate the crucial processes that keep us alive and make up who are,” says Marija Drndić, a physicist at the University of Pennsylvania who develops...