Home > Press > UCF researcher discovers new technique for infrared color detection and imaging: The new specialized tunable detection and imaging technique for infrared photons surpasses present technology and may be a cost-effective method of capturing thermal imaging or night vision, medica UCF NanoScience Technology Center Professor Debashis Chanda...
Researchers harness copper nanoclusters to enable control of CO2 reduction products
Dec 11, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Rising CO2 emissions are accelerating global warming and climate change. But what if scientists could repurpose excess CO2 into a potential energy source? Electrochemical reduction is a promising way to achieve this. Through this catalyst-driven process, CO2 is converted into products like carbon monoxide (CO),...
New study reveals which electronic textiles survive machine washing
Dec 13, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Imagine a hospital gown that continuously monitors vital signs or a firefighter's uniform that detects dangerous temperatures - but only if these smart garments can survive repeated washing. Until now, the integration of electronics into everyday clothing has faced a fundamental problem: most electronic textiles...
Metal scrap upcycled into high-value alloys with solid phase manufacturing
Dec 13, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Metal scrap can be directly transformed and upgraded into high-performance, high-value alloys without the need for conventional melting processes, according to a new study from researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The research study, published in the journal Nature Communications ("Upcycled high-strength aluminum alloys from...
Nanopatterned graphene enables tunable, high-sensitivity LWIR detection
Dec 12, 2024 (Nanowerk News) University of Central Florida (UCF) researcher Debashis Chanda, a professor at UCF’s NanoScience Technology Center, has developed a new technique to detect long wave infrared (LWIR) photons of different wavelengths or “colors.” The research was recently published in Nano Letters ("Spectrally Tunable Ultrafast Long Wave...
Ligand-engineered copper nanoclusters could help combat CO2 emissions
Dec 13, 2024 (Nanowerk News) While the humble copper (Cu) may not boast the allure of gold or silver, its remarkable versatility makes it invaluable in cutting-edge research. A collaborative effort by scientists from Tohoku University, the Tokyo University of Science, and the University of Adelaide has unveiled a groundbreaking...
Body-heat powered wearable devices closer to reality
Dec 12, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A QUT-led research team has developed an ultra-thin, flexible film that could power next-generation wearable devices using body heat, eliminating the need for batteries. This technology could also be used to cool electronic chips, helping smartphones and computers run more efficiently. Professor Zhi-Gang Chen, whose...
Bringing the power of tabletop precision lasers for quantum science to the chip scale
Dec 12, 2024 (Nanowerk News) For experiments that require ultra-precise measurements and control over atoms — think two-photon atomic clocks, cold-atom interferometer sensors and quantum gates — lasers are the technology of choice, the more spectrally pure (emitting a single color/frequency), the better. Conventional lab-scale laser technology currently achieves this...
Superflares once per century
Dec 12, 2024 (Nanowerk News) There is no question that the Sun is a temperamental star, as alone this year’s unusually strong solar storms prove. Some of them led to remarkable auroras even at low latitudes. But can our star become even more furious? Evidence of the most violent solar...
Hydrogel robots for targeted drug delivery
Dec 11, 2024 (Nanowerk News) In the future, delivering therapeutic drugs exactly where they are needed within the body could be the task of miniature robots. Not little metal humanoid or even bio-mimicking robots; think instead of tiny bubble-like spheres. Such robots would have a long and challenging list of...