Feb 11, 2025 (Nanowerk Spotlight) The interactions between water and surfaces create small electrical charges – a phenomenon that could power the next generation of wearable technology. Small-scale devices that generate electricity from water movements and evaporation have attracted significant research interest as a potential power source for low-power electronics...
AI predicts the precursor materials needed for material synthesis
Feb 11, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Researchers in Korea have developed a technology that automatically identifies the necessary precursor materials to synthesize specific target materials ("Retrieval-Retro: Retrieval-based Inorganic Retrosynthesis with Expert Knowledge"). A joint research team led by Senior Researcher Gyoung S. Na from the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology...
Does the universe behave the same way everywhere? Gravitational lenses could help us find out
Feb 11, 2025 (Nanowerk News) “The cosmological principle is like an ultimate kind of statement of humility,” explains James Adam, astrophysicist at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, and lead author of the new paper. According to the Cosmological Principle, not only are we not at...
Understanding gas diffusion in nanoscale voids key to new gas technologies
Feb 10, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have elucidated how hydrogen and carbon monoxide is adsorbed into solids containing a crown-motif structure of platinum and gold. Using quick-scan X-ray absorption measurements and theoretical calculations, they studied a solid of [PtAu8(PPh3)8]-H[PMo12O40] called PtAu8-PMo12 and found that gas adsorption...
New nanomaterial enables more powerful quantum imaging systems
Feb 10, 2025 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Quantum physics holds great promise for advancing imaging technology beyond what traditional optics can achieve. At its core, quantum imaging uses pairs of photons – particles of light – that share a special connection called entanglement. This quantum connection allows imaging techniques that surpass classical...
Nanoscale tin catalyst discovery paves the way for sustainable CO2 conversion
Feb 10, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Researchers have developed a sustainable catalyst that increases its activity during use while converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable products. This discovery offers a blueprint for designing next-generation electrocatalysts. A collaborative team from the University of Nottingham's School of Chemistry and the University of Birmingham...
Researchers achieve record quantum efficiency in next-generation LEDs
Feb 10, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Research teams from Southeast University, led by Professors Zhenhua Ni and Junpeng Lv, in collaboration with Professor Hongwei Liu from Nanjing Normal University and Professor Peng Zhou from Fudan University, have achieved a breakthrough in van der Waals light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Their innovative approach combines...
Room-temperature infrared detector matches performance of cryogenically-cooled devices
Feb 10, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Research Groups from Southeast University and Nanjing Normal University Achieve New Milestones in High-Performance Room Temperature Infrared Detection A research team led by Professors Zhenhua Ni and Junpeng Lv at Southeast University has recently developed a room temperature infrared detector based on a two-dimensional material...
Gate-controllable two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides for spintronic memory
Feb 08, 2025 (Nanowerk News) The rapid advancement of technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) has heightened the demand for high-speed, energy-efficient memory devices. Traditional memory technologies often struggle to balance performance with power consumption. Spintronic devices, which leverage electron spin rather than charge, present...
New composite material converts light and humidity into mechanical motion and power for smart tech
Feb 07, 2025 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Scientists have struggled to create synthetic materials that can sense and respond to their environment with the precision needed for advanced robotics and smart devices. A key challenge has been developing materials that can efficiently convert multiple types of environmental changes - like variations in...