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Utilizing HEA Nanoparticles as Catalysts for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

The exceptional properties of high entropy alloys (HEAs), including high strength and hardness as well as high thermal and chemical stabilities, have garnered considerable interest across a range of industries.

4 Apr 2024

Liquid Crystal Nanoparticles Supercharge Antibiotics for Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis is the most common, life-limiting genetic condition in Australia. It affects the lungs, digestive system, and reproductive system, producing excess mucus, infections, and blockages.

28 Mar 2024

Unlocking the Potential of Shape-Shifting Materials

Engineers at Stanford have employed 3D printing to create tens of thousands of hard-to-manufacture nanoparticles that have the potential to yield promising new materials that change form in an instant.

26 Mar 2024

Elusive 3D Printed Nanoparticles Could Lead to New Shapeshifting Materials

In nanomaterials, shape is destiny. That is, the geometry of the particle in the material defines the physical characteristics of the resulting material.

26 Mar 2024

Cohesive Alkali Metal Bilayer Structure between Graphene Layers

Researchers at AIST have created a method to introduce alkali metals into the graphene interlayers, working with researchers from Osaka University, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Kyushu University, and National Tsing Hua University.

19 Mar 2024

Revolutionary Carbon Nanotube Sheet Recyclability

High-performance carbon nanotube (CNT) sheets can be recycled while maintaining their shape, structural alignment, mechanical and electrical capabilities, and inherent flexibility, according to ground-breaking research from the IMDEA Materials Institute.

19 Mar 2024

Near-Unity NIR Phosphorescent Quantum Yield in Metal Nanoclusters

In collaboration with Prof. Quanming Wang’s team at Tsinghua University (THU), the research team led by Prof. Meng Zhou from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) attained near-unity room-temperature photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) (>99%) in the near-infrared (NIR) emission of metal nanoclusters in solution. Science published their study.

19 Mar 2024