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MIT Researchers Grow Carbon Nanotubes using Sodium-Containing Compounds Found in Common Household Ingredients

MIT researchers have recently discovered that ingredients like detergent, table salt, and baking soda are amazingly effective for cooking up carbon nanotubes (CNTs).

30 May 2019

NICNAS Approval Recieved

As announced in February 2019, FGR had made application to have graphene notified and assessed under The National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) for listing on the Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances (AICS) for its PureGRAPH™ graphene products.

From First Graphene Ltd. 30 May 2019

Understanding Operation of Catalysts at the Level of Atomic Structure of a Single Particle

Scientists from the Nanoscience Center (NSC) at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and in the Xiamen University, China, have determined how copper particles at the nanometer scale operate in altering a carbon-oxygen bond when ketone molecules are converted to alcohol molecules.

29 May 2019

Polymers Could be Crucial for Development of Single-Molecule Electronic Devices

Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology and University of Tsukuba show that polymers have a crucial role to play in the fabrication of single-molecule electronic devices, enabling researches to expand the boundaries of the nanoelectronics revolution.

29 May 2019

Researchers Build New Database that Removes the Guesswork from Nanofiber Fabrication Process

Electrospinning is a nanofiber fabrication method that is capable of producing micrometer- to nanometer-diameter metallic, ceramic, and polymer fibers of numerous compositions for a broad spectrum of applications, such as lithium batteries, tissue engineering, fuel cells, and filtration.

29 May 2019

Researchers Design Graphene-Based Electrocatalyst that has Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity

An international team of scientists has recently enhanced the ability of graphene to catalyze the “hydrogen evolution reaction,” which produces hydrogen upon passing an electric current via water during electrolysis.

27 May 2019

Combination of Nanotechnology and Photonics Improves the Performance of Medical Meshes for Surgical Implants

Surgical medical meshes were invented about five decades ago and since then have become important elements in the recovery processes of damaged-tissue surgeries, with hernia repair being the most frequent one.

24 May 2019

New Flatland Material: Physicists Obtain Quasi-2D Gold

Researchers from the MIPT Center for Photonics and 2D Materials have synthesized a quasi-2D gold film, showing how materials not usually classified as two-dimensional can form atomically thin layers.

24 May 2019

Scientists Invent New Process for Creating High-Precision Sensing Devices that Respond to Presence of Hydrogen

A research group at Osaka University has discovered a new approach for developing high-precision sensing devices that react to the presence of hydrogen gas.

23 May 2019

New Study Explains the Mechanism of Ultrafast Electron Photoemission by Metallic Nanostructures

The mechanism of photoemission of electrons from metallic nanostructures under ultrafast laser excitation has now been explained by the results of the Russian-Japanese experiment.

23 May 2019

Researchers Discover Molecular Nanomachines with High Efficiency and Low Energy Loss

In every person, there are trillions of very small molecular nanomachines carrying out various essential tasks to keep the person alive.

23 May 2019

Researchers Develop High Volumetric-Energy-Density and Long-Life Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

A team of researchers headed by WU Zhongshuai from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences created high volumetric-energy-density and long-life lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries on the basis of the densely compact, free-standing, and integrated cathode.

22 May 2019

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MIT Researchers Grow Carbon Nanotubes using Sodium-Containing Compounds Found in Common Household Ingredients

NICNAS Approval Recieved

Understanding Operation of Catalysts at the Level of Atomic Structure of a Single Particle

Polymers Could be Crucial for Development of Single-Molecule Electronic Devices

Researchers Build New Database that Removes the Guesswork from Nanofiber Fabrication Process

Researchers Design Graphene-Based Electrocatalyst that has Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity

Combination of Nanotechnology and Photonics Improves the Performance of Medical Meshes for Surgical Implants

New Flatland Material: Physicists Obtain Quasi-2D Gold

Scientists Invent New Process for Creating High-Precision Sensing Devices that Respond to Presence of Hydrogen

New Study Explains the Mechanism of Ultrafast Electron Photoemission by Metallic Nanostructures

Researchers Discover Molecular Nanomachines with High Efficiency and Low Energy Loss

Researchers Develop High Volumetric-Energy-Density and Long-Life Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

New Technology Images Molecules in 3D

Newly Developed Room-Temperature Polariton Nano-Laser Offers the Crucial Path of Related Research

Grafine Ltd Exhibits at Chinaplas 2019

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Novel 3D Imaging Technique Captures In Situ Nanoparticle Self-Assembly

Nanoparticles That Boost Tomato Plant Growth

Research Boosts Graphene’s Potential to Unprecedented Heights

New Study Finds Electrons Flow Like Liquid in Graphene, Breaking Rules

Covalent Organic Nanosheets Boost Sodium-Ion Battery Life

Enhancing Slurry Stability in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Turbiscan Technology

PiFM and its Role in Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

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