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Self-Consistent Field and Liquid State Theories Provide a New Way of Looking at Nano-Channel Systems

A Northwestern University team advanced the understanding of plastics for battery application

10 Jun 2014

Reportlinker.com Adds Physical Vapor Deposition Market Report to its Offering

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Physical Vapor Deposition Market for Microelectronics, Storage, Solar Applications, Medical Equipments, Cutting Tools and Other Applications - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019

3 Jun 2014

New Method to Achieve Efficient Thermal Cooling and Heating Using MOFs

Thermal systems use heat to produce cold, and vice versa. To do so, a material is needed that can dissipate water vapor particularly well and quickly. A new method simply applies this property as a layer onto the components.

2 Jun 2014

Researchers Track Nanoscale Structural Changes Degrading Battery Performance

Batteries do not age gracefully. The lithium ions that power portable electronics cause lingering structural damage with each cycle of charge and discharge, making devices from smartphones to tablets tick toward zero faster and faster over time. To stop or slow this steady degradation, scientists must track and tweak the imperfect chemistry of lithium-ion batteries with nanoscale precision.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 30 May 2014

New Project Explores Electrochemical Energy Storage with Graphene-Enabled Materials

Graphene – the world’s thinnest material isolated at The University of Manchester – could make batteries light, durable and suitable for high capacity energy storage from renewable generation.

26 May 2014

Research Team Develops Reliable, Ultra-High-Speed Nanomotor

Researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have built the smallest, fastest and longest-running tiny synthetic motor to date.

21 May 2014

High Performance Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Silicon Dioxide Nanotubes

Engineers use silicon dioxide to make lithium-ion batteries that last three times longer between charges compared to current standard

16 May 2014

Researchers Produce Large-area PZT Thin Film Nanogenerators on Flexible Substrates

The energy efficiency of KAIST's piezoelectric nanogenerator has increased by almost 40 times, one step closer toward the commercialization of flexible energy harvesters that can supply power infinitely to wearable, implantable electronic devices

16 May 2014

Bi-Functional Nanoparticle Enables Faster Production of Cleaner Green Diesel

The U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory has created a faster, cleaner biofuel refining technology that not only combines processes, it uses widely available materials to reduce costs.

13 May 2014

Novel Nanomaterials Could Help Optimize Thermal Budget of Nanoelectronic Devices

Physicists are now designing novel materials with physical properties tailored to meet specific energy consumption needs. Before these so-called materials-by-design can be applied, it is essential to understand their characteristics, such as heat flow. Now, a team of Italian physicists has developed a predictive theoretical model for heat flux in these materials, using atom-scale calculations.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 8 May 2014