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ITMO Scientists Create Water-Resistant Perovskite Nanocrystals for Studying Living Cells

ITMO scientists created perovskite nanocrystals that preserve their unique optical properties in water and biological fluids. This material offers new opportunities for the optical visualization of biological objects. It is an important achievement for the investigation of internal organs in living organisms and monitoring of the course of diseases.

20 Sep 2021

Chemists Provide a New Look at the Problem of Energy Efficiency in Lithium-Ion Batteries

An international research team featuring two Skoltech scientists has experimentally demonstrated that a long-standing explanation for low energy efficiency in lithium-ion batteries does not hold.

20 Sep 2021

Scientists Discover a Key Chemical Pathway to an Innovative Insulating Nanomaterial

Collaboration led by PPPL has identified a chemical pathway to an innovative nanomaterial that could lead to large-scale production for applications ranging from spacesuits to military vehicles.

17 Sep 2021

New Kind of Wave Pattern Emerges in Confined Titania Thin Films

Argonne scientists have observed that when the shape of a thin film of metal oxide known as titania is confined at the mesoscale, its conductivity increases. This finding demonstrates that nanoscale confinement is a way to control quantum effects.

14 Sep 2021

ITMO Researchers Create Nanoparticle Paste to Make Perovskite Solar Cells More Efficient

Researchers from ITMO’s School of Physics and Engineering have created a paste of titanium dioxide and resonant silicon nanoparticles that will increase the generation of photocurrent in perovskite solar cells and maximize their efficiency.

13 Sep 2021

Star Attraction: Magnetism Generated In 2D Organic Material by Star-Like Arrangement of Molecules

A 2D nanomaterial consisting of organic molecules linked to metal atoms in a specific atomic-scale geometry shows non-trivial electronic and magnetic properties due to strong interactions between its electrons.

13 Sep 2021

How Nanofibers can Improve the Performance of Biosensors

Biosensors are increasingly being utilized in a range of disciplines, such as the agricultural and food industries. However, they also have applications in environmental control, medical technology, consumer goods and manufacturing liquid puncture label technology.

9 Sep 2021