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Revolutionizing Energy Storage: Metal Nanoclusters for Stable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

The demand for efficient energy storage systems is ever increasing, especially due to the recent emergence of intermittent renewable energy and the adoption of electric vehicles.

13 Oct 2023

Controlling the Orientation of cMOF Nanofilms

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) and Kyoto University have suggested an approach for growing ‘face-on’ and ‘edge-on’ conductive metal-organic frameworks (cMOF) nanofilms on substrates by controlling the “stand-up” behaviors of ligands on various surfaces to circumvent the difficulty in such film orientation control.

10 Oct 2023

Engineering MXenes and MBenes for Selective Carbon Dioxide Capture

In a recent review, a team of researchers conducted an exhaustive analysis and proposed strategies for the widespread implementation of tMXene and MBene compounds in large-scale applications for capturing carbon dioxide.

5 Oct 2023

Bruker Introduces Next-Generation Nanomechanical Test System

At the annual Materials Science and Technology (MS&T23) conference, Bruker Corporation today announced the release of the Hysitron TI 990 TriboIndenter®.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 3 Oct 2023

Scientists Create Ultra-Strong, Lightweight Material Using DNA and Glass

Working on the nanoscale gives researchers a lot of insight and control when fabricating and characterizing materials. In larger scale manufacturing, as well as in nature, many materials have the capacity for flaws and impurities that can disrupt their complex structure.

3 Oct 2023

Atomic Precision Synthesis of Metal Nanoclusters with Tunable Superlattice Structures

Metal nanoclusters are small, crystalline structures that range up to two nm (2 x 10-9 m) in diameter and consist of a few to hundreds of metal atoms.

27 Sep 2023

Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis Using Gold Nanoclusters

Research on new, effective renewable, and clean energy sources is a top priority as the world's energy demand escalates.

25 Sep 2023

Color-Changing Coating Keeps Buildings Cool in Summer and Warm in Winter

As summer turns to fall, many people will be turning off the air conditioning and firing up heaters instead. But traditional heating and cooling systems are energy intensive, and because they typically run on fossil fuels, they aren't sustainable.

22 Sep 2023

New Insights Into the Silica Coating Process for Nanodiamonds

X-Ray tools at SSRL unveil that alcohol groups on the surface of nanodiamonds enable one of the world's most valuable materials to bond with one of its most abundant materials.

21 Sep 2023