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Silver Nanowire Electrodes Enable Hyper-Stretchable Elastic-Composite Generator

A research team led by Professor Keon Jae Lee of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed a hyper-stretchable elastic-composite energy harvesting device called a nanogenerator.

15 Apr 2015

Simple Method to Grow Perovskites into Elongated Nanocrystals for Lasers

Take a material that is a focus of interest in the quest for advanced solar cells. Discover a "freshman chemistry level" technique for growing that material into high-efficiency, ultra-small lasers.

15 Apr 2015

Study Holds Promise for Developing Graphene-Based Spintronic Devices

A group of scientists at Chalmers University of Technology has performed an experiment which showed that large area graphene can effectively maintain the electron spin for a long period of time and at the same time it also communicates the spin over longer distances than has been feasible until now.

14 Apr 2015

Palladium-Nickel Nanoalloy Catalysts Possess Tunable Parameters That Affect Critical Atomic-Scale Structural Features

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Scientists have discovered that for palladium-nickel catalysts, certain surface characteristics, measured at the atomic level, sped the creation of carbon dioxide from carbon monoxide. To reveal the optimal atomic neighborhood for surface chemical activity, high-energy x-rays were scattered by nanoparticles while they were exposed to a reactive chemical environment.

13 Apr 2015

UT Arlington to Build Microfluidic Electrochemical Reactor for Oxygen Recovery in Mars Missions

NASA has selected UT Arlington as one of four U.S. institutions to develop improved methods for oxygen recovery and reuse aboard human spacecraft, a technology the agency says is crucial to "enable our human journey to Mars and beyond."

13 Apr 2015

Researchers Exploit Bimetallic Nanocrystals into Nanoframes to Synthesize Durable Electrocatalysts

A team of researchers has synthesized a highly active and durable class of electrocatalysts by exploiting the structural evolution of solid Pt-Ni bimetallic nanocrystals into porous cage-like structures or nanoframes. This novel material significantly enhanced catalytic activity for the oxygen reduction reaction -- the splitting of an O2 molecule into two oxygen ions -- that is critical to fuel cells and potentially other electrochemical applications.

13 Apr 2015

Organic Compounds Enable Seamless Integration of Graphene for Flexible Electronics

Chemists from Europe’s Graphene Flagship review the potential for graphene-organic composite materials in electronics. The researchers show how organic semiconductors can be used to better process graphene, and to tune its properties for particular applications.

13 Apr 2015

Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Porins Hold Promise as Biomimetic Platforms for Nanofluidic Studies

Researchers have succeeded in developing a technique for spontaneous insertion of carbon nanotube (CNT) into synthetic and natural cell membranes to create pores imitating biological channels.

10 Apr 2015

Lifetime of Self-Assembled Nanostructures Programmed by Scientists

Materials that self-assemble and self-destruct once their work is done are highly advantageous for a number of applications – as components in temporary data storage systems or for medical devices. For example, such materials could seal blood vessels during surgery and re-open them subsequently.

10 Apr 2015

Nature’s Most Intricate Patterns Exhibited by Tiny, Synthetic Gold Nanoparticles

Our world is full of patterns, from the twist of a DNA molecule to the spiral of the Milky Way. New research from Carnegie Mellon chemists has revealed that tiny, synthetic gold nanoparticles exhibit some of nature’s most intricate patterns.

10 Apr 2015

Nanomaterials News

Silver Nanowire Electrodes Enable Hyper-Stretchable Elastic-Composite Generator

Simple Method to Grow Perovskites into Elongated Nanocrystals for Lasers

Study Holds Promise for Developing Graphene-Based Spintronic Devices

Palladium-Nickel Nanoalloy Catalysts Possess Tunable Parameters That Affect Critical Atomic-Scale Structural Features

UT Arlington to Build Microfluidic Electrochemical Reactor for Oxygen Recovery in Mars Missions

Researchers Exploit Bimetallic Nanocrystals into Nanoframes to Synthesize Durable Electrocatalysts

Organic Compounds Enable Seamless Integration of Graphene for Flexible Electronics

Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Porins Hold Promise as Biomimetic Platforms for Nanofluidic Studies

Lifetime of Self-Assembled Nanostructures Programmed by Scientists

Nature’s Most Intricate Patterns Exhibited by Tiny, Synthetic Gold Nanoparticles

Cigarette Waste as a Source for Sustainable Supercapacitors

Novel Technique Dramatically Increases Graphene's Elasticity

Nanotubes Stabilize Carbyne, Paving Way for Advanced Electronics

Laser-Induced Graphene for Printable and Biomedical Applications

Flexocatalytic Hydrogen Generation and Organic Pollutant Degradation Using Nano SrTiO3

Breaking Barriers in Thin-Film Deposition with ATLANT 3D’s DALP Technology

Overcoming Nanogold Production Challenges

Electrospinning and the Future of Nanotechnology

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