The involvement between electron transfer (ET) and catalytic reaction at electrocatalyst surface makes electrochemical process challenging to understand and control. How to experimentally determine ET process occurring at nanoscale is important to understand the overall electrochemical reaction process at active sites.
Nov 24th, 2021
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Researchers have developed a unique way of modifying the surfaces of nanoparticles within life-saving medications to provide infusions that can be delivered more quickly, but with a reduced risk of negative reactions.
Nov 24th, 2021
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Origami- and kirigami-based metamaterials have applications from robotics to medical devices.
Nov 23rd, 2021
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The novel approach might provide more effective long-term pain relief for people with sensitive teeth, compared to current options.
Nov 23rd, 2021
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Visible-spectrum, compact, power-efficient, low-loss phase modulator is a breakthrough in integrated photonics; the device will improve LIDAR for remote sensing, AR/VR goggles, quantum information processing chips, implantable optogenetic probes, and more.
Nov 23rd, 2021
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Researchers investigated how positively and negatively charged ions behave at the interface between a solid surface and an aqueous solution.
Nov 23rd, 2021
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Engineers have achieved a new benchmark in the design of atomically thin solar cells made of semiconducting perovskites, boosting their efficiency while retaining their ability to stand up to the environment.
Nov 22nd, 2021
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Scientists have used a suite of correlative, multimodal microscopy methods to visualise, for the first time, why perovskite materials are seemingly so tolerant of defects in their structure.
Nov 22nd, 2021
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New approach solves a persistent problem of intermittency that has hindered use of the tiny light emitters for biological imaging or quantum photonics.
Nov 22nd, 2021
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Researchers have developed a combined electric current 2D material sensor for the detection of breast cancer cells. This ultra-sensitive sensor was able to detect electrical signals from a record low number of cancer cells.
Nov 22nd, 2021
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For the first time through experiments and theory, researchers have been able to measure spin mixing in a ferromagnetic material. Through the experimental measurements, they discovered that a common factor in spin equations, in common use since the 1950s, has been significantly underestimated.
Nov 22nd, 2021
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Long-range magnetic order has been observed in quasicrystals, strange solids that show forbidden crystal symmetries, for the first time.
Nov 22nd, 2021
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Researchers have developed a human nuclear transfer stem cell-based microrobot for minimally invasive delivery into the brain tissue via the intranasal pathway.
Nov 22nd, 2021
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With the power of nanotechnology, investigators have discovered that cancer cells strengthen by forming nanotubes that they use to suck mitochondria out of immune cells.
Nov 22nd, 2021
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Nickel-cobalt metal dimer on nitrogen-doped carbon can catalyze electrolysis under both acidic and basic conditions.
Nov 19th, 2021
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Demonstrating that a material thought to be always chemically inert, hexagonal boron nitride, can be turned chemically active holds potential for a new class of catalysts with a wide range of applications, according to an international team of researchers.
Nov 19th, 2021
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