When platinum clusters are deposited on octahedral titanium dioxide nanoparticles, a photocatalyst is obtained that produces higher quantities of hydrogen and, more importantly, is much more stable than any other combination.
Jan 10th, 2024
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Be fast, avoid light, and roll through a curvy ramp: This is the recipe for a pioneering experiment. An object evolving in a potential created through electrostatic or magnetic forces is expected to rapidly and reliably generate a macroscopic quantum superposition state.
Jan 10th, 2024
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Researchers have introduced an upconversion plasmonphore platform to enable precise control over the polarisation of isotropic upconversion nanoparticles. This is achieved by coupling upconversion activators with carefully designed anisotropic gap plasmon mode-supported metasurfaces.
Jan 10th, 2024
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The achievement represents a major advancement towards technological innovations such as ultra-sensitive and super-resolution infrared imaging, as well as single-molecule vibrational spectroscopy.
Jan 10th, 2024
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Scientists have developed a new theoretical model explaining one way to make black silicon, an important material used in solar cells, light sensors, antibacterial surfaces and many other applications.
Jan 9th, 2024
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Scientists have shown that hydrogen atoms at the sides of molecules lying on a surface can directly be seen.
Jan 9th, 2024
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Researchers use nanoparticles made of UV light crosslinked amino acids, loaded with doxorubicin and coated with tannic acid complex to target cancer cells.
Jan 9th, 2024
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New lithium metal battery can be charged and discharged at least 6,000 times - more than any other pouch battery cell - and can be recharged in a matter of minutes.
Jan 8th, 2024
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Novel structuring approach effectively resolves the instability problem associated with low-dimensional materials in catalytic systems, enabling efficient and long-lasting hydrogen production.
Jan 8th, 2024
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Vanadium-doped MoS2 monolayers with low doping concentrations exhibited enhanced boron-exciton emission, showcasing promise for applications in broadband photodetectors.
Jan 8th, 2024
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The diagnostic, which requires only a simple urine test to read the results, could make lung cancer screening more accessible worldwide.
Jan 5th, 2024
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Spin-orbit torque, an important phenomenon for developing ultrafast and low-power spintronic devices, can be enhanced through Berry phase monopole engineering at high temperatures.
Jan 5th, 2024
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A front-end lens, or meta-imager, can potentially replace traditional imaging optics in machine-vision applications, producing images at higher speed and using less power.
Jan 5th, 2024
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Finding has large implications for applications in nanomedicine such as targeted drug delivery and intracellular studies.
Jan 5th, 2024
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Scientists have unraveled the water adsorption mechanism in hierarchical metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) while probing them on the atomic scale.
Jan 5th, 2024
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Researchers have developed nanoparticles that are able to selectively bind to activated astrocytes and microglia cells that mediate brain inflammation in AD, and found that both AD and aging strongly affect the ability of nanoparticles to cross the BBB and localize to the hippocampus.
Jan 5th, 2024
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