Researchers reported the successful epitaxial growth of single-crystal hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) monolayers on a Cu (111) thin film across a two-inch c-plane sapphire wafer.
Mar 18th, 2020
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Researchers developed a single-step method to obtain water-soluble fullerene compounds with remarkable biological properties, such as the ability to effectively suppress the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Mar 17th, 2020
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Scientists underline the importance of defect engineering to promote catalytic performance by providing a simple and efficient way for modifying and optimizing metal-free semiconductor photocatalyst graphitic carbon nitride to solve the dual problems of environmental pollution and lack of fossil resources.
Mar 17th, 2020
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Researchers have developed a cheaper and more user-friendly cryo-electron microscope, which could ultimately put cryo-EM in reach of thousands of labs.
Mar 17th, 2020
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A novel statistical model analyses an electron microscopy movie to reveal atomic rearrangements in nanoparticles over time.
Mar 17th, 2020
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Researchers showed the possibility of blending two incompatible components -- a protein and a polymer -- in one electrospun fiber. The study also demonstrates that the resulting mat can gradually release the protein.
Mar 16th, 2020
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Researchers have created a new, rubber-like material with a unique set of properties, which could act as a replacement for human tissue in medical procedures.
Mar 16th, 2020
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A novel technology, capable of analyzing nanomaterials in our daily lives with the use of common 'salt' has been developed. This allows various molecules to amplify up to hundreds of times the signals they produce in response to light, thereby making them very useful for nanomaterial research.
Mar 13th, 2020
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Scientists discovered Majorana zero modes at both ends of 1D atomic line defects in two-dimensional iron-based high-temperature superconductors.
Mar 13th, 2020
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Nanoengineers offer a research roadmap that includes four challenges that need to be addressed in order to advance a promising class of batteries - all-solid-state batteries - to commercialization.
Mar 13th, 2020
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Researchers developed a three-dimensional hierarchically porous nanostructured catalyst with carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide conversion rate up to 3.96 times higher than that of conventional nanoporous gold catalysts.
Mar 13th, 2020
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Researchers have designed a system that can be used to make large quantities of the material while preserving its unique properties. The lab-scale reactor system can convert a ceramic precursor material into a pile of the powdery black MXene titanium carbide, in quantities as large as 50 grams per batch.
Mar 13th, 2020
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The new discovery removes water from the MXene-making process, which means the materials can be used in applications in which water is a contaminant or hampers performance, such as battery electrodes and next-generation solar cells.
Mar 13th, 2020
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Scientists uncovered an anomalous metallic behavior in an otherwise insulating ceramic material. The team used ultrashort light pulses with a wide range of colors to watch what happens when the insulating quasi two-dimensional material La2CuO4 (LCO) becomes a three-dimensional metal through laser irradiation.
Mar 12th, 2020
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Researchers have produced a gel from cellulose fibres and biodegradable nanoparticles that liquifies when pressed through the nozzle of a 3D printer, but then quickly returns to its original shape.
Mar 12th, 2020
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Researchers presented the test results of an innovative oncotherapy technology based on hyperthermia - heating a tumor to a certain temperature due to nanoparticles introduced into it. The drug based on cobalt ferrite nanoparticles cured 100% of the mice with intestinal cancer from the experimental group.
Mar 12th, 2020
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