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Researchers Create Quantum Light Sources in Atomically Thin Material Layers

Physicists Alexander Holleitner and Jonathan Finley from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) headed an international research team that has effectively placed light sources in atomically thin material layers with a precision of only a few nanometers.

5 Aug 2019

First Artificial Molecular Machines for Biochemical Synthesis

Molecules are usually synthesized by utilizing stochastic bond-forming collisions of the reactant molecules present in solution, but nature follows an entirely different method in biochemical synthesis.

24 Jul 2019

Nanobio-Hybrid Organisms Use Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen to Produce Plastics and Fuels

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) have successfully produced nanobio-hybrid organisms that can use airborne nitrogen and carbon dioxide (CO2) to create a wide range of fuels and plastics.

12 Jun 2019

Researchers Explore the Growth of Atomically Thin 2D Crystals over Lithographically Patterned Arrays of Nanoscale Shapes

Headed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), a group of scientists investigated the way atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) crystals grow on 3D objects and the way these crystals are stretched and strained by the curvature of those objects.

4 Jun 2019

Researchers Design Graphene-Based Electrocatalyst that has Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity

An international team of scientists has recently enhanced the ability of graphene to catalyze the “hydrogen evolution reaction,” which produces hydrogen upon passing an electric current via water during electrolysis.

27 May 2019

Researchers Synthesize Iridium Nanocrystals for Efficient Water Electrolysis in Acidic Media

It is believed that hydrogen will serve as a clean energy for humans in the coming days. In this regard, electrochemical water splitting offers a potential process for producing hydrogen.

16 May 2019

Researchers Solve a Major Piece of Puzzle of Using Light to Trigger Chemical Reactions

How is it possible to catalyze chemical reactions by light, using the example of photosynthesis in nature? This process is still not understood well.

7 May 2019

Porous Graphene Sponge Could Lead to the Development of New Battery Technologies

Innovative battery technologies will be required to meet the demands of electronics in the future. In this regard, lithium-sulfur batteries may provide a solution as they have a hypothetical energy density about five times that of lithium-ion batteries.

30 Apr 2019

Innovative First-of-its-Kind Nanogenerator Creates Electricity from Snowfall

UCLA scientists and colleagues have engineered a new device that produces electricity from falling snow. This device is the first of its kind and is economical, thin, small, and flexible resembling a sheet of plastic.

16 Apr 2019

Material Challenges in Renewable Energy

New research claims that, in the race against climate change, the renewable energy industry must embrace the circular economy. Failure to do so will result in a shortage of the rare materials used to create solar panels and wind turbines, as well as electric cars and consumer electronics.

From NextGen Nano 26 Mar 2019

Nanoenergy News

Researchers Create Quantum Light Sources in Atomically Thin Material Layers

First Artificial Molecular Machines for Biochemical Synthesis

Nanobio-Hybrid Organisms Use Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen to Produce Plastics and Fuels

Researchers Explore the Growth of Atomically Thin 2D Crystals over Lithographically Patterned Arrays of Nanoscale Shapes

Researchers Design Graphene-Based Electrocatalyst that has Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity

Researchers Synthesize Iridium Nanocrystals for Efficient Water Electrolysis in Acidic Media

Researchers Solve a Major Piece of Puzzle of Using Light to Trigger Chemical Reactions

Porous Graphene Sponge Could Lead to the Development of New Battery Technologies

Innovative First-of-its-Kind Nanogenerator Creates Electricity from Snowfall

Material Challenges in Renewable Energy

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

A New Understanding of Metal-Carbon Interactions

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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