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Silver Nanowires Coated with a Compact Gold Shell for Improved Electrochromic Devices

The team of Professor Dongling Ma of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) developed a new approach for foldable and solid devices.

23 Feb 2021

Novel Nanotechnologies Could Help Reduce Friction in Various Mechanisms

Researchers from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI and Immanuel Kant Baltic State Federal University (BFU) have proposed the use of novel thin films to drastically minimize friction to enhance the durability of surfaces in mechanisms.

17 Feb 2021

Nanocomposite-Based Method to Create Highly Efficient Solar Cells

A new technique to develop unique solar cells could considerably enhance their efficiency.

3 Feb 2021

Rice Chemists Refine the Process of Preparing 2D Nanoflakes

Just a little soap helps clean up the challenging process of preparing two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride (hBN).

28 Jan 2021

New Way to Customize Metallic Grain Structures of Nanoparticles

Metallurgists have developed different methods to make a chunk of metal harder than before. They can twist it, bend it, pound it with a hammer, or send it between two rollers.

25 Jan 2021

Exploiting DNA Origami to Build Superconducting Nanoarchitectures

The search for ever-smaller electronic components has made an international research group examine the use of molecular building blocks to develop them.

20 Jan 2021

Molecular Design to Modulate Helical Nanostructures in Liquid Crystal Phase

A team of researchers led by Assistant Professor Yuki Arakawa (Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan) has successfully developed sulfur-containing liquid crystal (LC) dimer molecules1) with oppositely directed ester bonds, which exhibit a helical liquid crystal phase, viz.

20 Jan 2021