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Ultrathin Nano Design to Store Hydrogen Efficiently

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Sandia National Laboratories, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory worked together to construct 3–4 nm ultrathin nanosheets of a metal hydride that boosts hydrogen storage capacity. The study is published in the journal Small.

8 Feb 2023

Nickel Nanowires: Systematic Design and Fabrication

A research group headed by Professor Hui Wang and Associate Professor Zhigao Sheng from the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported the synthesis of polyvinylpyrrolidone-directed nickel nanowires (PNNWs) via solvothermal technique supported by a strong magnetic field in a work published in Advanced Materials Interfaces.

9 Jan 2023

New Technique Could Enable 3D Nanofabrication Across Different Materials

Carnegie Mellon University's Yongxin (Leon) Zhao and the Chinese University of Hong Kong's Shih-Chi Chen have a big idea for manufacturing nanodevices.

3 Jan 2023

Simple Approach for Fabricating Multipurpose MOF Nanoarrays

A recent study published in the journal Nature Communications focuses on this issue by presenting an extremely configurable soft nanobrush-directed technique for accurate in situ production of MOF nanoarrays on various surfaces.

18 Nov 2022

Achieving Plasmonic Metasurfaces With High Q-Factors

As far as metasurfaces have been concerned, surface lattice resonances (SLRs) and bound state in the continuum (BIC) are two suitable methods for obtaining high-quality factors (Q-factors).

15 Nov 2022

Using Gold Nanoclusters to Engineer Crystalline Material Growth

Researchers in Singapore, Saudi Arabia and Finland have provided insight into how crystal growth can be engineered by atomically precise metal nanoclusters.

14 Nov 2022

Rice Theorists Show How to Grow Pure Nanotubes with Single Chirality

Similar to a giraffe reaching upward for leaves on a tall tree, causing carbon nanotubes to stretch for food as they grow may result in a long-sought revolution.

10 Nov 2022

Fabrication of Ultrafine L10-Ordered Co–Pt Nanowires Using a New Technique

As the world becomes more technology-driven than ever, there is an increasing demand for better and quicker electronics and computers. Spintronics is a new innovation that encodes data using an electron’s spin as well as its charge state, thereby making the whole system faster and more efficient.

4 Nov 2022

Eco-Friendly Battery Performance Enhanced Using Catalysts with Unusual Phase Nanostructures

Metal-carbon dioxide batteries show immense potential as an eco-friendly technology; however, their energy efficiency is inadequate. A research group co-directed by chemists from the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has discovered a ground-breaking method to surpass this issue by adding an unusual phase nanomaterial as a catalyst, improving battery energy efficiency by up to 83.8%.

14 Oct 2022

New Design for Forward Osmosis Composite Membranes with Nanofiber Interlayers Support

Forward osmosis (FO), a new membrane-based technique, has low energy consumption and very little possibility for membrane fouling; however, the shortage of high-performance FO membranes prevents FO from being used widely.

13 Oct 2022