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Electronics for High-Altitude Use can Get Smaller and Sturdier with New Nanomaterials

As demand for higher-efficiency and smaller electronics grows, so does demand for a new generation of materials that can be printed at ever smaller dimensions.

28 Apr 2020

Combination of Two Fabrics can Effectively Filter Aerosol Particles

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people wear masks in public.

27 Apr 2020

Synthesis of Silicon Intercalated Monolayer Blue Phosphorus

NUS chemists have developed a method to synthetically produce monolayer blue phosphorus for potential semiconductor applications.

27 Apr 2020

OCSiAl Becomes the Largest European Supplier of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes with its Upgraded REACH Registration

As from April 2020, OCSiAl is able to commercialize up to 100 tonnes annually of its TUBALL™ single wall carbon nanotubes in Europe thanks to the company’s upgraded dossier under the EU’s “Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals” (REACH) legislation, being additionally compliant with the new Annexes on nanoforms.

From OCSIAL Group 24 Apr 2020

Spider Comb-Inspired Antiadhesive Tools to Control Sticky Nanomaterials

Cribellate spiders spin thousands of tiny nanofibers into sticky threads. To keep from getting caught in their own webs, these spiders use a nonstick comb on their back legs.

23 Apr 2020

Researchers Move Closer to Unraveling the Physics of Quasiparticles in Carbon Nanotubes

A team of researchers from Osaka University, TU Wien, Nanyang Technological University, Rice University, University of Alberta and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale comes closer to unraveling the physics of quasiparticles in carbon nanotubes.

22 Apr 2020

Rapidly Cooling Magnon Particles to Advance Quantum Nanotechnology

The team, led by physicists at the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern in Germany and University of Vienna in Austria, generated the Bose-Einstein condensate through a sudden change in temperature: first heating up quasi-particles slowly, then rapidly cooling them down back to room temperature.

22 Apr 2020