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A Simple and Affordable Tool to Count And Define Nanoparticles

Rice University scientists have developed an easy and affordable tool to count and characterize nanoparticles.

9 Jun 2020

Nanomaterial Combined with Light-Absorbing Dye Molecule Drives Hydrogen Production

In line with the depletion of fossil fuels and the environmental problems our planet faces due to their combustion, developing technology for clean energy generation is a topic of global interest.

9 Jun 2020

“Nanobrush” is a Viable Tool to Advance Energy and Information Technologies

A team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory synthesized a tiny structure with high surface area and discovered how its unique architecture drives ions across interfaces to transport energy or information.

9 Jun 2020

Confining Magnetic Fluids in Nanospace to Create Functional Materials

At the Shinshu University, a research group under the guidance of Ryusuke Futamura analyzed the response of magnetic ionic liquids (MIL) to magnetic fields from the microscopic viewpoints.

8 Jun 2020

Ultrathin Nanosheets Separate Ions from Water

In a world-first, an international research team, led by Monash University and ANSTO, has created an ultrathin porous membrane to completely separate potentially harmful ions, such as lead and mercury, from water.

8 Jun 2020

Optical Microscopy may Unravel Problems that Impact Humans’ Daily Lives

New Illinois ECE research is advancing the field of optical microscopy, giving the field a critical new tool to solve challenging problems across many fields of science and engineering including semiconductor wafer inspection, nanoparticle sensing, material characterization, biosensing, virus counting, and microfluidic monitoring.

8 Jun 2020

Electrode Based on Graphene Oxide, Aramid Nanofiber can Store More Energy

The explosion of mobile electronic devices, electric vehicles, drones and other technologies have driven demand for new lightweight materials that can provide the power to operate them.

5 Jun 2020

Graphene Spintronics Could be Building Block of Next-Gen Electronics

A team of researchers based in Manchester, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland and the USA has published a new review on a field of computer device development known as spintronics, which could see graphene used as building block for next-generation electronics.

4 Jun 2020

New Nanopillar Arrays can be Tuned from Linear to Elliptical Birefringence

Polarization, the direction in which light vibrates, is invisible to the human eye. Yet, so much of our optical world relies on the control and manipulation of this hidden quality of light.

4 Jun 2020

New Precision Linear Stage Family for Ultra High Vacuum Applications

A leader in nanopositioning solutions, PI (Physik Instrumente) LP introduces a new high precision linear translation stage family for High Vacuum (HV) and Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) applications. The L-509 vacuum stage series is offered for 3 different vacuum levels: 10-6 hPa, 10-7 hPa, and 10-9 hPa.

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 3 Jun 2020