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Titanium Dioxide Shows Promise for Developing Nanosensors of Mechanical Stress

A property of Anatase titanium dioxide holds applications for room-temperature sensors of mechanical stress at the nanoscale.

3 Aug 2018

Simple, Effective, Versatile Method for Synthesizing Carbon Materials

Due to their chemical stability, high electric conductivity, and unique microstructure, carbon materials have excellent application potentials.

30 Jul 2018

Synthesizing Catalysts that Produce Homogenous Batches of Carbon Nanotubes

Researchers have reported that developing a batch of carbon nanotubes that are identical might not be as simple as scientists had hoped.

30 Jul 2018

New Approach Could Aid Materials Scientists to Synthesize Target Nanomaterials

The new method requires connecting the chemical properties of molecules with the nanostructures that develop because of their interaction.

27 Jul 2018

Researchers Get One Step Closer to Replicating Functions of the Brain

Astonishingly little amount of energy is required for the brain to adapt to the surroundings to learn, to have high recognition ability and intelligence, to make ambiguous recognitions, and perform complex information processing.

13 Jul 2018

Physicists Unearth Reasons for Loss in Superconductivity of Nanowires

Cooling a wire results in a breathtaking phenomenon where the electrons in charge of carrying the electrical current can flow endlessly without slowing down.

11 Jul 2018

Researchers Achieve Single-Atom Manipulation Using Advanced Electron Microscope

Atoms are the constituents of all matter and are too small to be observed without powerful advanced instruments such as electron microscopes. The same electrons forming images of atomic structures can even be used to move atoms in materials.

10 Jul 2018

New Method Proposed for Obtaining Complex Nanocomposites

A new method allows the isolation of metallic silver from the semiconductor forming silver nanoparticles on the surface of a semiconductor.

27 Jun 2018

Researchers Create Effective and Economical Sound-Absorbing Nanofoam

A new breakthrough material capable of reducing the noise level by 100% has been developed by a young scientist from the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) along with others. The new foam material is more efficient compared to standard analogs, minimizing the level of noise transmission by 20-22 dB.

26 Jun 2018