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Engineering Silicon Nanowires to Convert Sunlight into Electricity

Researchers from the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed silicon nanowires that can convert sunlight into electricity by splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen gas, providing a greener alternative to fossil fuels.

20 Feb 2023

Scalable Manufacturing of Fuel-Cell Nanocatalyst for the Hydrogen Economy

A fuel cell is a type of electric power generator that can convert hydrogen gas into energy while only emitting water as waste

17 Feb 2023

Killing Cancer Cells with Novel 2D Material with Virus

When electrical impulses are applied to nanomaterials in electro-thermal treatment, cancer cells can be precisely targeted with excellent biocompatibility.

17 Feb 2023

Advancing the Next Generation of Solar Fuels with Copper “Nanograins”

Since the 1970s, scientists have known that copper has a special ability to transform carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and fuels.

17 Feb 2023

Heterostructured Nanoflowers Could Improve Sodium Batteries

Transition metal sulfides have great potential for sodium storage due to their high theoretical capacity and abundance. However, low conductivity and volume expansion limit their high-rate performance and cyclic stability.

16 Feb 2023

Exploring Thermal Limits of Advanced Nanomaterials

At the High-Performance Materials Institute, a group of FAMU-FSU College of engineering scientists is examining the thermal limits of advanced nanomaterials.

15 Feb 2023

Gaining Deeper Insights into Controlling Selectivity in Plasmonic Catalysis

New insights have been provided by researchers at the University of Helsinki into the control over reaction selectivity along with visible light in plasmonic catalysis.

14 Feb 2023

Nanoscale Machines can Evolve New Functionalities by Being Broken Apart

Some "broken" nanomachines better sense their environment while others gain the ability to control their activity over time, Canadian researchers at Universite de Montreal find.

10 Feb 2023

Revolutionary Findings to Advance Sustainable Hydrogen Production

Hydrogen fuel could be a more feasible option than conventional fossil fuels, according to the University of Surrey scientists who have discovered that a type of metal-free catalyst could add to the advancement of economical and sustainable hydrogen fabrication technologies.

9 Feb 2023

Nanowire Assay Detects Brain Tumor Biomarkers in Urine

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are promising biomarkers for the early detection of cancer. Different systems are available to capture and analyze extracellular vesicles, separately.

8 Feb 2023