News tagged with carbon nitride
All set and ready to glow
A new technique that paves the way for manufacturing affordable LED light bulbs is to be exploited in the UK, in a deal that researchers say could have a dramatic impact on carbon emissions.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Nanotubes key to microscopic mechanics
In the latest issue of Elsevier's Materials Today, researchers from Spain and Belgium reported on the innovative use of carbon nanotubes to create mechanical components for use in a new generation of micro-machines. While ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Harnessing the Divas of the Nanoworld
(PhysOrg.com) -- Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) are the divas of the nanoworld. In possession of alluring properties, they are also notoriously temperamental compared to their carbon-based cousins.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 14, 2010 |
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A water splitter with a double role
(PhysOrg.com) -- There is a lot of hope invested in hydrogen, but it also presents some problems. It is energy-rich, clean and, as a constituent of water, of almost unlimited availability. However, so far ...
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Researchers move graphene electronics into 3D
In a paper published this week in Science, a Manchester team lead by Nobel laureates Professor Andre Geim and Professor Konstantin Novoselov has literally opened a third dimension in graphene research. Their ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Nanoparticles used to increase thermal properties of transformer oil
Rice University scientists have created a nano-infused oil that could greatly enhance the ability of devices as large as electrical transformers and as small as microelectronic components to shed excess heat.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Designing chemical catalysts: There's an app for that
A big reason for publishing scientific results is to inform others who can then use your data and conclusions to make additional discoveries, technologies or products. But what good are findings if they are, ...
Jan 20, 2012 |
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A single cell endoscope: Researchers use nanophotonics for optical look inside living cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- An endoscope that can provide high-resolution optical images of the interior of a single living cell, or precisely deliver genes, proteins, therapeutic drugs or other cargo without injuring ...
Dec 20, 2011 |
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New 'super-black' material absorbs light across multiple wavelength bands
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA engineers have produced a material that absorbs on average more than 99 percent of the ultraviolet, visible, infrared, and far-infrared light that hits it -- a development that promises ...
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Graphene's 'Big Mac' creates next generation of chips
The world's thinnest, strongest and most conductive material, discovered in 2004 at the University of Manchester by Professor Andre Geim and Professor Kostya Novoselov, has the potential to revolutionize material ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 09, 2011 |
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Hot nickel nudges graphene: Study simplifies manufacture of semiconducting bilayer graphene
(PhysOrg.com) -- By heating metal to make graphene, Rice University researchers may warm the hearts of high-tech electronics manufacturers.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 16, 2011 |
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Researchers develop algorithm to predict new superhard crystals
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stony Brook University researchers, Artem R. Oganov, Professor of Geosciences and Physics and Dr. Andriy O. Lyakhov, Research Fellow, have developed an algorithm capable of predicting ...
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Novel alloy could produce hydrogen fuel from sunlight
Scientists from the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville have determined that an inexpensive semiconductor material can be "tweaked" to generate hydrogen from water using sunlight.
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Saving fuel while plowing
Less friction, less power, less fuel – plowshares coated with diamond-like carbon (DLC) slide through the soil like a hot knife through butter. As a result, the tractors pulling them need less power and ...
Jul 19, 2011 |
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