News tagged with ruthenium
DSC recipe brings good news to solar cell economics
A discovery in how to make solar cells cheap enough to boost the use of solar energy looks promising according to experts. The design represents an inexpensive process making use of an organic, printed dye ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 06, 2011 |
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Supramolecules get time to shine
(PhysOrg.com) -- What looks like a spongy ball wrapped in strands of yarn -- but a lot smaller -- could be key to unlocking better methods for catalysis, artificial photosynthesis or splitting water into hydrogen, ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 12, 2011 |
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Baking powder for environmentally friendly hydrogen storage
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hydrogen is under consideration as a promising energy carrier for a future sustainable energy economy. However, practicable solutions for the easy and safe storage of hydrogen are still being ...
Jun 14, 2011 |
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Heavy metals open path to high temperature nanomagnets
How would you like to store all the films ever made on a device the size of an I-phone?
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Contrast agent for tumor diagnostics: Phosphorescent metal-organic coordination polymers for optical imaging
(PhysOrg.com) -- X-rays are not the only way: visible and especially infrared light can also be used to image human tissue. The effectiveness of optical imaging processes can be significantly improved with ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 23, 2011 |
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Novel approach uses ion-molecule collisions, deposition to create sought-after material
(PhysOrg.com) -- Once only possible with expensive liquids and large amounts of waste, scientists can now create an efficient, easy-to-separate catalyst with small amounts of material, thanks to an innovative ...
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Metallic molecules to nanotubes: Spread out!
(PhysOrg.com) -- A lab at Rice University has stepped forward with an efficient method to disperse nanotubes in a way that preserves their unique properties -- and adds more.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 23, 2011 |
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New techniques for stapling peptides could spur development of drugs for cancer, other diseases
Researchers at the University at Buffalo have devised two new ways of "stapling" peptide helices to prevent these medically important molecules from losing their shape and degrading in the presence of enzymes.
Feb 04, 2011 |
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Physicists observe exotic state in an unconventional superconductor
A new fractional vortex state observed in an unconventional superconductor may offer the first glimpse of an exotic state of matter predicted theoretically for more than 30 years. In a paper published in the ...
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Researchers find a stable way to store the sun's heat (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT have revealed exactly how a molecule called fulvalene diruthenium, which was discovered in 1996, works to store and release heat on demand. This understanding, reported ...
Oct 25, 2010 |
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New nanomaterial, shaped like Stars of David, discovered by Israeli scientists
A new type of nanoparticle resembling the six-pointed Star of David (Magen David) that is the symbol on the flag of Israel has been discovered by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The discovery, the researchers ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 20, 2010 |
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How the first step affects the (watery) result
In trying to copy the photosynthesis in the laboratory a team of scientists of the Universities of Jena and Erlangen-Nurnberg and of the Institute of Photonic Technology in Jena (Germany) made a huge step ...
Jun 24, 2010 |
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Closing in on a carbon-based solar cell
To make large sheets of carbon available for light collection, Indiana University Bloomington chemists have devised an unusual solution -- attach what amounts to a 3-D bramble patch to each side of the carbon ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 09, 2010 |
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Shining Light on Graphene-Metal Interactions
(PhysOrg.com) -- By controlling the layered growth of graphene - a relatively "new" form of carbon that's just a single atom thick - researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered intriguing ...
Apr 02, 2010 |
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Carbonized TiO2 nanotubes with semimetallic properties increase the efficiency of methanol fuel cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mention of nanotubes usually means carbon nanotubes. But not all tiny tubes are made of carbon. For example, layers made of nanoscopic titanium dioxide have proven to be useful materials for biotechnology, ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 08, 2009 |
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