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'Holey' Nanosheets for Wastewater Dye Removal
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered that extremely thin sheets of nickel oxide with hexagonally shaped holes can absorb hazardous dyes from wastewater nearly as well as the best traditional methods, but are recyclable. ...
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Super-thin carbon sheets poised to revolutionize electronics
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Super-thin films of carbon with exotic properties, now taking the scientific world by storm, may soon mean a new era of brighter, faster, and smaller computers, smart phones, and other consumer electronics. Brighter digital ...
Metal sheets with DNA framework may enable nanocircuits
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using DNA not as a genetic material but as a structural support, Cornell researchers have created thin sheets of gold nanoparticles held together by strands of DNA. The work could prove useful ...
Thinnest superconducting metal created
Jun 08, 2009 |
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A superconducting sheet of lead only two atoms thick, the thinnest superconducting metal layer ever created, has been developed by physicists at The University of Texas at Austin.
Water lilies inspire scientists to create large-scale graphene films
Jan 29, 2009 |
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In the world of nanomaterials, scientists and engineers can create new structures with tiny building blocks as small as one billionth of a meter.
By adding graphene, researchers create superior polymer
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 19, 2008 |
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Researchers at Northwestern University and Princeton University have created a new kind of polymer that, because of its extraordinary thermal and mechanical properties, could be used in everything from airplanes to solar ...
Lasers from space show thinning of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2009 |
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The most comprehensive picture of the rapidly thinning glaciers along the coastline of both the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets has been created using satellite lasers. The findings are an important step forward in the ...
Paperwork: Buckypapers Clarify Electrical, Optical Behavior of Nanotubes
Oct 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using highly uniform samples of carbon nanotubes—sorted by centrifuge for length—materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have made some of the most precise ...
Physics graduate creates graphene resonator
Feb 18, 2007 |
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In the world of cutting-edge physics, discoveries are often made using intricate procedures and elaborate, expensive instruments. But a paper by Cornell graduate student Scott Bunch and colleagues shows how ...
Graphene oxide paper could spawn a new class of materials
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 25, 2007 |
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Nearly 2,000 years ago, the discovery of paper revolutionized human communication. Now researchers at Northwestern University have fabricated a new type of paper that they hope will create a revolution of its own -- and while ...
NASA Ice Satellite Maps Profound Polar Thinning
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have used NASA’s Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) to compose the most comprehensive picture of changing glaciers along the coast of the Greenland and Antarctic ...
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