Oil spills and industrial pollution are significant threats to the environment. Concerns over safety have seen a high focus on enhancing the filtration of oily wastewater; for instance, at the time of the treatment of sewage.
At the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a research team has come up with a flow-electrode capacitive desalination technology along with a three-dimensional (3D) foam current collector for real seawater desalination.
???????External mechanical stress causes mechanoluminescent materials to generate visible or invisible light. Excitation can be induced by bending or moderate pressure, but it can also be completely achieved without contact using ultrasound.
Polymers, which are huge molecules built up of smaller molecules that repeat, are present in almost everything humans use in their daily lives. Polymers can be either natural or man-made. DNA, proteins, and materials like silk, gelatin, and collagen are examples of natural polymers, often known as biopolymers.
Scientists from China have investigated the use of silk sericin, a protein that naturally occurs in silkworm cocoons, in biomedical applications. Their findings have been published in a pre-print paper in the journal Biomaterials.
By Reginald Davey
20 Jun 2022
Reinforcing lightweight foamed concrete (LFC) materials with plant fibers can make concrete a sustainable material. A new study investigates the effect of the incorporation of lignocellulosic fibers on LFC performance.
By Bhavna Kaveti
20 Jun 2022
New research demonstrates the feasibility of using graphene to control hydrogen isotopes, specifically tritium.
By Samudrapom Dam
20 Jun 2022
Researchers performed strain-rate-dependent compression and indirect tension experiments on CeramTec Alotec 98% alumina ceramic.
By Bhavna Kaveti
20 Jun 2022
Writing in Energies, a team of researchers from the University of Huddersfield and the University of York in the UK has investigated weak spot prediction methods for photovoltaic solar cell technologies.
By Reginald Davey
20 Jun 2022
Professor Huigang Zhang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) and Dr Jun Lu of the United States’ Argonne National Laboratory discovered a “volcano-shaped” relationship between polysulfide adsorption and catalytic activity in lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries.
Electrically conductive polymers, like polyaniline, in medical equipment, automobiles, and much other advanced technology, keep numerous fragile components together.
The emergence of new thin semiconductor materials necessitates a quantitative analysis of the entire amount of RHEED records, which is time-consuming and involves expertise.
Graphene-related materials (GRMs) are often used to reinforce polymers. In small concentrations of up to five weight percent, GRMs can significantly enhance the strength, electrical conductivity and thermal transport of composites for a variety of applications. However, being a relatively new set of materials, graphene and GRMs need to be carefully assessed in order to identify potential adverse effects prior commercialization.
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments introduces the LCMS-2050 Liquid Chromatograph Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer that features a significantly reduced size, while providing high speed and high sensitivity analysis.
A group of researchers recently published a paper in the journal ACS Energy Letters that demonstrated the feasibility of using single-site titanium (Ti) catalysts for hydrogen (H2) spillover and storage on graphene.
By Samudrapom Dam
17 Jun 2022