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A Synthetic Strategy to Stabilize Bio-Inspired Solar Energy Harvesting Materials

Inspired by nature, researchers at The City College of New York (CCNY) can demonstrate a synthetic strategy to stabilize bio-inspired solar energy harvesting materials. Their findings, published in the latest issue of Nature Chemistry, could be a significant breakthrough in functionalizing molecular assemblies for future solar energy conversion technologies.

24 Nov 2020

Integrating Diamond-Based Quantum Systems into Nanophotonic Circuits

Using modern nanotechnology, it is possible nowadays to produce structures which have a feature sizes of just a few nanometres. This world of the most minute particles - also known as quantum systems - makes possible a wide range of technological applications, in fields which include magnetic field sensing, information processing, secure communication or ultra-precise time keeping.

24 Nov 2020

EconCore Joins Audi and Others to Develop Composite Battery Casings

Belgium-based EconCore are pleased to announce a partnership involving AZL, Audi and others to establish the potential of using composites for battery housings.

From EconCore N.V. 24 Nov 2020

StocExpo Announces New Women in Tanks Initiative

StocExpo, the world’s leading bulk liquid storage event has announced its next new focal point for the 2021 event in Antwerp – Women in Tanks – to highlight the women working in the tank storage sector.

24 Nov 2020

Coxem Introduces the EM-30C with CeB6 Electron Source

Coxem is pleased to announce the newest addition to the EM-30 family of tabletop microscopes, the EM-30C.

From COXEM Co. Ltd. 24 Nov 2020

Picosun’s Medical ALD Solutions Enable Safer Surgeries

Picosun Group, the leading supplier of AGILE ALD® (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating solutions, partners with prominent Chinese hospitals and researchers to apply medical ALD technology for safer surgical procedures.

From Picosun Oy 23 Nov 2020

New dual-curing potting compound for piezoceramics

Panacol is expanding its portfolio of dual-curing acrylic adhesives with the introduction of Vitralit® UD 8052 F. This material was developed for piezo actuators and sensors. It possesses a particularly high tear resistance for bonding ceramics and plastics.

From Hoenle AG 23 Nov 2020

Durable Electrocatalyst Helps Improve Hydrogen Fuel Production

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy celebrates the National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day each year on October 8th (since 2015) to highlight hydrogen-based technological progress made.

23 Nov 2020

Researchers Create Low-Symmetry Foldamers from Organic Monomers

Life on Earth primarily depends on the self-organization and production of biological macromolecules.

23 Nov 2020

Scientists Find a Simple Method to Control Vacancy Layers in Oxynitride Crystals

Japanese scientists have stumbled onto a simple method for controlling the introduction of defects, called 'vacancy layers', into perovskite oxynitrides, leading to changes in their physical properties. The approach, published in the journal Nature Communications, could help in the development of photocatalysts.

23 Nov 2020

Using Light-Controlled Nanomachine to Control a Catalysis Reaction

The vision of the future of miniaturisation has produced a series of synthetic molecular motors that are driven by a range of energy sources and can carry out various movements.

23 Nov 2020

A New Approach to Induce Ultra-High Piezoelectric Coefficient in Hydrogen-Bonded Ferroelectrics

Prevalent piezoelectric materials like barium titanate (BaTiO3) and lead zirconate titanate (PZT) possess high piezoelectric coefficients 20-800 pC/N, which are also ferroelectric.

23 Nov 2020

A Highly Efficient, Inexpensive Electrocatalyst to Produce Green Hydrogen

Abundant. Clean. Flexible. Alluring enough to explain why hydrogen, the most common molecule in the universe happens to have its name as part of an national Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day.

23 Nov 2020

Nanoscale Curvature Provides a New Degree of Freedom to Control Graphene's Electronic Properties

A team of researchers has amplified 3D graphene's electrical properties by controlling its curvature.

23 Nov 2020

New High-Throughput Process for Making Ordered Titania Through-Hole Membranes

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have realized high-throughput production of thin, ordered through-hole membranes of titanium dioxide. Titania layers were grown using anodization on mask-etched titanium before being crystallized.

23 Nov 2020