Recently, Prof. Jianhua Hao’s group from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University introduced a hydrogel-based triboelectric nanogenerator (Hydrogel-TENG).
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Confined catalytic Janus swimmers in a crowded channel: geometry-driven rectification transients and directional locking
Self-propelled Janus particles, acting as microscopic vehicles, have the potential of performing complex tasks on a microscopic scale.
Lead halide perovskite materials for high-performance energy harvesting devices
Ding and colleagues have fabricated a hybrid piezoelectric nanogenerator based on a composite of piezoelectric formamidinium lead halide perovskite (FAPbBr3) nanoparticles and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) polymer.
Topological phase transitions: 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 with one half to David J. Thouless and the other half to F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.
Molecular machines honored in 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, and Bernard L. Feringa for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.
Covalent Organic Framework Derived Non-Noble Metal Based Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting
Continuous demand for H2 and O2, two clean and efficient fuels, has created a need to find low-energy routes for producing them
Multifunctional Theranostic Agent for Multimodal Imaging Guided Photothermal Cancer Therapy
At Soochow University they have successfully prepared ultrasmall anionic-deficient WO3-x nanotheranostic probes
Multiple Energy Transfer Pathways Enabling Super-Efficient Broadband Upconversion
Upconversion holds promise for applications ranging from photovoltaic cells to bioimaging.
From aggregation-caused quenching luminogens to solid fluorescent materials
A brand new strategy for fabricating organic solid fluorescent materials containing aggregation-caused quenching luminogens.
The International Conference On Nanomedicine And Nanobiotechnology 2016
The International Conference On Nanomedicine And Nanobiotechnology 2016 will be held at the University Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris on Sept 28-30th.