Investigating the impact of the physical environment on immune cell activation.
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Recyclable, paper-based electronic circuits that reduce pollution and save on resources.
Prof. Ghim Wei Ho on Research for a Sustainable World
Dr. Ghim Wei Ho is a scientist who studies sustainable energy, discusses how she choose her research path, the future of the soft matter field, her hobbies, and who she admires the most.
Nanotechnology for Energy: Structure Your Solar Cells
What is the ideal nano-morphology for organic and hybrid solar cells? A progress report from a German research group sheds light on recent developments.
Microelectronics from MOFs: Single Crystal Microstructuring
Conductive metallic 3D nanostructures can be made inside a single crystal of a photocatalytically active metal-organic framework, say Belgian scientists.
The World´s Smallest Pipettes: Capillary Action in Carbon Nanotubes
Encapsulated metal nanoparticles can be extracted from carbon nanotubes through reverse capillary action.
Nanospheres and Solar Cells – On a Roll
“It seems like the whole world is working on solar cells; trying to make them better, cheaper and safer to cope with the looming global energy drought.” Professor Geoffrey Ozin talks about the current state of solar cell research.
Organic/Inorganic Nanocomposite Hybrid Materials
New special issue guest edited by Rick Laine appears in Applied Organometallic Chemistry
Carbon Nanotubes for Better Li-Ion Cells
A coating of single-walled carbon nanotubes improves the performance of li-ion cell cathodes: They show longer lifetimes and stable capacities even at very high rates.
Graphene Tracks for Aluminum Trains: Nanomaterials Engineering
Aluminum clusters move along graphene tracks, controlled by applied electric currents, in work by Spanish and Dutch researchers.
Powering the Planet with Energy Nanomaterials?
How can nanomaterials make a difference in the grand challenge: efficient and green global scale production, storage and use of energy? Professor Geoffrey Ozin from the University of Toronto gives his response to this question.
Graphene’s brothers and sisters
A set of twelve graphene-like materials is simulated regarding their stability, structural, and electronic properties.
Gold Nanoparticle Network Growth
Assembly of metallic nanoparticles into chains or plasmonic networks is affected by temperature and kinetics.
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