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Nanocomposites of chalcopyrite and metal nanoparticles show thermoelectric properties that depend on doping and surface effects.
Cancer Cell Death using Magnetic Nanoparticles
Careful design of magnetic properties in nanoparticles of alloyed magnetically hard and soft ferrites leads to high-performing particles.
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Biomimetic Soft Actuators with Color-Changing Capability [Video]
A color-shifting anisotropic soft actuator (CASA) with biomimetic actuation capabilities.
Smart Clothes with Electrodes
Swiss researchers developed fibers that can detect even the slightest pressure and strain and can withstand considerable deformation.
Recent Battery Research: Because Knowledge is Power
Solid-state and calcium-ion technologies, new SEI concepts, and intercalation electrodes are at the top of the list for the latest advanced battery research.
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A Novel Design Strategy for Bulk, Complex Nanostructures [Video]
A strategy to precisely design and assemble bulk, multicomponent nanostructures with ideal structures.
Improving PEEK Polymers Through Plasma By Drying and Storing
A French team of scientists studied the effect of the atmospheric pressure plasma treatment on poly‐ether‐ether‐ketone (PEEK) surface in terms of wettability and practical adhesion towards metallic thin films as well as the evolution of the wettability of PEEK surfaces regarding the aging of plasma treatment.
How to Power Your Life Wherever You Go–With Rain
The energy of single rain drops can now be harnessed to drive electronics by a hydraulic triboelectric nanogenerator.
Gooey Electronic Devices as Neural Probes
Ultracompliant hydrogel-based multielectrode arrays as neural probes.
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