Researchers demonstrate that graphene made from many small crystalline grains is almost as strong as graphene in its perfect crystalline form.
Nanoengineering boosts heat to energy conversion
Nanoengineering boosts semiconducting material’s ability to convert heat into power by 200 percent and its electrical conductivity by 43 percent.
Nanotubes on graphene make the ultimate heat sink
A diamond film/graphene/nanotube structure was one result of new research carried out by scientists at Rice University and the Honda Research Institute USA.
Block copolymers make better solar cells
Solar cells created by laboratories at Rice and Pennsylvania State universities could open the door to research on a new class of solar energy devices.
Recycling Carbon Fibers from Composites
New research on recycling carbon from composites ensures that the fibers retain their properties to the greatest extent possible.
BASF and SINOPEC consider further expansion of Nanjing joint venture
Companies considering expansion of existing ethylene oxide production and a new plant for neopentylglycol.
Structure–Property Analysis Allows Colour-Tunable Solid-State Luminescence
Structure–property relationships of single crystals are analysed such that their spontaneous and stimulated emission properties can be quantified based on their crystal structures.
How will nanotech improve electric vehicle batteries?
“Cradle to grave” study of advanced Li-ion batteries recently completed by Abt Associates for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Senior Scientific awarded nanomedicine patent
Cell detection patent will improve cancer detection technology.
Metamaterial flat lens is recording breaking
New type of lens bends and focuses ultraviolet light in such an unusual way that it can create ghostly, 3D images of objects that float in free space.