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Plasmonic Effects Enhance Infrared Detection
Researchers from Peking University demonstrate that a plasmonic contact electrode can enhance the performance of carbon nanotube infrared detectors.
Reducing CO2 Emissions in China: A Realistic Scenario?
Global demand for transportation appears unlikely to decrease in the foreseeable future. China alone accounts for more than one-third of global demand in the transportation sector. Transportation demand in China has increased continuously with emissions reaching a...
The Effects of Nanomaterials on Blood Coagulation in Hemostasis and Thrombosis
Investigating how nanomaterials interact with the components involved in blood coagulation is an important step towards utilizing nanomedicine safely without causing dysregulation of hemostasis that could result in serious thrombotic and/or hemorrhagic pathologies.
Articulation and Exploitation of Frustrated Lewis Pairs – A Case of Rediscovery in Science?
The importance of revisiting and rediscovering old work: The exploitation of frustrated Lewis pairs.
What Can Scientists Do to Help Policy-Makers Understand Ambitious Climate Change Mitigation Goals?
A paper by James et al. provides an overview of methods to identify regional climate responses to global warming targets.
Silk E-Skin
Beijing-based researchers design an electronic (E-skin) based on silk fibroin for wearable pressure sensor applications.
Weapons of Mass Construction in the War on Climate Change: Heterogeneous Catalysis and Electro-Catalysis
In the war against climate change two promising approaches are being developed for catalytically converting CO2 to value-added chemicals and fuels
Borophene is the New Graphene
First-principles analyses of the mechanical properties of borophene – a novel material for flexible nanoelectromechanical devices.
Special Issue Advanced Materials Interfaces: Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
The first issue 2017 in Advanced Materials Interfaces highlights “Perspectives in Interface Research”.
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