Headline: 2D nanosheets as anodes in Li-ion batteries: The answer is in the sheets

■ Release Date: 2022.10.31

■ Published by: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

■ Keywords: titanium diboride, anode, battery

■ Abstract:

Researchers use titanium diboride nanosheets as anode material in lithium-ion batteries to enable fast charging and extend battery life.

Headline: A new paradigm to enhance tumor targeting with biomimetic nanovectors

■ Release Date: 2022.10.31

■ Published by: University of Eastern Finland

■ Keywords: nanoparticles, silica, coating

■ Abstract:

A new technique to improve the coating of nanoparticles used in cancer therapy may enhance tumor targeting.

Headline: New catalyst can turn smelly hydrogen sulfide into a cash cow

■ Release Date: 2022.10.31

■ Published by: Rice University

■ Keywords: hydrogen sulfide, photocatalytic, hydrogen gas

■ Abstract:

Engineers and scientists have discovered a low-energy, one-step photocatalytic method for converting the problematic industrial pollutant hydrogen sulfide -- a gas with the unmistakable odor of rotten eggs -- into valuable hydrogen gas and sulfur.

Headline: New tech solves longstanding challenges for self-healing materials

■ Release Date: 2022.10.31

■ Published by: North Carolina State University

■ Keywords: carbon-fiber, self-healing materials, thermoplastic

■ Abstract:

Engineering researchers have developed a new self-healing composite that allows structures to repair themselves in place, without having to be removed from service. This latest technology resolves two longstanding challenges for self-healing materials, and can significantly extend the lifespan of structural components such as wind-turbine blades and aircraft wings.

Headline: In nanotube science, is boron nitride the new carbon?

■ Release Date: 2022.10.31

■ Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

■ Keywords: boron nitride, nanoscale fibers, graphene

■ Abstract:

Engineers synthesized aligned forests of nanoscale fibers made of boron nitride, or 'white graphene.' They hope to harness the technique to fabricate bulk-scale arrays of these nanotubes, which can then be combined with other materials to make stronger, more heat-resistant composites, for instance to shield space structures and hypersonic aircraft.

Headline: Quantum dots form ordered material

■ Release Date: 2022.11.1

■ Published by: University of Groningen

■ Keywords: opto-electronic, 3D material, quantum

■ Abstract:

Quantum dots are clusters of some 1,000 atoms which act as one large 'super-atom'. It is possible to accurately design the electronic properties of these dots just by changing their size. A team has succeeded in making a highly conductive optoelectronic metamaterial through self-organization.

Headline: Water for drinking? Nope, water for batteries

■ Release Date: 2022.11.2

■ Published by: Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH)

■ Keywords: zinc anodes, rechargeable, battery

■ Abstract:

A research team develops aqueous rechargeable batteries based on zinc anodes. Polymeric artificial interphase to improve battery stability.

Headline: Clear window coating could cool buildings without using energy

■ Release Date: 2022.11.2

■ Published by: American Chemical Society

■ Keywords: silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, titanium dioxide

■ Abstract:

As climate change intensifies summer heat, demand is growing for technologies to cool buildings. Now, researchers report that they have used advanced computing technology and artificial intelligence to design a transparent window coating that could lower the temperature inside buildings, without expending a single watt of energy.

Headline: Magnetic molecules on surfaces: Advances and challenges in molecular nanoscience

■ Release Date: 2022.11.2

■ Published by: University of Barcelona

■ Keywords: molecular, magnetism, nanostructuring

■ Abstract:

In the field of molecular magnetism, the design of devices with technological applications at the nanoscale --quantum computing, molecular spintronics, magnetic cooling, nanomedicine, high-density information storage, etc.-- requires those magnetic molecules that are placed on the surface to preserve their structure, functionality and properties. Now, an article analyses the most updated knowledge on the processes of deposition and organization of magnetic molecules on surfaces (nanostructuring), a determining process for the progress of technologies that involve a miniaturization of engines and a more efficient functioning in nanometric dimensions.

Headline: New material will make locally flexible diodes possible

■ Release Date: 2022.11.3

■ Published by: Technical University of Munich (TUM)

■ Keywords: diodes, silicon, semiconducting

■ Abstract:

Diodes allow directed flows of current. Without them, modern electronics would be inconceivable. Until now, they had to be made out of two materials with different characteristics. A research team has now discovered a material that makes it possible to create a diode with a simple change in temperature.

Headline: Discovery of a fundamental law of friction leads to new materials that can minimize energy loss

■ Release Date: 2022.11.3

■ Published by: NYU Tandon School of Engineering

■ Keywords: graphite, graphene, two-dimensional materials

■ Abstract:

Chemists and engineers have discovered a fundamental friction law that is leading to a deeper understanding of energy dissipation in friction and the design of two-dimensional materials capable of minimizing energy loss.

Headline: New study introduces the best graphite films

■ Release Date: 2022.11.4

■ Published by: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology(UNIST)

■ Keywords: single-crystalline, graphite films, pyrolytic graphite

■ Abstract:

A recent study has proposed a strategy to synthesize single-crystalline graphite films orders of magnitude large, up to inch scale.