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Unveiling the electron's motion in a carbon nanocoil
May 19, 2016 (SPX)
Carbon nanocoils (CNCs) are an exotic class of low-dimensional nanocarbons whose helical shape may make them suitable for applications such as microwave absorbe...
Thinning out the carbon capture viscosity problem
May 19, 2016 (SPX)
To make "clean" fossil fuel burning a reality, researchers have to pull carbon dioxide out of the exhaust gases that rise from coal or natural gas power plants ...
Researchers unleash graphene 'tiger' for more efficient optoelectronics
May 17, 2016 (SPX)
In the quest to harvest light for electronics, the focal point is the moment when photons - light particles - encounter electrons, those negatively-charged suba...
Carbon capture is substantial in secondary tropical forests
May 17, 2016 (SPX)
One of the most effective methods for capturing carbon from the atmosphere in the tropics of Latin America requires doing very little. In fact, researchers say,...
Novel functionalized nanomaterials for CO2 capture
May 11, 2016 (SPX)
Climate change due to excessive CO2 levels is one of the most serious problems mankind has ever faced. This has resulted in abrupt weather patterns such as floo...
Getting a better measure of spin with diamond
May 08, 2016 (SPX)
Diamonds are one of the most coveted gemstones. But while some may want the perfect diamond for its sparkle, physicists covet the right diamonds to perfect thei...
University of Illinois researchers create 1-step graphene patterning method
May 02, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a one-step, facile method to pattern graphene by using stencil mask and oxygen pl...
Cooling graphene-based film close to pilot-scale production
May 02, 2016 (SPX)
Heat dissipation in electronics and optoelectronics is a severe bottleneck in the further development of systems in these fields. To come to grips with this ser...
Proteomics method measures carbon uptake of marine microbes
Apr 29, 2016 (SPX)
In a paper published April 26th in mSystems, a team of researchers led by microbiologists at Oregon State University, in Corvallis, describe a successful trial ...
Researchers create artificial protein to control assembly of buckyballs
Apr 29, 2016 (SPX)
A Dartmouth College scientist and his collaborators have created an artificial protein that organizes new materials at the nanoscale. "This is a proof-of-princi...
Large wildlife important for carbon storage in tropical forests
Apr 29, 2016 (SPX)
Many tropical forest trees depend on large fruit-eating animals such as elephants, tapirs, monkeys and hornbills for dispersing their sizeable seeds. Declines o...
Atomic magnets using hydrogen and graphene
Apr 29, 2016 (SPX)
Graphene, a sheet one atom thick made up of carbon atoms, has a huge number of qualities but lacks magnetic properties. Yet the hydrogen atom has the smallest m...
Cool combination produces easier carbon bonds
Apr 26, 2016 (SPX)
By combining two century-old techniques in organic chemistry, Syuzanna Harutyunyan is able to make organic compounds with greater ease and precision. Such compo...
Nanoscrolls created from graphene's imperfect cousin
Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)
Water filters of the future may be made from billions of tiny, graphene-based nanoscrolls. Each scroll, made by rolling up a single, atom-thick layer of graphen...
Simulating CO2 saturation in rocks offers clues to carbon capture, storage
Apr 18, 2016 (SPX)
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a relatively new method for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power stations and industrial processes and pushin...
Optical approach offers faster and less expensive method for carbon dating
Apr 13, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers from Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO), within Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy have demonstrated a new compact spectroscopic instru...
Unraveling truly one-dimensional carbon solids
Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)
Even in its elemental form, the high bond versatility of carbon allows for many different well-known materials, including diamond and graphite. A single layer o...
Tiny tubes move into the fast lane
Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)
For the first time, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have shown that carbon nanotubes as small as eight-tenths of a nanometer in diamet...
Effective graphene doping depends on substrate material
Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)
Juelich physicists have discovered unexpected effects in doped graphene - i.e. graphene that is mixed with foreign atoms. They investigated samples of the carbo...
Graphene nanoribbons: It's all about the edges
Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)
As electronic components are becoming ever smaller, the industry is gradually approaching the limits of what is achievable using the traditional approach with s...
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