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Graphene heat-transfer riddle unraveled
Jun 22, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers have solved the long-standing conundrum of how the boundary between grains of graphene affects heat conductivity in thin films of the miracle substa...
Scientists film shock waves in diamond
Jun 22, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers have used ultra-short pulses of X-rays to film shock waves in diamonds. The study headed by DESY scientists opens up new possibilities for studying ...
Biomedical breakthrough: Carbon nanoparticles you can make at home
Jun 22, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers have found an easy way to produce carbon nanoparticles that are small enough to evade the body's immune system, reflect light in the near-infrared r...
Researchers grind nanotubes to get nanoribbons
Jun 18, 2015 (SPX)
A simple way to turn carbon nanotubes into valuable graphene nanoribbons may be to grind them, according to research led by Rice University. The trick, said Ric...
ORNL demonstrates first large-scale graphene fabrication
May 15, 2015 (SPX)
One of the barriers to using graphene at a commercial scale could be overcome using a method demonstrated by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge...
Plugging up leaky graphene
May 13, 2015 (SPX)
For faster, longer-lasting water filters, some scientists are looking to graphene --thin, strong sheets of carbon - to serve as ultrathin membranes, filtering o...
Diagnostics of quality of graphene and spatial imaging of reactivity
May 13, 2015 (SPX)
A convenient procedure to visualize defects on graphene layers by mapping the surface of carbon materials with an appropriate contrast agent was introduced by a...
Channeling valleytronics in graphene
May 07, 2015 (SPX)
To the list of potential applications of graphene - a two-dimensional semiconductor of pure carbon that is stronger and much faster than silicon - we can now ad...
'Holey' graphene for energy storage
Apr 24, 2015 (SPX)
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have discovered a method to increase the amount of electric charge that can be stored in graphene, a two-di...
Engineers now understand how complex carbon nanostructures form
Apr 21, 2015 (SPX)
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are microscopic tubular structures that engineers "grow" through a process conducted in a high-temperature furnace. The forces that crea...
How unwanted CDs and DVDs could help cut carbon emissions
Apr 19, 2015 (SPX)
Now that most consumers download and stream their movies and music, more and more CDs and DVDs will end up in landfills or be recycled. But soon these discarded...
Ordinary clay can save the day
Apr 14, 2015 (SPX)
Carbon capture will play a central role in helping the nations of the world manage and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Many materials are being tested fo...
Canada's Ontario province puts a price on carbon
Apr 13, 2015 (AFP)
Canada's most populous province and economic engine will introduce a carbon cap and trade scheme to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Ontario premier Kathleen Wynn...
Two-dimensional dirac materials: Structure, properties, and rarity
Apr 02, 2015 (SPX)
Graphene, a two-dimensional (2D) honeycomb sheet composed of carbon atoms, has attracted intense interests worldwide because of its outstanding properties and p...
Spatio-temporal isolation of attosecond soft X-ray pulses
Mar 26, 2015 (SPX)
In a recent study, "Spatiotemporal isolation of attosecond pulses in the soft X-ray water window " published in Nature Communications by the Attoscience and Ult...
The key to the long-term storage of DOC in the deep ocean
Mar 26, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers from the Malaspina Expedition have made strides in the understanding of the mechanisms governing the persistence of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) f...
Caltech Scientists Develop Cool Process to Make Better Graphene
Mar 19, 2015 (SPX)
A new technique invented at Caltech to produce graphene-a material made up of an atom-thick layer of carbon-at room temperature could help pave the way for comm...
Rice fine-tunes quantum dots from coal
Mar 19, 2015 (SPX)
Graphene quantum dots made from coal, introduced in 2013 by the Rice University lab of chemist James Tour, can be engineered for specific semiconducting propert...
30 years after C60: Fullerene chemistry with silicon
Mar 19, 2015 (SPX)
The discovery of the soccer ball-shaped C60 molecule in 1985 was a milestone for the development of nanotechnology. In parallel with the fast-blooming field of ...
Buckyballs become bucky-bombs
Mar 19, 2015 (SPX)
In 1996, a trio of scientists won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their discovery of Buckminsterfullerene - soccer-ball-shaped spheres of 60 joined carbon ato...
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