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Imaging methodology reveals nano details not seen before
Understanding nanoparticles at atomic scale in 3 dimensions could improve materials
02-04-2013
A team of scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Northwestern University has produced 3-D images and videos of a tiny platinum nanoparticle at atomic resolution that reveal new details of defects in nanomaterials that have not been seen before. Prior to this ...
Nanoparticles digging the world’s smallest tunnels
25-01-2013
The world’s smallest tunnels have a width of a few nanometers only. Researchers from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Rice University, USA, have dug such tunnels into graphite samples. This will allow structuring of the interior of materials through self-organization in the ...
New nanotech fiber: Robust handling, shocking performance
14-01-2013
Rice University's latest nanotechnology breakthrough was more than 10 years in the making, but it still came with a shock. Scientists from Rice, the Dutch firm Teijin Aramid, the U.S. Air Force and Israel's Technion Institute this week unveiled a new carbon nanotube (CNT) fiber that looks and ...
Rice team boosts silicon-based batteries
'Crushed' porous silicon anodes show dramatic increase in charge-discharge cycles
05-11-2012
Researchers at Rice University have refined silicon-based lithium-ion technology by literally crushing their previous work to make a high-capacity, long-lived and low-cost anode material with serious commercial potential for rechargeable lithium batteries.The team led by Rice engineer Sibani ...
Invisible barrier wards off metal corrosion
28-09-2012
A coating so thin it’s invisible to the human eye has been shown to make copper nearly 100 times more resistant to corrosion, creating tremendous potential for metal protection even in harsh environments.In a paper published in Carbon, researchers from Monash University and Rice University in ...
Glass half full: Double-strength glass may be within reach
Rice University study suggests possible method for increasing the strength of glass
27-09-2012
Glass is strong enough for so much: windshields, buildings and many other things that need to handle high stress without breaking. But scientists who look at the structure of glass strictly by the numbers believe some of the latest methods from the microelectronics and nanotechnology industry ...
Toughened silicon sponges may make tenacious batteries
Rice University, Lockheed Martin researchers extract multiple anodes from a single wafer for lithium-ion batteries
18-07-2012
Researchers at Rice University and Lockheed Martin reported that they've found a way to make multiple high-performance anodes from a single silicon wafer. The process uses simple silicon to replace graphite as an element in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, laying the groundwork for ...
Tiny bubbles snap carbon nanotubes like twigs
Rice University study details exactly how nanotubes bend and break
12-07-2012
What's 100 times stronger than steel, weighs one-sixth as much and can be snapped like a twig by a tiny air bubble? The answer is a carbon nanotube -- and a new study by Rice University scientists details exactly how the much-studied nanomaterials snap when subjected to ultrasonic vibrations ...
Palladium-gold nanoparticles clean TCE a billion times faster than iron filings
02-07-2012
In the first side-by-side tests of a half-dozen palladium- and iron-based catalysts for cleaning up the carcinogen TCE, Rice University scientists have found that palladium destroys TCE far faster than iron -- up to a billion times faster in some cases. The results will appear in a new study ...
New materials could slash energy costs for CO2 capture
Study IDs 'zeolite' minerals that are one-third more efficient for carbon capture
04-06-2012
A detailed analysis of more than 4 million absorbent minerals has determined that new materials could help electricity producers slash as much as 30 percent of the "parasitic energy" costs associated with removing carbon dioxide from power plant emissions.The research by scientists at Rice ...
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