Exotic vibrations in new materials

New insights show universal applicability of carbyne as a sensor

28-May-2025 - For the design of future materials, it is important to understand how the individual atoms inside a material interact with each other quantum mechanically. Previously inexplicable vibrational states between carbon chains (carbyne) and nanotubes have puzzled materials scientists. Researchers from ...

Scientists learn how to make nanotubes that point in one direction

Arrayed tungsten disulfide nanotubes pave way for new tech applications

17-Dec-2024 - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have made tungsten disulfide nanotubes which point in the same direction when formed, for the first time. They used a sapphire surface under carefully controlled conditions to form arrayed tungsten disulfide nanotubes, each consisting of rolled ...

Water treatment: nanotubes capture steroid hormones

Removal of micropollutants in electrochemical membrane reactor with carbon nanotube membrane

11-Nov-2024 - Supplying people around the world with clean water is one of the major challenges of the present and future. Wastewater contains various micropollutants, i.e. organic and inorganic substances that occur in low concentrations but still have a harmful effect on humans and the environment. ...

Electrodes with hollow nanotubes improve performance of potassium-ion batteries

02-Nov-2023 - Researchers who are working to find alternatives to lithium-ion batteries have turned their attention to potassium-ion batteries. Potassium is an abundant resource and the technology functions in much the same way as lithium-ion batteries, but these batteries have not been developed at a large ...

New recipes for better solar fuel production

Researchers optimize production of solar fuels by using novel combinations of methods and materials to create new types of photocatalysts

20-Jun-2023 - Just as a superb meal requires the right ingredients prepared expertly, the production of better green fuel alternatives requires combining the right materials and methods. Recently, a team of researchers from China and the UK have found new ways to optimise the recipe for the production of solar ...

In milliseconds from polluted to clear water

New discoveries in the field of nanoscience

19-May-2021 - Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces developed a membrane that is composed of a bundle of nanometer-sized tubes. They used it as a nanoreactor to convert water marked with methylene blue into clear water in milliseconds using sunlight as a driver. ‘Running reactions ...

The importance of good neighbors in catalysis

Are you affected by your neighbours? So are nanoparticles in catalysts

04-Nov-2020 - New research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, published in the journals Science Advances and Nature Communications, reveals how the nearest neighbours determine how well nanoparticles work in a catalyst. "The long-term goal of the research is to be able to identify ...

Photocatalysts show promise in creating self-cleaning surfaces and disinfecting agents

New active photocatalysts based on natural aluminosilicate nanotubes with cadmium sulfide quantum dots

07-Sep-2020 - A joint paper by Kazan Federal University, Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, and Russian Oil and Gas University was published in Chemistry - A European Journal. The team produced and studied new active photocatalysts based on natural aluminosilicate nanotubes with cadmium sulfide quantum dots ...

Double-walled nanotubes have electro-optical advantages

01-Apr-2020 - One nanotube could be great for electronics applications, but there's new evidence that two could be tops. Rice University engineers already knew that size matters when using single-walled carbon nanotubes for their electrical properties. But until now, nobody had studied how electrons act when ...

Energy Flow in the Nano Range

Two new spectroscopic methods

23-Oct-2019 - It is crucial for photovoltaics and other technical applications, how efficiently energy spreads in a small volume. With new methods, the path of energy in the nanometer range can now be followed precisely. Plants and bacteria lead the way: They can capture the energy of sunlight with ...