Can Small Go Big? Microfluidics Aid Quest for Artificial Photosynthesis
Small-scale device provides easy “plug-and-play” testing of molecules and materials for artificial photosynthesis and fuel cell technologies.
Small-scale device provides easy “plug-and-play” testing of molecules and materials for artificial photosynthesis and fuel cell technologies.
For the first time, researchers detect how light excites electrons in metal.
Hot nanostructures cool faster when they are physically close together.
Tiny batteries made in nanopores manage ions and electrons for high power and extended life.
Researchers patent new x-ray microscopy technology to “see” both the chemical and physical aspects of materials.
One-dimensional material has a diamond-like building block.
Study of natural reservoir provides new clues for the long-term viability of geological carbon dioxide storage.
Concentrating noble-metal catalyst atoms on the surface of porous nano-frame alloys shows over thirty-fold increase in performance.
New studies explain the transition, providing a quantitative picture of a 50-year-old mystery.
Clusters with longer separations between atoms had enhanced catalytic activity.
Carbon nanotubes insert into artificial and active cell membranes, reproducing major features of biological channels.
Discovery paves the way to quantitatively investigate the interplay among magnetism, superconductivity and disorder in high temperature superconductors.