nano materials

Scientists have succeeded in developing a new and particularly efficient arrangement of components in a solar cell, where the charge donors are bundles of polymer (in green) and the charge acceptors are spherical carbon molecules, fullerenes (in purple and brown). [Courtesy of UCLA] 

Improving the efficiency of cheap solar panels

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Prof. Daniel Rittel. Photo: Technion

Research Most dental implants crack over the years

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Chemotherapy. Illustration: shutterstock

Graphene aids chemotherapy

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Details of the element phosphorus from the periodic table. Illustration: shutterstock

Black phosphorus as a basis for electronic components

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Tiny bundles of melanin bound between keratin found in the feathers of this African starling react with light to produce the iridescent colors on its back. [Courtesy of Liliana D'Alba]

Colorful nanomaterials inspired by bird feathers

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An electron microscope image from a previous study showing the nanoscale ridges that make up the surface of black silicon used in the production of solar cells. [Courtesy of Barron Group/Rice University]

An efficient method for producing solar cells

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One-pot selective monoconversion of cycloparaphenylene [Courtesy: ITbM, Nagoya University]

An annular "bracelet" for the synthesis of complex nanostructures

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Associate Professor Stefan Rodich. Photo: Miki Koren, Technion spokeswoman

Scale Armor: The Future Version

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Hydrophilic carbon aggregate together with polyethylene glycol developed at Rice University has the potential to moderate the overexpression of harmful superoxides through the conversion of active oxygen species that may harm biological functions into neutral oxygen molecules. [Courtesy of Errol Samuel/Rice University]

The great potential of nano-antioxidants

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The upper plate is a plastic plate prepared with the help of XNUMXD printing that carries inside it the letters "UW" printed in a slightly different material. The lower plate shows the plate after being stretched. [Courtesy of AJ Boydston/UW]

XNUMXD printing of mechanical devices

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Thin layers that change color from white to blue in response to a chemical warfare agent [courtesy: Swager lab]

Rapid detection of chemical warfare agents

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Microscope image of gold nanoparticles produced with the help of micro-plasmas on an innovative and extremely sensitive test strip, a strip capable of early detection of heart attacks.

Gold nanoparticles for early detection of heart attacks

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clear water. Photo: shutterstock

Nanoparticles for producing clean drinking water

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This image is a comparison of the electron structure in graphene versus the structure in compressed hydrogen synthesized by Carnegie University researchers [courtesy of Ivan Naumov and Russell Hemley].

Can hydrogen be made to have the properties of graphene?

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Molecules of carbon-60, also known as Becky balls, have been combined with amines to obtain a compound that absorbs carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas, in an amount equal to a fifth of its weight. The material has the potential to be used as an environmentally friendly solution for carbon capture from emissions originating from natural gas wells and industrial plant chimneys. [Courtesy of Barron Research Group]

Bucky balls for trapping greenhouse gases

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Transparent futuristic phone. Illustration: shutterstock

A new type of semiconductor

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A polymer-MXene composite nanomaterial developed by researchers at Drexel University that is both strong, electrically conductive, and flexible enough to fold. [Courtesy of Drexel University]

to bend a material without breaking it

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Polymer solar cells. Photo: Northern California State University

A new efficiency record for polymer solar cells

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Illustration of the tested molecule and the gold nanoantenna attached to it. The reaction of the nanoparticles to the light creates an electric field between the particles that increases the fluorescence and makes it possible to observe the single molecule. The image on the right shows the microscope image (TEM) of the molecular structure. [Courtesy of the Academy of Finland]

To see the "breaths" of a chemical molecule

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Herringbone-shaped ferroelectric materials, as seen in this painted image, may be used as transistors. Illustration: The researchers

Proelectric crystals to upgrade computing capabilities

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pollutants Photo: shutterstock

A biological method for purifying toxic pollutants

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Diamond nano-chain. Credit to Penn State University

Diamond nanochains for building the space elevator

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Heart patch. Illustration: Tel Aviv University

A heart patch containing materials from the patient's body may replace heart transplants

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Memory is made of phase change material. Illustration: Duygu Kuzum, Stanford University.

Extremely fast computers

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Illustration state: the molecules, which appear as red dots, crystallize into a structure that fully corresponds to the mathematical model, depicted in black and white, and form (from left to right, continue in the second row) crystals with rotational symmetry of 180, 90, 60, 36, and 30 degrees.

Quasi-crystals that organize themselves on demand

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A double coil made of nanocubes of magnetite. Photographed using a scanning electron microscope

small cubes

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The aggregation states of the substance. Illustration: shutterstock

Ideas that will change our world - to dream in material / Garbrand Seder and Kristin Persson

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The sophisticated microscope image of a material created through nano crystallography. Photo: University of Warwick, UK

An innovative method for preparing metal crystals

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: The image of the new polymeric material reinforced with carbon nanotubes, viewed through a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Illustration: IBM

Scientists at IBM have developed a new type of strong self-healing polymers - with the help of computational chemistry tools

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Researchers have demonstrated that they are able to produce vertical carbon nanofibers (VACNFs) using ambient air instead of ammonia gas. [Courtesy of Anatoli Melechko]

A simple method for the production of vertical carbon nanofibers

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The new nanoparticles consist of polymer chains (in blue) and three different drug molecules - doxorubicin in red, the small green particles symbolize the drug camptothecin and the larger green core the drug cis-platinum. [Courtesy of Jeremiah Johnson]

New nanoparticles capable of delivering three different drugs simultaneously to the target

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XNUMXD printing. Photo: shutterstock

Forum: to produce like in the movies / J. P. Rangaswamy

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The combination of two simple dyes together with gold nanoparticles becomes lethal to bacteria when exposed to light - even in low light conditions, and even in total darkness. [Courtesy: University College London]

Antibacterial surface active even in the dark

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Prof. Ehud Gazit, Tel Aviv University

Ramot will present tubular peptide-based nanoparticles for biosensors, optical devices, surface coatings and drug release at the NanoIsrael Conference

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Professor Shlomo Magdessi, from the Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the Hebrew University

An application will present nanometric ink at the "Nano-Israel 2014" exhibition

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A razor inspired by the salamander. Figure 1. Courtesy of the Technion

How the frog and the salamander helped the Technion researchers significantly improve the shaving process

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A "quantum leak" (in the mind of an artist) exposed inside a gallium-arsenide semiconductor in response to ultrafast laser radiation. [Courtesy of Baxley/JILA]

New semiconductor quasiparticles

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Nano Electronics. Photo: shutterstock

Electronic nano-components as a basis for renewable energy

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Detection of a tumor using an MRI scan. Photo: shutterstock

A new radiation-free method for detecting cancer

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In the sheet of the material graphene (the horizontal surface with the hexagonal pattern of carbon atoms) placed in a strong magnetic field, electrons can move along the edges, and are prevented from moving in the inner part of the sheet. In addition, in these languages, only the electrons with the appropriate spin will move in one direction only (the blue arrow), while the electrons with the opposite spin (the red arrow) are prevented from moving. [Courtesy of the researchers].

What is between graphene and quantum computing?

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Self-organizing nanostructures. Photo: shutterstock

Towards nature-inspired self-organizing networks

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The method combines computed tomography (CT) - capable of providing "slices" of the XNUMXD structure (the circles) - together with X-rays that provide an image of the distribution of the particles within the structure (PDFs, visible in the graphs) in order to present the information regarding the nanoscale structure and chemistry ( the different colors) inside the material, pixel by pixel and in XNUMXD [courtesy of Columbia University].

A new method that combines the advantages of X-rays and CT

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The tiniest frontier of medicine / Marisa Fessenden

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Visualization of the new XNUMXD shape compared to the flat sheets of graphene (in the background). [Courtesy of Boston College].

A new form of carbon: coiled "nanographene".

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A close-up of the surface of a metallic material. Photo: shutterstock

A new material that holds a world record for water absorption and surface area

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The pointed bottom corner of a piece of graphene (G) penetrates the cell membrane using the rough edges and sharp corners of the graphene (Source: Kane Lab / Brown University)

Is graphene dangerous to the human body?

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Rock salt from California. Photo: shutterstock. The pinkish-oval color of salt grains found in parts of the California and Nevada deserts is caused by "salt-loving" microorganisms called halobacteria.

Microorganisms help develop hydrogen fuel

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Kasper Naugaard, University of Copenhagen. PR photo

A transistor consisting of a molecular monolayer - graphene

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An illustration of the strength of a quilted graphene sheet. Image: Columbia University

Even when damaged - graphene is still the strongest material

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imitating nature. Photo: Hanlon Institute of Technology

A national basic conference "Biomimicry: learning to innovate from nature" - science/technology/design will be held today at the Holon Institute of Technology

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