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2017

Decoding a treasure trove of data from the brain

Research and new technologies have dramatically expanded the amount of data that can be captured from the brain over the past few years. The challenge now is to determine what that data can tell us.

Upconverted light has a bright future

A professor's method to "upconvert" light could make solar cells more efficient and disease-targeting nanoparticles more effective.

Chemists create 3D printed graphene foam

Nanotechnologists have used 3D laser printing to fabricate centimeter-sized objects of atomically thin graphene.

Texas team debuts battery-less pacemaker

A wireless, battery-less pacemaker that can be implanted directly into a patient's heart is being introduced.

Graphene-nanotube hybrid boosts lithium metal batteries

Scientists have created a rechargeable lithium metal battery with three times the capacity of commercial lithium-ion batteries by resolving something that has long stumped researchers: the dendrite problem.

How some battery materials expand without cracking

When you charge a battery, or when you use it, it's not just electricity but also matter that moves around inside.

First shipment of large quantities of graphene quantum dots

Dotz Nano, a company that capitalizes on the technological innovation in the Advanced Materials industry, announces the world's largest shipment of Graphene Quantum Dots for commercial use.

2016

2-D material a brittle surprise

Scientists have discovered that an atom-thick material being eyed for flexible electronics and next-generation optical devices is more brittle than they expected.

Researchers say 2D boron may be best for flexible electronics

Though they're touted as ideal for electronics, two-dimensional materials like graphene may be too flat and hard to stretch to serve in flexible, wearable devices. "Wavy" borophene might be better, according to scientists.

Battery components can take the heat

Scientists have introduced a combined electrolyte and separator for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that supplies energy at usable voltages and in high temperatures.

Nanotubes line up to form films

A simple filtration process helped researchers create flexible, wafer-scale films of highly aligned and closely packed carbon nanotubes.

2015

Why nanotubes now have their own alphabet

Carbon nanotubes grown in a furnace aren't always straight. Sometimes they curve and kink, and sometimes they branch off in several directions.

Light-harvesting nanoparticles, captures energy from hot electrons

Researchers have demonstrated an efficient new way to capture the energy from sunlight and convert it into clean, renewable energy by splitting water molecules.

Laser-burned graphene gains metallic powers

Chemists who developed a unique form of graphene have found a way to embed metallic nanoparticles that turn the material into a useful catalyst for fuel cells and other applications.

Researchers stretch a thin crystal to get better solar cells

An interdisciplinary team has made a semiconductor crystal with a variable band gap.

Wearables may get boost from boron-infused graphene

A microsupercapacitor may find its way into personal and even wearable electronics is getting an upgrade. The laser-induced graphene device benefits greatly when boron becomes part of the mix.

New shortcut to solar cells

Scientists have found a way to simplify the manufacture of solar cells by using the top electrode as the catalyst that turns plain silicon into valuable black silicon.

Energy-generating knee brace may power artificial hearts

Engineering students have created an energy-generating knee brace that they hope may someday help power artificial hearts.

2014

Atom-thick CCD could capture images

An atomically thin material may lead to the thinnest-ever imaging platform.

Simple way to make material for energy storage, electronics

Researchers have created flexible, patterned sheets of multilayer graphene from a cheap polymer by burning it with a computer-controlled laser.

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