Novel 'butterfly' molecule could enable photoenergy devices
Tallahassee FL (SPX) Aug 29, 2014 -
Exciting new work by a Florida State University research team has led to a novel molecular system that can take your temperature, emit white light, and convert photon energy directly to mechanical motions.
And, the molecule looks like a butterfly.
Biwu Ma, associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, created the ...
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Atoms to Product: Aiming to Make Nanoscale Benefits Life-sized
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 29, 2014 -
Many common materials exhibit different and potentially useful characteristics when fabricated at extremely small scales-that is, at dimensions near the size of atoms, or a few ten-billionths of a meter.
These "atomic scale" or "nanoscale" properties include quantized electrical characteristics, glueless adhesion, rapid temperature changes, and tunable light absorption and scattering that, ...
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Biomimetic photodetector 'sees' in color
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 29, 2014 -
Rice University researchers have created a CMOS-compatible, biomimetic color photodetector that directly responds to red, green and blue light in much the same way the human eye does.
The new device was created by researchers at Rice's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) and is described online in a new study in the journal Advanced Materials.
It uses an aluminum grating that can be ...
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Yale's cool molecules
New Haven CT (SPX) Aug 29, 2014 -
It's official. Yale physicists have chilled the world's coolest molecules. The tiny titans in question are bits of strontium monofluoride, dropped to 2.5 thousandths of a degree above absolute zero through a laser cooling and isolating process called magneto-optical trapping (MOT).
They are the coldest molecules ever achieved through direct cooling, and they represent a physics milestone l ...
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The fluorescent fingerprint of plastics
Munich, Germany (SPX) Aug 29, 2014 -
A team of researchers led by Professor Heinz Langhals of LMU's Department of Chemistry has taken a significant step which promises to markedly expedite the recycling of plastic waste. They have developed a technique which provides for automated recognition of their polymer constituents, thus improving the efficiency of recycling and re-use of the various types of plastic.
The technique tak ...
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Rubber meets the road with new ORNL carbon, battery technologies
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Aug 29, 2014 -
Recycled tires could see new life in lithium-ion batteries that provide power to plug-in electric vehicles and store energy produced by wind and solar, say researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
By modifying the microstructural characteristics of carbon black, a substance recovered from discarded tires, a team led by Parans Paranthaman and Amit Naskar is d ...
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JILA team finds first direct evidence of 'spin symmetry' in atoms
Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 29, 2014 -
Just as diamonds with perfect symmetry may be unusually brilliant jewels, the quantum world has a symmetrical splendor of high scientific value.
Confirming this exotic quantum physics theory, JILA physicists led by theorist Ana Maria Rey and experimentalist Jun Ye have observed the first direct evidence of symmetry in the magnetic properties-or nuclear "spins"-of atoms. The advance could s ...
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