Drinkable seawater.
Around 10% of the world’s population lack a clean source of drinking water. The Korea Institute Of Civil Engineering and Building Technology has developed an electrospun nanofiber membrane to turn seawater into drinking water through a membrane distillation process in just a few minutes.
Their device is described in the Journal of Membrane Science: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376738820316008?via%3Dihub
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Around 10% of the world’s population lack a clean source of drinking water. The Korea Institute Of Civil Engineering and Building Technology has developed an electrospun nanofiber membrane to turn seawater into drinking water through a membrane distillation process in just a few minutes.
Their device is described in the Journal of Membrane Science: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376738820316008?via%3Dihub
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Nano-cleaners.
University of Colorado Boulder researchers have found that tiny, self-propelled particles can swim to escape from mazes as much as 20 times faster than passive particles, paving the way for their use in cleaning waste from hard to reach areas.
Their nanosystem is described in PNAS: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101807118
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University of Colorado Boulder researchers have found that tiny, self-propelled particles can swim to escape from mazes as much as 20 times faster than passive particles, paving the way for their use in cleaning waste from hard to reach areas.
Their nanosystem is described in PNAS: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101807118
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PNAS
Mechanisms of transport enhancement for self-propelled nanoswimmers in a porous matrix
As with living microorganisms, many real-world applications of synthetic micro/nanoswimmers are likely to rely on transport in complex environments, a phenomenon that remains poorly understood. Here, we report anomalously rapid transport of self-propelled…
Fast nanographene synthesis.
A group of researchers at Nagoya University, Japan have developed a new method for quickly and efficiently synthesising nanographenes. They used an APEX reaction with polycyclic aromatic templates to controllably synthesise a range of different nanographenes.
Their work has been published in Nature Communications: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24261-y
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A group of researchers at Nagoya University, Japan have developed a new method for quickly and efficiently synthesising nanographenes. They used an APEX reaction with polycyclic aromatic templates to controllably synthesise a range of different nanographenes.
Their work has been published in Nature Communications: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24261-y
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Nature
Diversity-oriented synthesis of nanographenes enabled by dearomative annulative π-extension
Nature Communications - Nanographenes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are important classes of compounds with numerous applications, but challenging to access due to a lack of...
Sheer Perfection.
A research team at UC Berkeley has developed a nanoparticle composite that grows into 3D crystals. The 3D polymer-grafted nanoparticles could lead to new technologies that are 3D-grown rather than 3D-printed.
Their work has been published in Nature Communications: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22950-2
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A research team at UC Berkeley has developed a nanoparticle composite that grows into 3D crystals. The 3D polymer-grafted nanoparticles could lead to new technologies that are 3D-grown rather than 3D-printed.
Their work has been published in Nature Communications: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22950-2
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Nature
Crystallization of nanoparticles induced by precipitation of trace polymeric additives
Nature Communications - Growing nanoparticle crystals typically requires strict control over interparticle interactions and assembly. Here, the authors show that a trace amount of polymeric...