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Surface science goes inorganic
(19 Feb 2010)
Powerful concept offers new approach to understanding surfaces of materials
A collaboration between researchers at Northwestern University's Center for Catalysis and scientists at Oxford University has produced a new approach for understanding surfaces, particularly metal oxide surfaces, widely used in industry as supports ...
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An easy way to see the world's thinnest material
(05 Jan 2010)
It's been used to dye the Chicago River green on St. Patrick's Day. It's been used to find latent blood stains at crime scenes. And now researchers at Northwestern University have used it to examine the thinnest material in the world.The useful tool ...
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Camera flash turns an insulating material into a conductor
(14 Aug 2009)
An insulator can now be transformed to conduct electricity by an ordinary camera flash.A Northwestern University professor and his students have found a new way of turning graphite oxide -- a low-cost insulator made by oxidizing graphite powder -- ...
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Enabling graphene-based technology via chemical functionalization
(19 May 2009)
Graphene is an atomically thin sheet of carbon that has attracted significant attention due to its potential use in high-performance electronics, sensors and alternative energy devices such as solar cells. While the physics of graphene has been ...
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Researchers Make Breakthrough in the Production of Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
(16 Dec 2008)
Northwestern University team develops new method to reliably produce and sort out double-walled carbon nanotubes
In recent years, the possible applications for double-walled carbon nanotubes have excited scientists and engineers, particularly those working on developing renewable energy technologies. These tiny tubes, just two carbon atoms thick, are thin ...
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Compound could help detect chemical, biological weapons
(30 Sep 2008)
Advanced Photon Source only place in U.S. to examine such small crystals
A light-transmitting compound that could one day be used in high-efficiency fiber optics and sensors that detect biological and chemical weapons at long distance almost went undiscovered by scientists because its structure was too difficult to ...
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Northwestern Chemist Investigates Lost Reds In Homer Painting
(12 Jun 2008)
More than 30 years ago, when Northwestern University chemist Richard Van Duyne developed a powerful new sensing technique, he never thought he would be using it to learn more about treasures in the Art Institute of Chicago's collection - including a ...
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Engineers make first 'active matrix' display using nanowires
(03 Apr 2008)
Engineers have created the first "active matrix" display using a new class of transparent transistors and circuits, a step toward realizing applications such as e-paper, flexible color monitors and "heads-up" displays in car windshields. The ...
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Compound removes radioactive material from power plant waste
(17 Mar 2008)
Layered sulfides bond to strontium 90, other radioactive ions
Strontium 90 is a common radioactive by-product of fission in nuclear power plants. When extracted from the reactor along with other isotopes, a mixture is created made up of the radioactive material and inert ions like sodium and calcium.Scientists ...
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New material can find a needle in a nuclear waste haystack
(05 Mar 2008)
Nuclear power has advantages, but, if this method of making power is to be viable long term, discovering new solutions to radioactive waste disposal and other problems are critical. Otherwise nuclear power is unlikely to become mainstream.A team of ...
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