Sunday, August 13, 2017

Vapor harvesting gets the edge

Surface wettability has little effect on atmospheric water gathering, but edge structure is crucial.

Solar cells and light sensors - fewer defects from a 2D approach

Flatter materials have fewer imperfections, which makes for better solar cells and light sensors.

Fabricating hexagonal boron nitride foam for CO2 absorption

Scientists report a technique to fabricate lightweight 3D macroscopic porous structures formed from hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanosheets.