Clemson University physics professor Apparao Rao has received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to explore the use of carbon nanomaterials for energy storage. The Clemson physics professor will lead a team of researchers from Clemson and the University of California-San Diego in developing novel types of electrochemical capacitors with blueprints for their scalability.


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Organic catalysts are a breakthrough in the quest for inexpensive and efficient materials for environmentally friendly production of energy in fuel cells. A new study by physicists at Umeå University in Sweden provides better knowledge about key processes in producing these catalysts.


Tiva Sharifi, Guangzhi Hu, Xueen Jia, and Thomas Wågberg: Formation of Active Sites for Oxygen Reduction Reactions by Transformation of Nitrogen Functionalities in Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes, In: ACS Nano ASAP, September 28, 2012, DOI: 10.1021/nn302906r: http.//dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn302906r


Researcher at Engineering and Materials Science, and Department of Chemistry and Smalley Institute of Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, USA, put forward a comprehensive picture dubbed nanoreactor, which draws from ideas of step-flow crystal growth augmented by detailed first-principles calculations. The analysis adds a useful perspective on the synthesis of carbon nanotubes and its essential distinction from graphene.


Vasilii I. Artyukhov, Yuanyue Liu, and Boris I. Yakobson: Equilibrium at the edge and atomistic mechanisms of graphene growth, In: In: PNAS Early View,September 4, 2012, DOI:10.1073/pnas.1207519109: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1207519109


As part of an internal project at the Gemini Tribology Centre (friction, wear, lubrication), a group of researchers from SINTEF and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have spent two years building ground-breaking expertise in coatings and thermal spraying. 


Image: Capsule in the wear track, © SINTEF/NTNU

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