Sentences with phrase «capturing nanomaterials»
LANP researchers study light - capturing nanomaterials, including metallic nanoparticles that convert light into plasmons, waves of electrons that flow like a fluid across the particles» surface.
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In a find that could transform some of the world's most energy - intensive manufacturing processes, researchers at Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics have unveiled a new method for uniting light - capturing photonic nanomaterials and high - efficiency metal catalysts.
Unfortunately, the best nanomaterials for harvesting light — gold, silver and aluminum — aren't very good catalysts, and the best catalysts — palladium, platinum and rhodium — are poor at capturing solar energy.
«Some novel research on nanomaterials used to capture carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels actually led us to this discovery,» said McGrail.
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Researchers at Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP), with colleagues at Princeton University, have developed a new method for uniting light - capturing photonic nanomaterials and high - efficiency metal catalysts, creating an «antenna - reactor» plasmonic catalyst.