Bone-Mineral Nanowires Boost Water Flow Through Desalination Membranes by 70 Percent
Researchers embedded ultralong hydroxyapatite nanowires in PVDF membranes, raising forward osmosis water flux by about 70 percent while improving antifouling ...
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Two-Faced Membrane Made in a Single Step Boosts Desalination Performance
Researchers have engineered a two-faced PVDF membrane in a single fabrication step, doubling desalination flux while resisting scaling for 100 ...
Iron-Loaded Surgical Mesh Offers New Hope Against Hernias After High-Risk Abdominal Surgery
A Spanish multicentre study of 180 high-risk patients found that iron oxide-loaded PVDF mesh placed over the fascia reduced two-year ...
Primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary Alkyl amine-functionalized PVDF membranes for DBSA removal
Dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid, or DBSA, is one of the workhorse detergents of the modern world. It is cheap, effective, and ...
Carbon Dots and Titanium Dioxide Turn Polymer Membranes into Antibiotic-Destroying Water Filters
Researchers in India have developed an electrospun PVDF membrane loaded with carbon quantum dots and titanium dioxide that removes 74.4 ...
Fluorine-Free Binder Paves the Way for Fully Recyclable Lithium-Ion Batteries
Researchers have developed a fluorine-free, water-processable polymer binder that matches PVDF performance in lithium-ion batteries while enabling full electrode recovery ...
Clay Nanotubes Build Superhighways for Lithium Ions in Solid Batteries
Researchers have woven naturally occurring halloysite nanotubes into a polymer-ceramic electrolyte, creating fast lithium-ion channels that boost conductivity, suppress dendrites, ...
Chalk, Bismuth and Nanotubes Combine to Smash Supercapacitor Records
A ternary composite of bismuth oxide, precipitated calcium carbonate and carbon nanotubes in a PVDF/DMF matrix achieves a specific capacitance ...
Earthquake-Harvesting Base Isolation Turns Seismic Shaking Into Its Own Control Power
Researchers in Türkiye have developed and shaking-table-tested a hybrid base isolation system in which piezoelectric PVDF layers harvest seismic energy, ...
Doped Ceramic Particles Push Flexible Polymer Fibers to Record Piezoelectric Output
Researchers boosted the beta-phase content of electrospun PVDF fibers from about 66 to 87 percent using strontium-doped barium titanate particles, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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