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We have assembled a collection of articles focused on the "Grand Challenges” identified by the Smalley Institute -energy, water, environment, disease, education. We invite you to learn more about the impact Rice researchers are making through the following examples.
Videos:
Rice researchers invent paintable battery
Spinning nanotube fibers at Rice University
Researchers create solar steam using nanoparticles
Solar steam used to clean human waste in the developing world
Articles:
Rice scientists create a super antioxidant
Ship in a bottle’ detects dangerous vapors
‘White graphene’ halts rust in high temps
Bismuth-carrying nanotubes show promise for CT scans
Clay key to high-temperature supercapacitors
Water clears path for nanoribbon development
Graphene ‘onion rings’ have delicious potential
Broadband photodetector for polarized light
Not-weak knots bolster carbon fiber
Working backward: Computer-aided design of zeolite templates
Unzipped nanotubes unlock potential for batteries
2-D electronics take a step forward
Organic polymers show sunny potential
Diamonds, nanotubes find common ground in graphene
Rice unveils method for tailoring optical processors
Add boron for better batteries
Bovine blood keeps gold nanoparticles stable
‘Going negative’ pays for nanotubes
Flat boron may take many forms
Nanotube electrodes improve solar cells
‘Nanobubbles’ plus chemotherapy equals single-cell cancer targeting
Rice builds nanotube photodetector
Essential armchair reading for nanotube researchers
Rice technique points toward 2-D devices
Maglev tissues could speed toxicity tests
New nanotech fiber: Robust handling, shocking performance
Another tiny miracle: Graphene oxide soaks up radioactive waste
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