New Nanoparticle Material Developed for Efficient Water Desalination
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles decorated by gold absorb about 96% of the solar spectrum and turn it into heat. The material can accelerate the evaporation in…
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New Ceramic Phosphors for High Power LED Lights Could Save 20–30% More Energy
Materials scientists at Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), in collaboration with an international research team, have advanced the design of composite ceramic materials (Ce3+:YAG-Al2O3), i.e….
Scientists Replicate Self-Cleaning Anti-reflective Nanocoating of Insects’ Eyes
Scientists from Russia and Switzerland have probed into nanostructures covering the corneas of the eyes of small fruit flies. Investigating them the team learned how…
Metallic Glass: One Step Closer to Solving a Major Problem of Hydrogen Energy
A team of scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) together with their colleagues from Austria, Turkey, Slovakia, Russia (MISIS, MSU), and the UK found…
Ceramic Materials Developed That Are Transparent to Infrared
Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) teamed up with colleagues from Institute of Chemistry (FEB RAS), Institute for Single Crystals (Ukraine), and Shanghai Institute…
Ultrasensitive Detector Based on Black Silicon Can Detect Trace Amounts of Explosives
Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, and Melbourne Center for Nanofabrication…
Astrophysicists Complete Polarimetric Investigation of Near-Earth Asteroid 3200 Phaethon
Polarimetric investigation of a near-Earth asteroid Phaethon was carried out in December 2017 on its closest approach to the Earth. The study was conducted in…
Astronomers Use the Umov Effect to Unravel the Mysteries of the Universe
FEFU scientists are developing a methodology to calculate the ratio of dust and gas in comas and the tails of comets. This will help us…