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Molecule as supplier and energy storage solution for solar energy

“Our new approach involves controlling the process to allow the stored energy to be made available as electricity as well, even after months have passed”

23-Apr-2024 - Until now, the generation and storage of electricity from solar energy has been dependent on various devices, leading to conversion losses. That may change soon: chemists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and other research institutes in Germany, Australia, the United ...

electricity hydrocarbons isomers

Milestone: Miniature particle accelerator works

Researchers succeed for the first time in accelerating electrons using a nano device

20-Oct-2023 - Particle accelerators are crucial tools in a wide variety of areas in industry, research and the medical sector. The space these machines require ranges from a few square meters to large research centers. Using lasers to accelerate electrons within a photonic nanostructure constitutes a ...

electrons laser accelerators laser physics

Novel approach towards nanomaterials developed

During this process, the team discovered an intriguing phenomenon

26-Sep-2023 - Scientists from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, both Germany, have successfully developed nanomaterials using a so-called bottom-up approach. As reported in the scientific journal ACS Nano, they exploit the fact that crystals often ...

crystallization nanomaterials nanoparticles

Cleaning water with ‘smart rust’ and magnets

New method for pollutants such as crude oil, glyphosate, microplastics and hormones

22-Aug-2023 - Pouring flecks of rust into water usually makes it dirtier. But researchers of FAU have developed special iron oxide nanoparticles they call “smart rust” that actually makes it cleaner. Smart rust can attract many substances, including oil, nano- and microplastics, as well as the herbicide ...

Crude Oil estrogen glyphosate

How fine bubbles lead to more efficient catalysts

Newly discovered effect boosts productivity of green hydrogen transport processes

21-Nov-2022 - Catalysts are of utmost relevance for the production of chemicals and energy storage with hydrogen. Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now discovered that the formation of bubbles ...

catalyst materials catalysts green hydrogen

Nano-Rust: Smart Additive for Autonomous Temperature Control

A new, versatile method for temperature monitoring in materials

11-Jul-2022 - The right temperature matters – whether in technical processes, for the quality of food and medicines, or the lifetime of electronic components and batteries. For this purpose, temperature indicators record (un)desired temperature increases that can be read out later. Researchers in the group led ...

iron oxide polymers temperature

More than a coffee ring

Researchers develop method that promotes uniform drying of particle-containing liquids

10-Jun-2022 - What do coffee, red wine and ink have in common? The stubborn stains they leave behind. Anyone who has ever knocked over a cup of coffee will know that coffee dries in an unusual pattern, the stain is lighter at the center but it gets darker around the perimeter, an effect known as the coffee ...

coating processes dispersions drying

Green hydrogen glows pink

Researchers develop a sensor to make hydrogen visible

14-Mar-2022 - Researchers at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy and the Chair of Thermal Process Technology at FAU have succeeded in making invisible hydrogen gas visible to the naked eye in order to prevent the risk of fires and explosions. The key to their research is what is known as supraparticles, ...

gas sensors green hydrogen hydrogen

Repairs using light signals

Smart microparticle identifies defective parts in electrical appliances

16-Jul-2021 - Repairing complex electrical appliances is time consuming and rarely cost-effective. The working group led by Prof. Dr. Karl Mandel, Professorship of Inorganic Chemistry at FAU, has now developed a smart microparticle that enables defective components in these appliances to be identified more ...

microparticles repair work

Using magnetic microparticles to mark objects unambiguously and tackle counterfeiting

‘Smart rust is cheap to make and ecologically sound’

10-Jun-2021 - We can only guarantee that objects are manufactured in an environmentally friendly, socially sustainable way and recycled correctly if all raw materials and intermediate products are marked unambiguously using a tamper-proof method. The current optical (barcode) and electromagnetic (RFID chip) ...

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