Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Researchers Reveal Relationship Between Magnetic Field and Supercapacitors

Since energy storage devices are often used in a magnetic field environment , scientists have explored how an external magnetic field affects the charge storage of nonmagnetic aqueous carbon-based supercapacitor systems .The Chinese Academy of Sciences , the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China and the Zhaoqing Municipal Science and Technolo...

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Catapult-like Hydrogel Actuator Designed to Deliver High Contraction Power

Inspired by muscle-powered acceleration in biological jumpers , scientists have designed an elastic-driven strong contractile hydrogel that works by storing and releasing elastic potential energy in a polymer network .The work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China , the Chinese Academy of Sciences , the National Key Rese...

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LICP Develops Comprehensive Moving Tactile Senor Based on Mechanoluminescence

Recently, Dr. WANG Zhaofeng and his research group at the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Dr. ZHANG Jiachi’s group at Lanzhou University (LZU) and Dr. SUN Luyi’s group at the University of Connecticut, have developed two kinds of high performance ML materials, namely YAG: C...

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Scientists Develop Iridium-Catalyzed Distal Hydroboration of Aliphatic Internal Alkenes

Recently, researchers from the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (LICP) report a highly distal selective hydroboration of aliphatic internal alkenes using readily available iridium dimer precursor [Cp*IrCl2]2 (Cp* = pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) as the catalyst in collaboration with Zhengzhou University and ...

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Intriguing Flexible Devices Based On Mechanoluminescence

Mechanoluminescence (ML), also called triboluminescence (TL), refers to the phenomenon/process that materials could emit light under mechanical stimuli, e.g., friction, stretch, compression, impact, etc. The ML materials could utilize the ubiquitous mechanical energy in daily life to generate light emissions, avoiding the requirement of an artif...

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Ta2O5 in-situ composite Ta-based nanocrystalline coating with wonderful wear resistance and related wear mechanisms

Abstract YTantalum ( Ta ) - based coating is of wide application prospects due to its remarkable physicochemical properties .Similar Ta-based coatings with subtle microstructure differences present four distinct wear mechanisms under two typical friction conditions , among which ' polishing ' wear mechanism is beneficial for achieving wonderful ...

Researchers Reveal Relationship Between Magnetic Field and Supercapacitors

Catapult-like Hydrogel Actuator Designed to Deliver High Contraction Power

LICP Develops Comprehensive Moving Tactile Senor Based on Mechanoluminescence

Scientists Develop Iridium-Catalyzed Distal Hydroboration of Aliphatic Internal Alkenes

Intriguing Flexible Devices Based On Mechanoluminescence

Ta2O5 in-situ composite Ta-based nanocrystalline coating with wonderful wear resistance and related wear mechanisms