Colossal Carbon Tubes – a tubular form of carbon Colossal Carbon Tubes Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are famed for being a future wonder material that will enable a swathe of super-strong but light applications from…
Mosesite: properties and occurrences Mosesite is a very rare mineral found in few locations. It is a mineral consisting of a hydrous nitride of mercury with other anions and…
Carbon Nanothread Carbon nanothreads are a new one-dimensional sp3-bonded nanomaterial of CH stoichiometry synthesized from benzene at high pressure and room temperature by slow solid-state polymerization. It…
Carbon Nanoscrolls Carbon nanoscrolls, as an emerging family member of carbon nanomaterials, are a spirally-wrapped 2D graphene sheet with a 1D tubular structure resembling that of a…
Carbon Nanocones Carbon nanocones are conical structures that are made predominantly from carbon and which have at least one dimension of the order one micrometer or smaller.…
Rhodium (IV) oxide Rhodium (IV) oxide (or rhodium dioxide) is the chemical compound with the formula RhO2. Rhodium, together with platinum, palladium, iridium, ruthenium, and osmium, is one…
Culion Island, Philippines Culion, officially an island of the Municipality of Culion (Tagalog: Bayan ng Culion), one of the Calamian Group, west-central Philippines. In the province of Palawan,…
Ubiquitous Robot – an analogous way to ubiquitous computing The ubiquitous robot is a term used in an analogous way to ubiquitous computing. The system has been developed on the basis of the definition…
Zayandeh River, Iran Zayandeh River or ‘Zayanderud’ (Persian: Zāyanderud, from زاینده (zɑːjændɛ) “life-giver” and رود (rʊːd) “river”), also spelled as ‘Zayandeh-Rood’ or ‘Zayanderood’, is the largest river in…
Ubiquitous Computing – an advanced computing concept Ubiquitous Computing – an advanced computing concept The main focus of ubiquitous computing is the creation of smart products that are connected, making communication, and…
Tendril Plant Anatomy Tendril, a plant organ specializing in anchoring and protecting vine stems in botany. It is a specialized threadlike shaped stem, leaf, or petiole that is…
Wet Nanotechnology Wet nanotechnology studies nanoscale materials on a biological level, including cell parts. It is also known as wet nanotech, involves working up to large masses…