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RESEARCH
September 8, 2008
Nano mesh conducts better
Mix
the right chemicals in a vapor and you get a flexible semiconducting
nanoscale mesh that could be used to extract hydrogen from water.
A technique for growing titanium disilicide crystal yields
the net-shaped structure.
The nanoscale size and mesh shape improve the material's ability
to conduct electricity. The material has been used to extract hydrogen
from water and store the hydrogen in recent laboratory research.
Research paper:
Spontaneous
Growth of Highly Conductive Two-Dimensional Single-Crystalline TiSi2
Nanonets
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, published online September
2, 2008
Researchers' homepage:
Wang Lab
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hydrogen and storing it too -- related research
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