Free-standing and binder-free highly N-doped carbon/sulfur cathodes with tailorable loading for high-areal-capacity lithium-sulfur batteries

A practical high-loading Li–S battery is realized by using free-standing and highly conductive N-doped carbon paper as sulfur host.</p

It’s RAINing : Remotely Accessible Instruments in Nanotechnology to Promote Student Success

Remotely Accessible Instruments in Nanotechnology (RAIN) is a community of educators that aims to bring advanced technologies into K-12 and college classrooms via remote access. RAIN\u27s mission is to facilitate the study of nanoscale science by lowering barriers for instructors to deliver relevant educational activities for younger students interested in learning about nanotechnology across traditional STEM fields. Additionally, RAIN engages the next generation STEM workforce with a connection to experts, tools and institutions where cutting-edge research is being performed. This resource is particularly vital for underrepresented and minority students, especially those attending institutions that cannot provide on-site access to advanced technologies. Currently the RAIN network consists of ten sites across the United States and offers its services free of charge to make STEM education more accessible to the students that would otherwise not encounter these resources. Data shows that RAIN is effective at fostering a passion for the sciences when used in K-12 thru college curricula

A reliable synthesis of discrete-time Η∞ control. Part I: basic theorems and J-lossless conjugators

The paper gives a basis for solving many problems of numerically reliable synthesis of sub-optimal discrete-time control in Η∞. The approach is based on J-lossless factorisations of the delta-domain chain-scattering descriptions of continuous-time plants being controlled. Relevant properties of poles and zeros of chain-scattering models are given. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of stabilising J-lossless conjugators are presented and discussed. Some aspects of numerical conditioning of synthesis of such conjugators are considered. A numerical example illustrating synthesis of stabilising right J-lossless conjugators is also included

Soft-templating synthesis of mesoporous magnetic CuFe2O4 thin films with ordered 3D honeycomb structure and partially inverted nanocrystalline spinel domains

Combining sol-gel chemistry with polymer templating strategies enables production of CuFe(2)O(4) thin films with both an ordered cubic network of 17 nm diameter pores and tunable spinel domain sizes. These nanocrystalline materials contain only minor structural defects with λ = 0.85 ± 0.02 and exhibit multiple functionalities, including superparamagnetic behavior (T(B)≈ 310 K) and redox- and photoactivity