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In 2023, Lewis and Mullens were part of a team that used JWST to identify signs of quartz nanocrystals in WASP-17b's high-altitude clouds.
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The researchers also added rhodium or silver nanocrystals to the nickel-organic photocatalyst to create formic and acetic acids, respectively.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 July 2017
The black beads are abundant in zinc-sulfide nanocrystals, and thermochemical modeling of these beads indicates that hydrogen and sulfur were the major elements in the volcanic gas plumes that formed them.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 June 2025
So these iridescent nanocrystals can reflect any wavelength of light and color in their environment.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Junctions made of films of n- and p-type nanocrystals could be used to separate charges the same way they are separated in traditional photovoltaics.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Apr. 2011
Gur had been working on a way to use nanocrystals to make very cheap solar panels, and one of his papers had just been featured in the prestigious journal Science.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
And yet Gur realized that his nanocrystals stood no real chance of having an impact.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
There are thousands of potential types of hybrid nanocrystals.
—Mahshid Ahmadi, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2024
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The researchers also added rhodium or silver nanocrystals to the nickel-organic photocatalyst to create formic and acetic acids, respectively.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 July 2017
The black beads are abundant in zinc-sulfide nanocrystals, and thermochemical modeling of these beads indicates that hydrogen and sulfur were the major elements in the volcanic gas plumes that formed them.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 June 2025
So these iridescent nanocrystals can reflect any wavelength of light and color in their environment.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Junctions made of films of n- and p-type nanocrystals could be used to separate charges the same way they are separated in traditional photovoltaics.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Apr. 2011
Gur had been working on a way to use nanocrystals to make very cheap solar panels, and one of his papers had just been featured in the prestigious journal Science.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
And yet Gur realized that his nanocrystals stood no real chance of having an impact.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
There are thousands of potential types of hybrid nanocrystals.
—Mahshid Ahmadi, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Nanocrystal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanocrystal. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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