The research team at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology has reported that adding water into electrolyte improves the function of vanadium oxide, which is one of positive electrode material in calcium-ion batteries. Although water in electrolytes is known to produce many negative effects, it has now been found…
Assembly of Fluctuating Molecules in Artificial Cell Membrane
Lipids and membrane proteins existing in cell membranes, which locates at the outermost layer of cells, are responsible for recognizing extracellular environments and transferring that information inside the cell. Due to their deep relation to infection of bacteria and viruses, immunological response and neural transmission, they are important research topics in the fields of biology,…
A Simple Way to Make Mini Hotplates
Gas sensors used for leakage alerts and air quality monitoring are essential in our daily lives. Toward a ubiquitous society, smart gas sensors, which perform signal processing and communication besides sensing, have attracted much attention. In addition, integrating these functions into a single chip leads to low-cost and miniature smart gas-sensing systems. Semiconductor gas sensors,…