A new smart fabric converts light into heat and can raise temperatures by more than 54 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new dye that can strongly absorb second near-IR radiation and transform it to heat. Starting with a dye from the bile pigment family, ...

More information: Zhichun Yu et al, Rapid photothermal heating of aqueous batteries for low-temperature conditions, Energy ...

Researchers have unveiled a newly designed smart heating fabric that can heat up to 54 degrees warmer using only sunlight.

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a process ...

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a process ...

Researchers have discovered that carbon black in black plastic enables efficient recycling when exposed to focused light. The ...

A team of researchers has developed a novel method to enhance the precision of cancer treatment using gold nanoparticles tagged with DNA barcodes.

When reduced to about one-thousandth the width of human hair, gold nanoparticles shine as therapeutic agents for cancer therapy. For instance, specks of the precious metal are used in photothermal ...

The Au-HN-1 nanosystem represents a breakthrough in TSCC treatment, integrating targeted photothermal therapy with advanced imaging for precise tumor ablation.