CAS SINANO group develops multiresponsive graphene aerogel fibers

A group around Xuetong ZHANG at CAS Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO)  has developed a novel type of smart fibre by combination of graphene aerogel fibre, phase change material (PCM) and fluorocarbon (FC) resin coating. The fibre is flexible and...

CAS DICP team develops flexible planar Li ion microcapacitors

Interdigital micro-supercapacitors are a promising miniaturized energy source. A research team led by WU Zhongshuai and BAO Xinhe from the CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has reported a new-type of all-solid-state flexible...

China will have 700 National Key Labs by 2020

According to a post of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), jointly issued with the Ministry of Finance, China will rapidly expand the present number of 220 national key laboratories. Major efforts will be made in research fields such as mathematics,...