CAS QIBEBT team develops water-resistant cellulose nanopaper

Cellulose nanopaper (CNP) has potential application in the fields of electronic devices, visual display substrates, batteries, etc., due to its light-weight, low thermal expansion, excellent mechanical and optical properties. However, CNP is sensitive to moisture due...

CAS QIBEBT group develops solar-driven seawater pervaporation module

The group of JIANG Heqing at QIBEBT designed a 3D thermal film containing artificial photothermal cones with a polypyrrole (PPy) coating via chemical vapor deposition polymerization (CVDP). Absorbance was around 99 % in the entire solar spectrum, comparable to the...

Crust 1 rig system drills 7 km borehole into the earth crust

The land-based rig, jointly developed by Jilin University and Sichuan-based Honghua Group, did the drill in the Singliao basin in northeast China. It can dig as deep as 10 km and plans are to increase drilling capacity to 15 km depth. CAS news release, June 5,...