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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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K Y Simon Ng

Francesco Stellacci

Roberto Bagatin

Philip M Gschwend

Jian Zhu

Daniel P Prendergast

Minjun Bae

A device may include a metallic substrate and a plurality of nanorod arrays arranged on the substrate. The nanorod arrays may be made of porous metallic nanostructures and may appear black in color.

Black metallic nanorod arrays and method of manufacturing thereof

A device for separating liquids such as oil and water includes a hydrophobic and oleophilic mesh that allows oil to pass through while preventing water from passing through. The mesh can be fabricated simply from inexpensive materials by coating a mesh with a hydrophobic polymer.

Liquid separation device comprising a metallic mesh with a hydrophobic polymer coating

Iron nanoparticles that are useful for constructing electrodes for lithium ion batteries and a method of making said particles is disclosed herein. The nanoparticles may include magnetite. The electrode may be constructed by centrifuging the nanoparticles to a current collector, such as a disc of copper, without the use of an extrinsic binder. The solvothermal method of making nanoparticles decreases the time of the procedure from about 24 hours to about 75 minutes. The method of making electrode decreases the complexity and number of steps compared to the conventional procedure to prepare an electrode, and eliminates the use of additives (binder and current enhancer) and toxic NMP solvents in the electrode preparation process.

Centrifugation-assisted preparation of additive-free carbon-decorated magnetite electrodes

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