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Making New Materials an Atomic Layer at a Time
Apr. 16, 2014 — Researchers have shown the ability to grow high quality, single-layer materials one on top of the other using chemical vapor deposition. This highly scalable technique, often used in the ... full story -
Relieving Electric Vehicle Range Anxiety With Improved Batteries
Apr. 16, 2014 — A new nanomaterial called a metal organic framework could extend the lifespan of lithium-sulfur batteries, which could be used to increase the driving range of electric vehicles. Researchers added ... full story -
Scientists Achieve First Direct Observations of Excitons in Motion
Apr. 16, 2014 — A quasiparticle called an exciton -- responsible for the transfer of energy within devices such as solar cells, LEDs, and semiconductor circuits -- has been understood theoretically for decades. But ... full story -
A Small Connection With Big Implications: Wiring Up Carbon-Based Electronics
Apr. 16, 2014 — Carbon-based nanostructures such as nanotubes, graphene sheets, and nanoribbons are unique building blocks showing versatile nanomechanical and nanoelectronic properties. These materials which are ... full story -
Targeting Cancer With a Triple Threat: New Nanoparticles Can Deliver Three Drugs at Once
Apr. 15, 2014 — Chemists have designed nanoparticles that can deliver three cancer drugs at a time. Such particles could be designed to carry even more drugs, allowing researchers to develop new treatment regimens ... full story -
Nanocrystalline Cellulose Modified Into Efficient Viral Inhibitor
Apr. 15, 2014 — Researchers have succeeded in creating a surface on nano-sized cellulose crystals that imitates a biological structure. The surface adsorbs viruses and disables them. The results can prove useful in ... full story -
Nano Shake-Up: Routine Handling Can Affect Nano Drug Carriers
Apr. 14, 2014 — Routine processing can affect the size of nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery, new research shows. Nanotechnology has unlocked new pathways for targeted drug delivery, including the use of ... full story -
'Nano-Anesthesia: New Approach to Local Anesthesia?
Apr. 11, 2014 — A technique using anesthesia-containing nanoparticles —- drawn to the targeted area of the body by magnets —- could one day provide a useful alternative to nerve block for local anesthesia in ... full story -
Better Solar Cells, Better LED Light and Vast Optical Possibilities
Apr. 11, 2014 — Changes at the atom level in nanowires offer vast possibilities for improvement of solar cells and LED light. Researchers have discovered that by tuning a small strain on single nanowires they can ... full story -
Nanostructures With Applications in Infrared and Terahertz Ranges
Apr. 11, 2014 — Scientists have created a compound semiconductor of nearly perfect quality with embedded nanostructures containing ordered lines of atoms that can manipulate light energy in the mid-infrared range. ... full story -
A Modern Twist on Young's Slits
Apr. 10, 2014 — A landmark experiment on wave interference from the early 1800s is revisited using gold nanoparticles. In the eighteenth century, scientists faced a conundrum: is light a wave or a particle? One of ... full story -
Sunlight Generates Hydrogen in New Porous Silicon
Apr. 10, 2014 — Porous silicon manufactured in a bottom up procedure using solar energy can be used to generate hydrogen from water, according to mechanical engineers who also see applications for batteries, ... full story -
The Motion of the Medium Matters for Self-Assembling Particles
Apr. 9, 2014 — Earlier work assumed that the liquid medium in which certain self-assembling particles float could be treated as a placid vacuum, but scientists have now shown that fluid dynamics play a crucial role ... full story -
New 'Switch' Could Power Quantum Computing: Light Lattice Traps Atoms, Builds Networks of Quantum Information Transmitters
Apr. 9, 2014 — Using a laser to place individual rubidium atoms near the surface of a lattice of light, scientists have developed a new method for connecting particles -- one that could help in the development of ... full story -
No Compromises: Short, Flexible, Reusable AFM Probe
Apr. 9, 2014 — A short, flexible, reusable probe for the atomic force microscope that enables state-of-the-art precision and stability in picoscale force measurements has been engineered by scientists. Shorter, ... full story -
Novel Ultra-Fast Electrical Circuits Use Light-Generated Tunneling Currents
Apr. 9, 2014 — Scientists have successfully designed and fabricated electrical circuits that can operate at hundreds of terahertz frequencies, which is tens of thousands times faster than today’s state-of-the-art ... full story -
Scalable CVD Process for Making 2-D Molybdenum Diselenide
Apr. 8, 2014 — Nanoengineering researchers have unveiled a potentially scalable method for making one-atom-thick layers of molybdenum diselenide -- a material that is similar to graphene but has better properties ... full story -
Expanding Particles to Engineer Defects: Adding Larger Particle to Crystalline System Can Create Order Rather Than Distortions
Apr. 8, 2014 — Materials scientists have long known that introducing defects into three-dimensional materials can improve their mechanical and electronic properties. Now a new study finds how defects affect ... full story -
Domain Walls in Nanowires Cleverly Set in Motion
Apr. 8, 2014 — Researchers have achieved a major breakthrough in the development of methods of information processing in nanomagnets. Using a new trick, they have been able to induce synchronous motion of the ... full story -
Trees Go High-Tech: Process Turns Cellulose Into Energy Storage Devices
Apr. 7, 2014 — A fundamental chemical discovery should allow tress to soon play a major role in making high-tech energy storage devices. A method has been discovered to turn cellulose -- the most abundant organic ... full story
- Making new materials an atomic layer at a time
- Relieving electric vehicle range anxiety with improved batteries
- Scientists achieve first direct observations of excitons in motion
- A small connection with big implications: Wiring up carbon-based electronics
- Targeting cancer with a triple threat: New nanoparticles can deliver three drugs at once
- Nanocrystalline cellulose modified into efficient viral inhibitor
- 'Nano-anesthesia: New approach to local anesthesia?
- Better solar cells, better LED light and vast optical possibilities
- Nanostructures with applications in infrared and terahertz ranges
- The motion of the medium matters for self-assembling particles
- New 'switch' could power quantum computing: Light lattice traps atoms, builds networks of quantum information transmitters
- No compromises: Short, flexible, reusable AFM probe
- Novel ultra-fast electrical circuits use light-generated tunneling currents
- Scalable CVD process for making 2-D molybdenum diselenide
- Expanding particles to engineer defects: Adding larger particle to crystalline system can create order rather than distortions
- Domain walls in nanowires cleverly set in motion
- Trees go high-tech: Process turns cellulose into energy storage devices
- Rebar technique strengthens case for graphene: Hybrid nanotube-graphene material promises to simplify manufacturing
- Role of magnetic nanoparticles in breast cancer treatment
- Inspired by moth eyeballs, chemists develop gold coating that dims glare
- To bridge LED green gap, think small ... really small: Nanostructures half a DNA strand-wide show promise for efficient LEDs
- Pocket-size ultrasonic nebulizer employing a novel nozzle improves inhalers
- Structural insights into inner workings of viral nanomachine
- Tiny biomolecular tweezers studying force effect of cells
- Ultrathin collagen matrix biomaterial tool for 3-D microtissue engineering
- Good vibrations: Using light-heated water to deliver drugs
- Nanosheets and nanowires
- Carbon nanotubes grow in combustion flames
- Cheap, better-performing lithium-ion batteries created
- Nanoparticle trapped with laser light temporarily violates second law of thermodynamics
- Breakthrough in creating invisibility cloaks, stealth technology
- Diamonds are an oil's best friend: Research to find the best nanofluid for heat transfer
- Sticky composites improve, 'green up' lithium-ion batteries: New battery technology employs multifunctional materials
- Nano-paper filter removes viruses
- Mixing silicon with other materials improves the diversity of nanoscale electronic devices
- Probing polarization puzzles: Electron beams to encode data in nanocrystals may improve capacity of computer memory devices
- Fabricating nanostructures with silk could make clean rooms green rooms
- Technique measures quantity, risks of engineered nanomaterials delivered to cells
- Nanotube coating helps shrink mass spectrometers
- Plasma tool for destroying cancer cells
- Technofossils: Unprecedented legacy left behind by humans
- Researchers improve performance of III-V nanowire solar cells on graphene
- Hot nanoparticles for cancer treatments
- Researchers grow carbon nanofibers using ambient air, without toxic ammonia
- Engineers design 'living materials': Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that emit light
- Unavoidable disorder used to build nanolaser
- Anti-counterfeit 'fingerprints' made from silver nanowires
- Shrink wrap used to enhance detection of infectious disease biomarkers
- Engineering materials for super-efficient nanoelectronics: Potential way to make graphene superconducting
- Catching the early spread of breast cancer
- Thermal conductance can be controlled like waves using nanostructures
- Bright future for protein nanoprobes
- Stretchable antenna for wearable health monitoring
- Nanotube composites greatly increase efficiency of next generation of solar cells
- Antimony nanocrystals for batteries
- Bionic plants: Nanotechnology could turn shrubbery into supercharged energy producers
- Novel membrane reveals water molecules will bounce off a liquid surface
- New nanoparticle that only attacks cervical cancer cells
- Atomically thick metal membranes
- DNA can be damaged by very low-energy radiation
- Nanoscale optical switch breaks miniaturization barrier
- Roomy cages built from DNA could one day deliver drugs, devices
- Graphene-metal sandwich: Combining graphene and copper may shrink electronics
- Building new drugs just got easier
- Surface characteristics influence cellular growth on semiconductor material
- Colloidal silicon quantum dots: Synthesis and luminescence tuning from the near-UV to the near-IR range
- First thin films of spin ice reveal cold secrets
- Scientists build thinnest-possible LEDs to be stronger, more energy efficient
- Two-dimensional material shows promise for optoelectronics: LEDs, photovoltaic cells, and light detectors
- Biomolecular tweezers facilitate study of mechanical force effects on cells and proteins
- Tackling the tiniest technology to make gadgets smaller, faster and more efficient
- How 19th century physics could change the future of nanotechnology
- Physics in 3-D? That's nothing: Try 0-D
- Boron, discovered in 1808, gets a nano refresh
- Research tests which nano system works best in killing cancer cells
- Solar power: Making it less expensive and more efficient
- Pulling polymers leads to new insights into their mechanical behavior
- A new renewable energy source? Device captures energy from Earth's infrared emissions to outer space
- Magnet for fast and cheap data storage invented
- Promising results with local hyperthermia of tumors
- Physicists solve 20-year-old debate surrounding how glassy surfaces flow like a liquid
- Big step for next-generation fuel cells and electrolyzers
- More dangerous chemicals in everyday life: Now experts warn against nanosilver
- Water filter from the sapwood in pine tree branches
- Research and applications of iron oxide nanoparticles explored
- Creating complex nanoparticles in one easy step
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