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Nanocomposites Made Via Stereolithography Could Expand to High-End Applications

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Stereolithography (SL) employs UV-curable resin as a raw material to fabricate bulk and delicate objects. However, the poor performance of this resin restricts the SL’s practical applicability.

Jul 4, 2022

Further Insight on Charge Carrier Dynamics in Graphene Quantum Dots

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Graphene quantum dots-based nanohybrids (GQD NHs) are known to be a viable option for optoelectronic equipment because of their prominent carrier transfer and tunable light absorption...

Jul 4, 2022

Nanocomposite Boosts Epoxy Coating's Anti-Corrosion Power

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Corrosion is a common issue faced by most metals and is caused by moisture reaching its surface. Coatings prevent corrosion, with epoxy coatings being one of the most widely used. Still, these coatings are not perfect.

Jul 4, 2022

Mechanical engineers demonstrate that using nanotechnology in batteries will improve battery performance

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New research reveals that using advanced materials that include 'multiscale particles' makes for an improved battery, capable of storing more energy, lasting longer, and charging more quickly.

Jul 4, 2022

Universal light-driven rotation platform for nanoparticles and live cells

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The controlled rotation of micro- and nanoscale objects plays a crucial role in sensing, imaging, biomedicine, and manufacturing. What makes light-driven micro- and nanorotors so promising for many applications is their non-contact, fuel-free oper...

Jul 4, 2022

Hitting the Books: How 3D printing helped make cosplay costumes even more accurate

Engadget   -   General News Websites

Additive manufacturing is one of the most important technological advances of the 21st century. It's revolutionized the way we build everything from airplanes and wind turbines to medical implants and nano-machinery — not to mention the tidal...

Jul 3, 2022

Quantum Computing for Dummies

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Quantum computers may one day rapidly find solutions to problems no regular computer might ever hope to solve, but there are vanishingly few quantum programmers when compared with the number of conventional programmers in the world. Now a new begi...

Jul 3, 2022

The First Million-Transistor Chip: the Engineers’ Story

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

In San Francisco on Feb. 27, 1989, Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., startled the world of high technology by presenting the first ever 1-million-transistor microprocessor, which was also the company’s first such chip to use a reduced instruction ...

Jul 2, 2022

Nanoscale infrared study of meteorite mineralogy

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Using a nanoscale infrared probe, researchers found that the minerals in a meteorite - an artifact representing the solar system's past - were altered by water on very fine spatial scales.

Jul 2, 2022

Quantum computer cools itself down by performing calculations

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

As they warm up, quantum computers can slow down or stop working altogether. A new kind made with specially engineered diamonds cools as it calculates

Jul 1, 2022

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