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Dynamic Range of Nanoresonators on Par With Animal Hearing

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Atomically thin membranes enable nanoresonators to achieve extraordinalry wide dynamic range for tiny machines

Mar 30, 2018

New technique accurately measures the water slippage in single graphene nanofluidic channels

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

For most viscous liquids, the solid surface of surrounding channel walls poses friction resistance to the flowing liquid, causing a loss of velocity at the liquid/solid interface. As a result, for regular surfaces the energy required for nanofluid...

Mar 27, 2018

Report on statistics and indicators of biotechnology and nanotechnology

OECD   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

This paper provides a summary of trends and developments in biotechnology and nanotechnology over the last 20-25 years based on the longitudinal analyses of patents. It also introduces an experimental indicator which aims to visualise developments...

Mar 27, 2018

Cell-penetrating 'nanodrills' show promise for intracellular drug delivery

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University have created new nanomaterials able to cross cell membranes, establishing a novel platform for the intracellular delivery of molecular drugs and other cargo.

Mar 27, 2018

Few-layer antimonene decorated microfiber improves optical modulation communication with enhanced long-term stability

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have used a few-layer antimonene nanosheet to demonstrate all optical modulation in optical signal processing. To utilize the saturable absorption property of few-layer antimonene, antimonene-decorated microfiber was employed as an opt...

Mar 26, 2018

Photostriction of molecular 2D nanosheet

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In new work employing the photostrictive effect, researchers have fabricated a flexible two-dimensional (2D) charge transfer molecular (sub-nanometer) nanosheet and observed a sizeable photostrictive effect of 5.7% with fast, sub-millisecond respo...

Mar 26, 2018

DNA origami as a novel avenue for creating next-generation optical voltage sensing nanodevices

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Over the past few decades, researchers have developed various optical voltage sensing probes in order to overcome the highly invasive nature of electrode-based techniques. These voltage sensing mechanisms can be hampered by some combination of lim...

Mar 25, 2018

To fear or not to fear the future of work? Opportunities, disruptions and policy challenges

OECD   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Rapid technological change – from digitalisation to artificial intelligence, 3D printing and nanomaterials – is transforming the way goods and services are produced and consumed. It will have profound implications for the dynamics of productivity,...

Mar 23, 2018

Multifunctional nanotechnology fire alarm wallpaper

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Imagine you are fast asleep in your bedroom when a fire breaks out somewhere else in your house. Fortunately, you have nanotechnology-enhanced wallpaper that detects the fire and automatically rings an alarm. Realizing this idea, scientists have d...

Mar 21, 2018

Mobile World Congress 2018: The Tangled Fate of Graphene and 5G

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

These two technologies have long been hyped, and proponents of each are finally starting to work together

Mar 19, 2018

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