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A bright future in eco-friendly light devices, just add dendrimers, cellulose, and graphene

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Researchers have developed a light-emitting electrochemical cell using dendrimers, a material gaining popularity in the industry. Moreover, the team found that using biomass derived cellulose acetate as the electrolyte retains the cell's long...

Jul 7, 2023

Chemists create the microspine with shape-transforming properties for targeted cargo delivery at microscale

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With the goal of advancing biomimetic microscale materials, the research team has developed a new method to create microscale superstructures, called MicroSpine, that possess both soft and hard materials which mimic the spine structure and can act...

Jul 7, 2023

Photonic time crystals could open the door to a new branch of optics

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Refractive index—the ratio of the speed of electromagnetic radiation in a medium to its speed in a vacuum—can be modulated fast enough to generate photonic time crystals (PTCs) in the near-visible part of the spectrum, a new study published in the...

Jul 7, 2023

Machine learning enhances X-ray imaging of nanotextures

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Using a combination of high-powered X-rays, phase-retrieval algorithms and machine learning, researchers revealed the intricate nanotextures in thin-film materials, offering scientists a new, streamlined approach to analyzing potential candidates ...

Jul 7, 2023

Extracellular cytochrome nanowires appear to be ubiquitous in microbes

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A Geobacter bacteria isolated from a contaminated ditch in Oklahoma has an unusual appendage—a long extracellular nanowire that can conduct electricity. The electron transport chain in this nanowire carries electrons from the bacteria to an insolu...

Jul 7, 2023

Biodegradable ultrasound implant could improve brain tumour treatments – Physics World

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A biodegradable ultrasound transducer based on piezoelectric nanofibres could improve outcomes for patients with brain cancer The post Biodegradable ultrasound implant could improve brain tumour treatments appeared first on Physics World.

Jul 7, 2023

For a bright future in eco-friendly light devices, just add dendrimers, cellulose, and graphene

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Researchers have developed a new eco-friendly, and long-lasting light-emitting electrochemical cell using dendrimers combined with biomass derived cellulose acetate as the electrolyte and a graphene electrode.

Jul 7, 2023

Two-Dimensional eMica Nanosheets Demonstrate Potential in CO2 Capture, Holds Key in Mitigating Carbon Emissions

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Scientists developed 2D nanosheets made of modified mica with shows potential in sustainable carbon capture needed to fight climate change. Learn more about it in this article.

Jul 7, 2023

How one of nature's most fundamental molecules forms

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Life runs on ribosomes. Every cell on Earth needs ribosomes to translate genetic information into all the proteins needed for the organism to function—and to in turn make more ribosomes. But scientists still lack a clear understanding of how these...

Jul 6, 2023

Researchers develop novel biodegradable nanoprobe to detect diabetic retinopathy in its early stages

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In a paper published by the research team of Ali Hafezi-Moghadam, MD, Ph.D. at the Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), a founding member of Mass General Brigham, authors introduced a biodegradable fluorescent nanoprobe to detect diabetic reti...

Jul 6, 2023

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