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Out of the blue: Better quantum dot technology

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

New blue quantum dot technology could lead to more energy-efficient displays. Quantum dots are nanoscale crystals capable of emitting light of different colors. Display devices based on quantum dots promise greater power efficiency, brightness, an...

Nov 8, 2022

Lignin nanoparticles: A sustainable recipe for combining cellulose with hydrophobic polymers for advanced applications

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The Bioproduct Chemistry team at Aalto University have designed a sustainable method to produce strong and flexible cellulosic films that incredibly maintain their strength even when wet.

Nov 8, 2022

Employing a Confined Microchannel to Control the Dynamic Motion of Single NPs

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The detection of electrocatalytic reactions on single nanoparticles (NPs) by the nanoconfinement-amplified current has been made possible by single-NP collisions. It has lately been proven that stochastic collision electrochemistry improves the el...

Nov 8, 2022

Lignin nanoparticles as interfacial modulator for tough, hydrophobic cellulosic films

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have designed a sustainable method to produce strong and flexible cellulosic films that incredibly maintain their strength even when wet.

Nov 8, 2022

New blue quantum dot technology could lead to more energy-efficient displays

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum dots are nanoscale crystals capable of emitting light of different colors. Display devices based on quantum dots promise greater power efficiency, brightness and color purity than previous generations of displays. Of the three colors typic...

Nov 8, 2022

A magnetosome-like structure with high tumor tissue penetration efficiency

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In a study published in PNAS, a research team led by Prof. Wang Junfeng from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences biomimetically synthesized soft ferromagnetic nanoparticles with high magnetic targeti...

Nov 8, 2022

An Ingenious Solution for Separating Bonded Nano-Components

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An innovative approach for separating bonded nano-components has been developed by physicists from Friedrich Schiller University Jena and their colleagues from Düsseldorf, Gothenburg, Lyngby, and Trieste.

Nov 8, 2022

Enhanced single-nanoparticle collisions for the hydrogen evolution reaction in a confined microchannel

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Single-nanoparticle (NP) collisions have enabled the measurement of electrocatalytic reactions on single NPs by the nanoconfinement-amplified current. Recently, it has been demonstrated that the electrocatalytic activity of single NPs is improved ...

Nov 8, 2022

Metasurface-based nanoprinting: Displaying optical images at the nanoscale resolution

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There is a long-standing folk art in China called "rice carving," in which lifelike artistic patterns are carved on rice with a length of only about 5 mm. These works need to be appreciated with a magnifying glass.

Nov 8, 2022

Scientists combine existing technologies to build new ultrafast electron microscope

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Using a unique combination technology, a team of researchers has analyzed the mechanisms of the light-matter interaction in nanomaterials at the smallest and fastest levels.

Nov 8, 2022

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