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Newly Designed Nanodiamonds Could Enhance Drug Cellular Uptake

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Scientists have recently developed amine-terminated nanodiamonds (ND) by modifying carboxylic acid-functionalized nanodiamonds (ND-COOH) with poly(amidoamine) dendrimer (PAMAM). The newly designed ND exhibited a high potential as a candidate for d...

Jun 28, 2022

Fermi-level tuning to improve the stability of 2D graphene-based FETs

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Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are a class of semiconducting materials with thicknesses on the atomic scale. These materials have numerous advantageous properties, including good mobilities at thicknesses below 1 nm, which make them particula...

Jun 28, 2022

Boron nitride nanotube fibers get real

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Boron nitride nanotubes used to be hard to process, according to Rice University researchers. Not anymore.

Jun 28, 2022

Ultrafast world captured with ultrathin films

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A film just 250 nanometers or 0.00025 mm thick has given scientists a sneak peek into the ultrafast world.

Jun 28, 2022

Researchers control and modulate acoustic waves on chip for the first time

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Acoustic waves are slower than electromagnetic waves of the same frequency but, even in the high-speed world of computing and communications, that's not a bad thing. Short acoustic waves are easy to confine in nanoscale structures, do not re...

Jun 28, 2022

Vector Homes secures funding for graphene-based construction materials development

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A UK-based start-up called Vector Homes, working on new techniques and materials for sustainable housing using graphene, has announced securing nearly £200,000 (almost USD$245,800) in Smart Grant funding by Innovate UK.

Jun 28, 2022

Single-atom tractor beams power chemical catalysis

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By trapping light into tiny gaps only a few atoms wide, a team from the NanoPhotonics Center at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge has magnified optical forces a thousand-fold, strong enough to force atoms into positions that ...

Jun 27, 2022

Biodegradable Nanoparticles May Effectively Deliver Therapeutic Agents to Treat Diseases

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An effort to create biodegradable nanoparticles that can capture images and administer medication to treat peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is being led by a bioengineer at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Jun 27, 2022

Scientists unravel mysterious mechanism behind 'whisker crystal' growth

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Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered the mechanism behind the rapid growth of ultra-thin nanowires or "whiskers" in organic compounds. Nanowires are both a desirable technological innovation and a hazard when the...

Jun 27, 2022

Uncommon Approach to Nano-Enabled Wound Healing Holds Promise

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Although several novel interventions were explored for wound healing, treating non-healing and chronic wounds is challenging in clinical management. In an article recently published in the journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, researchers ...

Jun 27, 2022

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