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Physicists demonstrate polariton Bose-Einstein condensation using a planar waveguide

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of physicists from CNR-Nanotec in Lecce, Università di Pavia, Princeton University and Université de Lyon has demonstrated Bose-Einstein condensation using a planar waveguide where semiconductor quantum wells were strongly coupled to a boun...

Jun 14, 2022

3D Atomic Force Microscopy Offers Insights into Chitin Nanocrystals

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Chitin is a renewable biopolymer that is abundantly available in nature. Despite its importance as a basic building block in various biological materials, its surface crystalline structure remains unexplored.

Jun 14, 2022

OCSiAl expands its graphene nanotube production capacities to Europe

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

OCSiAl is launching a graphene nanotube synthesis facility near Belgrade, Serbia, in the first half of 2023. The synthesis facility to become the core of the graphene nanotube industrial hub and will be accompanied by production lines of nanotube ...

Jun 14, 2022

Zinc oxide/graphene oxide nanocomposites can efficiently inhibit cadmium-induced hepatotoxicity

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A research team led by Profs. Xu An and Liu Yun from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has demonstrated the effective, specific and safe detoxification effect and its related mechanism of zin...

Jun 14, 2022

Nanoparticle-Based Artificial Sensory Nerve

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have recently designed an artificial flexible sensory nerve capable of neural coding, tactile sensing, and performing synaptic processing functions. Interestingly, this device does not depend on algorithms or computing resources. The st...

Jun 14, 2022

Atomically thin semiconductors for nanophotonics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Atomically thin semiconductors such as molybdenum disulfide and tungsten disulfide are promising materials for nanoscale photonic devices. These approximately 2D semiconductors support so-called excitons, which are bound electron-hole pairs, that ...

Jun 14, 2022

Real-time Imaging of Dynamic Atom-atom Interactions

Tokyo Institute of Technology   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

In a breakthrough, Tokyo Tech researchers have managed to observe and characterize dynamic assembly of metallic atoms using an ingenious combination of scanning transmission electron microscopy and a video-based tracking. By visualizing short-live...

Jun 14, 2022

Enhancing the Biomedical Properties of Electrospun Nanofibers

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In an article published in the journal Biomedical Materials, researchers set out to produce environmentally friendly, high-performance electrospun nanofibers from poly(epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL), chitosan (CS), and κ-carrageenan (κ-C) using marin...

Jun 14, 2022

"Controlled fabrication of multimetallic building blocks for hybrid nanomaterials: The new method can be used to construct copolymers comprising different metal species, which have potential uses in catalysis and drug discovery"

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Polymers with different metal complexes in their side chains are thought to be promising high-performance materials with a wide variety of applications. However, conventional fabrication methods are not suitable for constructing such polymers beca...

Jun 14, 2022

"DNA nanotech safe for medical use, new study suggests"

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers found that while high amounts of DNA nanotechnology devices can cause a slight immune response, it isn't marked enough to be dangerous. Their findings also suggest that different shapes may be more conducive to different therapeut...

Jun 14, 2022

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