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Nanocarriers based on nucleic acids: An important player in the future field of nanomedicine

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Currently, chemotherapy is still the main clinical treatment strategy for cancer. Although it has produced significant effects, chemotherapy also has a destructive effect on normal tissues and cells, bringing many side effects to patients. Therefo...

Mar 18, 2022

TEM Nanoindentation Uncovers Tribology of Amorphous Carbon

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A novel in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) investigation of prolonged slipping of diamond-like carbon (DLC) on diamond was made available as a pre-proof in the journal Carbon...

Mar 18, 2022

Dome Nanoparticles Suitable for Flexible Micro-Supercapacitors Synthesized

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A recent study published in the journal ACS Applied Nano Materials examines the advancement of flexible micro-supercapacitors with laser-induced hydrothermal growth of iron oxide nanoparticles on a...

Mar 18, 2022

Turning any camera into a polarization camera: Metasurface attachment can be used with almost any optical system, from machine vision cameras to telescopes

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed a metasurface attachment that can turn just about any camera or imaging system, even off-the-shelf systems, into polarization cameras. The attachment uses a metasurface of subwavelength nanopillars to direct light based ...

Mar 18, 2022

New LLNL Study Demonstrates Way to Tailor-Make Carbon Nanomaterials

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Carbon displays an extraordinary tendency to produce nanomaterials with rare chemical and physical properties, owing to its ability to participate in diverse bonding states.

Mar 18, 2022

Tailored Nanopesticides Support Sustainable Agricultural Practice

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Nanotechnology research offers a realistic and efficient method for reducing pesticide waste and enhancing pesticide consumption. A new publication in the journal ACS Agricultural Science &...

Mar 18, 2022

Researchers develop the world's first power-free frequency tuner using nanomaterials

Tech Xplore   -   Scientific News Websites

In a paper published today in Nature Communications, researchers at the University of Oxford and the University of Pennsylvania have found a power-free and ultra-fast way of frequency tuning using functional nanowires.

Mar 18, 2022

Investigating Gold Nanorods for Future "Smart" Nanodrugs

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In an article recently published in the open-access MDPI journal nanomaterials, researchers investigated the mechanism of interaction between nanoscale materials and specific cells for biomedical...

Mar 18, 2022

Electron powers a weak but significant bond for building complex structures: Chemists use elementary particle to catalyze molecular recognition

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How do you bring together two molecules that positively repel each other? A research team has developed a simple and versatile solution: Introduce an electron with a jolt of electricity, and resistance between the two is reduced and a bond formed....

Mar 18, 2022

Improving Capabilities of Nanoscale Imaging Instruments

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Chris Own likes to quote Lord Kelvin, one of the fathers of thermodynamics. "When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it,"...

Mar 18, 2022

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