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Controlling how fast graphene cools down

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Graphene is the thinnest material ever produced, with the thickness of a single atomic layer. Thinner than a billionth of a meter, it is able to efficiently absorb light from the visible to the infrared through the photoexcitation of its charge ca...

Mar 4, 2022

Nanometric Light Modulators Used to Study Deep Regions of the Brain

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists can depend on a formidable tool — light — when it comes to recording and stimulating brain activity. An international team of researchers, directed by Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology/IIT), has created na...

Mar 4, 2022

New graphene-enhanced asphalt trial to take place on Oxford road

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Two stretches of an Oxford, UK road will be resurfaced with GiPave, a graphene-enhanced asphalt material, to test the benefits of the product which can significantly increase the life of a road.

Mar 4, 2022

A peptide hydrogel for efficient production of cell spheroids

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Prof. Zhimou Yang, who has wored in the research field of peptide self-assembly biomaterials for more than 15 years, has designed a peptide hydrogel for cell spheroids production. "Supramolecular hydrogels of self-assembling short peptides ar...

Mar 4, 2022

Optimizing UV Nanoimprinting to be Defect Free

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A team of researchers recently published a paper in the journal ACS Applied Nano Materials that demonstrated the effectiveness of computer simulations in creating defect-free micro- and nanostructured patterns on surfaces through ultraviolet (UV) ...

Mar 4, 2022

Novel Approach to Green Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles

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Researchers from India have shared an eco-friendly method for the fabrication of metal nanoparticles in their latest article available as a pre-proof in the journal Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management.

Mar 4, 2022

Keeping Track of Circulating Cancer Cells through Nanoparticle Chip

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Novel research concerning the capturing and non-destructive release of circulating tumor cells has been published in the journal, Micromachines. This research aims to utilize a chip modified with multifunctional gelatin-nanoparticles for biomedica...

Mar 4, 2022

New Electrolyte Could Advance All Solid-State Batteries

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A non-ceramic solid-state electrolyte based on a graphene oxide (GO) aerogel framework filled with polyethylene oxide was designed in a study published recently in the journal Langmuir.

Mar 4, 2022

Biophysical Society's Annual Meeting 2022 a resounding success for Nanosurf

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Nanosurf launched a new atomic force microscopy measurement mode – WaveMode – at the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting (BPS2022) in San Francisco last week.

Mar 4, 2022

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Atom by atom: building precise smaller nanoparticles with templates

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanoparticles (which have sizes ranging between 3–500 nm), and sub-nanoclusters (which are around 1 nm in diameter) are utilized in many fields, including medicine, robotics, materials science, and engineering. Their small size and large surface-a...

Mar 4, 2022

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