The Smart Polymer Materials group led by Prof. Chen Tao at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has synthesized a supramolecular multicolor fluorescent polymeric hydrogel for...
Dec 17, 2021
A group of researchers has successfully developed laser-active nanographene colloids for gene treatment of a highly advanced form of cancer called triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), according to a recent study published in the journal Materials...
Dec 17, 2021
Ph.D. student Marloes Bistervels from the Self-Organizing Matter research group at AMOLF has managed to use light to very precisely control the formation of nanocomposites in the shape of corals and vases. By illuminating a solution of the right i...
Dec 17, 2021
Mesocrystals are a class of solids formed by the regular arrangement of nanocrystals, which are tiny nanoparticles that have unique properties due to their small size. In mesocrystals, these take on a highly organized, superordinate form in a dens...
Dec 17, 2021
The development of a biodegradable piezoelectric material using eco-friendly hot spring bacteria is the subject of a recent study published in the journal Nano Energy.
Dec 17, 2021
A recently published paper from the journal Nano Energy investigated the usage of nano-enhanced phase change materials and nanofluids (NF) in photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) devices for thermal...
Dec 17, 2021
A paper published in the journal Nanomaterials indicates that nanoscale ZnO-based and nanoscale ZnO/Ag-based antimicrobial photocatalyst surfaces with potency against E. coli and S. aureus can be developed utilizing basic techniques and a common a...
Dec 17, 2021
Nanodiamonds may be tiny, but they can help with one of the biggest problems facing humanity today: Climate change. Hydrogen, a clean-burning fuel, leaves nothing but water when consumed. Many countries view hydrogen as a way to a zero-carbon futu...
Dec 17, 2021
SENSE.nano symposium highlights the importance of sensing technologies in medical studies. Sensors and sensing systems — from devices.
Dec 17, 2021
Researchers at Princeton University and the University of Washington (UW) designed a nanosize camera, no bigger than a grain of salt, that produces images comparable to those produced by a traditional lens setup more than 500,000 times larger than...
Dec 17, 2021
