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Controlled Formation of Gold Nanoparticles in Tellurite Glass Equipped With Plasmonic Properties Shows Potential in Photonics Application

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of scientists has demonstrated precise control of the size and concentration of gold nanoparticles in tellurite glass to make it suitable for photonics. Learn more about it in this article.

Dec 13, 2023

Three-Phase Catassembly to Enhance SERS Sensing

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A novel method for assembling small nanoparticles in a three-phase catalytic process to enable enhanced surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensing was recently proposed by a research team headed by Prof. Yang Liangbao from the Hefei Institut...

Dec 13, 2023

Nanocapillaries Could Help Us Source Energy From Raindrops

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Water has enormous potential as an energy source. For instance, hydroelectric power facilities have been extensively investigated as a means of harnessing the kinetic energy of water; however, ecosystems are often damaged by their development, lim...

Dec 13, 2023

Thin, Flexible Carbon Nanotubes with Tunable Chiral Properties

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Chiral materials interact with light in extremely precise ways, which can be used to create better displays, sensors, and more powerful gadgets. However, successfully creating features like the chirality at scale remains a serious difficulty in na...

Dec 13, 2023

Researchers develop spintronic probabilistic computers compatible with current AI

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The computer utilizes a stochastic behavior of nanoscale spintronics devices and is particularly suitable for probabilistic computation problems such as inference and sampling.

Dec 13, 2023

Illuminating the nanoscale: the forceful dance of light and heat

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers developed a microscope that visualizes the invisible forces exerted by light at the nanoscale. This groundbreaking tool reveals the intimate tango between light, force, and temperature with unprecedented detail and speed.

Dec 13, 2023

Superconducting Nanowires: A Quantum Breakthrough in Protein Ion Detection

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Detection efficiency is 1,000 times higher than conventional ion detectors due to high sensitivity.

Dec 13, 2023

Researcher discovers new technique for photon detection

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

University of Central Florida researcher Debashis Chanda, a professor at the NanoScience Technology Center, has developed a new technique to detect photons—elementary particles that span from visible light to radio frequencies and are instrumental...

Dec 12, 2023

Nanoprobes with barcodes can sense multiple active proteases in parallel

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The method works at room temperature and does not require complicated sample preparation or elaborate instruments.

Dec 12, 2023

Spinning up control: Propeller shape helps direct nanoparticles (w/video)

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Self-propelled nanoparticles could potentially advance drug delivery and lab-on-a-chip systems - but they are prone to go rogue with random, directionless movements. Now, researchers has developed an approach to rein in the synthetic particles.

Dec 12, 2023

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