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Advanced care: Smart wound dressings with built-in healing sensors: Fluorescent sensors glow brightly under UV light if infection starts to set in

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New type of multifunctional wound dressings feature glowing nanosensors to track and monitor for infection. Harnessing the antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory power of magnesium hydroxide, the smart dressings can also fight bacteria and reduce inf...

Jun 28, 2021

A way to surmount supercooling

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Researchers study the use of nanoparticles to induce crystallization of supercooled aqueous solutions to clathrate hydrates. On the basis of scanning electron microscopy images, they discovered that silver nanoparticles are much more effective com...

Jun 28, 2021

A template for fast synthesis of nanographenes: New combined synthesis method an exciting breakthrough in the construction of nanographene libraries

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Development of a new APEX reaction means that large numbers of nanographenes can be easily synthesized using a commercially available hydrocarbon as a template.

Jun 28, 2021

Multi-material, multi-photon 3D laser micro- and nanoprinting

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Multi-photon approaches provide printing rates of up to about ten million voxels per second. Multi-photon-based 3D approaches structure matter with a resolution approaching sub-micrometer and nanometer feature sizes. Such spatial resolution is cru...

Jun 28, 2021

Gold nanoparticles injected into tumors could improve radiation treatment for cancer

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Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally. In 2018, there were 18.1 million new cases and 9.5 million cancer-related deaths worldwide. By 2040, the number of new cancer cases per year is expected to rise to 29.5 million and the number o...

Jun 28, 2021

Scientists obtain magnetic nanopowder for 6G technology

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Material scientists have developed a fast method for producing epsilon iron oxide and demonstrated its promise for next-generation communications devices. Its outstanding magnetic properties make it one of the most coveted materials, such as for t...

Jun 28, 2021

Nanostructured siloxane-based materials for novel plastics and microelectronics

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The self-organization of molecular components into hierarchically ordered nanostructures is an essential part for the development of new materials in emerging nanotechnologies and sustainable plastics. Brigitte Lamers investigated the complex inte...

Jun 28, 2021

New Nanotech Electrode Could Free Up 20% More Light from Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

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A new electrode that could free up 20% more light from organic light-emitting diodes has been developed at the University of Michigan. It could help extend the battery life of smartphones and laptops, or make next-gen televisions and displays much...

Jun 28, 2021

Smart wound dressings with built-in healing sensors

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Researchers have developed smart wound dressings with built-in nanosensors that glow to alert patients when a wound is not healing properly.

Jun 28, 2021

Equally Sized Perovskite Colloidal Quantum Dots Have Better Photovoltaic Performance

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor particles only a few nanometers across that, thanks to their small size, exhibit peculiar optical and electronic properties due to quantum mechanics.

Jun 28, 2021

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