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Superflimsy graphene turned ultrastiff by optical forging

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Graphene is an ultrathin material characterized by its ultrasmall bending modulus, superflimsiness. Now the researchers at the Nanoscience Center of the University of Jyväskylä have demonstrated how an experimental technique called optical forging...

May 25, 2021

Preclinical Trials Demonstrate the Efficacy of Nanoparticle-Based Vaccine

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Preclinical studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of an experimental flu vaccine that contains scores of microscopic spherical sacs carrying infection-fighting proteins all through the body....

May 25, 2021

New Method Using Chemically-Sensitive "Soft" X-Rays Sheds More Light on Nanocarriers

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Before the huge potential of tiny nanocarriers for highly targeted drug delivery and environmental clean-up can be realized, scientists first need to be able to see them. Currently researchers have...

May 25, 2021

Soft X-ray Method Promises Nanocarrier Breakthroughs for Smart Medicine and Environmental Clean-Up

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Before the huge potential of tiny nanocarriers for highly targeted drug delivery and environmental clean-up can be realized, scientists first need to be able to... The post Soft X-ray Method Promises Nanocarrier Breakthroughs for Smart Medicine a...

May 25, 2021

Folded 2D materials have properties useful for quantum communications

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Graphene is a material made of carbon atoms one layer thick, arranged in a honeycomb structure. It has been used to make materials stronger, create ultra-high frequency components for communications, boost battery performance and even used to make...

May 25, 2021

Soft X-ray method promises nanocarrier breakthroughs for smart medicine

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A new technique using chemically-sensitive 'soft' X-rays offers a simpler, non-disruptive way of gaining insight into nanocarriers. Currently researchers have to rely on attaching fluorescent dyes or heavy metals to label parts of organi...

May 25, 2021

Engineering matter at the atomic level

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed a way to use a 'dry transfer technique' -- a technique that uses no solvent -- to position optical quality carbon nanotubes in a precise way.

May 25, 2021

Nanorobots could target cancers and clear blood clots

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Tiny nano-sized robots and vehicles that can navigate through blood vessels to reach the site of a disease could be used to deliver drugs to tumors that are otherwise difficult to treat.

May 25, 2021

Engineering matter at the atomic level

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As the miniaturization of technology continues, scientists are seeking to engineer materials at the atomic level. In Nature Communications, researchers from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research and RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, along w...

May 25, 2021

Research team develops self-healing quantum emitter with unprecedented brightness

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Perovskite quantum dots are the rising stars of quantum emitters, but their inherent instability has hampered their development. Professor Hao-Wu Lin of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Associate Professor Chih-Sung Chuu of th...

May 25, 2021

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