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New Technique Could Shed Light on Nanoscale Phenomena

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nowadays, several well-studied materials in numerous fields like catalysis and electronics are in the vicinity of reaching their practical limits. (left) Schematic illustration of the technique. The...

May 17, 2021

Mini Nanopositioning Stage based on High Dymamic Voice Coil Motor and Maintenance-Free Air Bearing Slide

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

PI’s air bearing motion product line is expanding again. The new A-142 high performance compact nano-positioning and linear alignment stage is designed with a voice coil motor and frictionless air bearing slide for highly repeatable motion with ou...

May 17, 2021

Social Distancing on the Nanoscale

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of physicists from Germany, the US and the UK managed to observe the motion of electrons from one atomically thin layer into an adjacent one with nanoscale spatial resolution. The new contact-free nanoscopy concept, which shows great potent...

May 17, 2021

Nanotechnology and COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment

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The development of nano-biosensors and nanoparticle-based vaccines and medicines has opened a new path toward better management of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In a recently published article in the journal ACS Biomaterials Sc...

May 17, 2021

Therapeutics that can shut down harmful genes need a reliable delivery system

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

So far, only a handful of siRNA, or other RNA interference-based therapeutics that can shut down harmful genes to keep viruses from spreading have been approved. Chemical engineering researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering have created s...

May 17, 2021

Fast, affordable solution proposed for transparent displays and semiconductors

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The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials(KIMM) developed a roll-based damage-free transfer technique that allows two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials to be transferred into wafer scale without damage. The proposed technique has a variety...

May 17, 2021

Mechanics of the infinitely small: NanoGear, towards a molecular gear

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Oscillatory and rotational motions of different parts are combined in a newly conceived artificial molecule, paving the way for the construction of devices capable of transforming and transmitting movements on the nanometer scale. The nanodevice w...

May 17, 2021

Scientist find a loophole in Heisenberg's uncertainty principle

Live Science   -   Scientific News Websites

The micron-sized drum apparatus used by the two teams has applications from probing for quantum gravity to building the first quantum computers.

May 16, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Harvesting light like nature does:Synthesizing a new class of bio-inspired, light-capturing nanomaterials

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Inspired by nature, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), along with collaborators from Washington State University, created a novel material capable of capturing light energy....

May 15, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Nanophotonics enhanced coverslip for phase imaging in biology

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The ability to visualize transparent objects such as biological cells is of fundamental importance in biology and medical diagnostics. Conventional approaches to achieve this include phase-contrast mi...

May 15, 2021

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