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Plasmonic tweezers: For nanoscale optical trapping and beyond

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Optical tweezers and associated manipulation tools in the far field have had a major impact on scientific and engineering research by offering precise manipulation of small objects. More recently, near-field manipulation with surface plasmons has ...

Mar 19, 2021

Solving 'barren plateaus' is the key to quantum machine learning

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Many machine learning algorithms on quantum computers suffer from the dreaded "barren plateau" of unsolvability, where they run into dead ends on optimization problems. This challenge had been relatively unstudied—until now. Rigorous the...

Mar 19, 2021

A single-molecule electrical approach for amino acid detection and chirality recognition

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Analytical chemistry aims to efficiently discriminate between two amino acids. In a new report in Science Advances, Zihao Liu and a research team in Chemistry, Physics, and Materials Science in China and Japan, used a single-molecule electrical me...

Mar 19, 2021

Solving 'barren plateaus' is the key to quantum machine learning

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Many machine learning algorithms on quantum computers suffer from the dreaded 'barren plateau' of unsolvability, where they run into dead ends on optimization problems.

Mar 19, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Teamwork makes light shine ever brighter: Combined energy sources return a burst of photons from plasmonic gold nanogaps

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

If youre looking for one technique to maximize photon output from plasmons, stop. It takes two to wrangle.

Mar 19, 2021

Using a nanoscale tandem catalyst to get more propylene out of propane during dehydrogenation

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A team of researchers at Northwestern University has developed a nanoscale tandem catalyst to get more propylene out of propane during dehydrogenation. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes their method and the impro...

Mar 19, 2021

Surprising Electron Interaction Found in 'Magic-Angle' Graphene

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New research in the journal Science describes a technique that weakens the repulsive force between electrons in "magic-angle" graphene superconductors, providing physicists with exciting new...

Mar 19, 2021

Nanoparticle-based vaccine offers new approach to COVID-19 immunity – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Building a vaccine from nanoparticles increases stability without losing efficacy The post Nanoparticle-based vaccine offers new approach to COVID-19 immunity appeared first on Physics World.

Mar 19, 2021

Research Shows Metal Nanostructures are Useful in Photonics

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Researchers at the University of Ottawa have debunked the decade-old myth of metals being useless in photonics - the science and technology of light - with their findings, recently published in Nature...

Mar 19, 2021

Researchers explore nanotechnology’s potential to deliver synergistic therapeutics for COVID-19

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A team of scientists reviewed the nanoencapsulation approaches of synergistic compounds (Lectins, Caffeine, Cocoa, Flavonoids, Quercetin) and the role of nanotechnology in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mar 19, 2021

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