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Research Strategy Opens the Door to Creation of "Intelligent" Nanostructures

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers at the UAB have designed minimalist biostructures that imitate natural enzymes, capable of carrying out two differentiated and reversibly regulated activities thanks to a unique...

Mar 9, 2021

Cheap Carbon Nanodots can be Purified to Replace Toxic Metal Quantum Dots

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Tiny fluorescent semiconductor dots, called quantum dots, are useful in a variety of health and electronic technologies but are made of toxic, expensive metals. Nontoxic and economic carbon-based dots...

Mar 9, 2021

Optical Tweezing Inspires Nanoscopic Trapping Method

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have deployed the existing principles of optical tweezer technology, which enables the manipulation and assemblage of nanoparticles, as a base for a technique that allows them to manipulat...

Mar 9, 2021

Gold-phosphorus nanosheets catalyzes nature gas to greener energy selectively

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have enabled discovery of large reserves of natural gas which primarily contains methane, which is mainly burned directly and causing global warming potentially. Upgrading methane to greener energy such...

Mar 9, 2021

Carbon Nanodots Could Serve as Cheaper, Cleaner Quantum Dot Alternatives for the Future

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum dots generally refer to specially fabricated nanocrystals that exhibit unique electrical and optical properties due to their inherent quantum properties. However, conventional technology has limited quantum dots to toxic and costly metals ...

Mar 9, 2021

'Wearable microgrid' uses the human body to sustainably power small gadgets

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanoengineers have developed a 'wearable microgrid' that harvests and stores energy from the human body to power small electronics. It consists of three main parts: sweat-powered biofuel cells, motion-powered devices called triboelectric...

Mar 9, 2021

Combined technique using diamond probes enables nanoscale imaging of magnetic vortex structures

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In progress towards the creation of more effective data storage systems, researchers found that magnetometry exploiting color center defects in diamond probes and magneto-optic imaging found to complement each other.

Mar 9, 2021

Microscope allows ultrafast nanoscale manipulation while tracking energy dynamics

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers in Japan have developed a microscopy technique that combines the ability to manipulate the motion of electrons on a femtosecond timescale and to detect a photon at sub-nanometer resolution. The new method offers a new platform for scie...

Mar 9, 2021

Combined technique using diamond probes for nanoscale imaging of magnetic vortex structure

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Magnetometry exploiting color center defects in diamond probes and magneto-optic imaging found to complement each other; Progress towards the creation of more effective data storage systems

Mar 9, 2021

IonQ Quantum Computer 4 Million Quantum Volume and 16X Error Correction | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

IonQ trapped ion quantum computer is completing a $2 billion SPAC merger which will give it about $600 million in cash to fund its quantum computer developments. IonQ indicates that its 32 qubit trapped ion quantum computer can achieve a quantum v...

Mar 8, 2021

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