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Researchers Build Smallest Ever, Cheapest High Resolution Microscope

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The University of Barcelona led an international team of researchers to develop the most inexpensive, smallest high resolution microscope so far, achieved by creating new nanoLEDs that serve as a...

Mar 10, 2021

Researchers make carbon nanotube patterns called moirés for materials research

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Material behaviors depend on factors including the composition of the material and the arrangement of its molecular parts. For the first time, researchers have found a way to coax carbon nanotubes into creating moiré patterns. Such structures coul...

Mar 10, 2021

Light and Force Reveal Hardening of Materials Under Illumination

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from Nagoya University and the Technical University of Darmstadt developed a method to quantitatively study the effect of light on nanoscale mechanical properties of thin-wafer semiconductors or any other crystalline material. The me...

Mar 10, 2021

Nano-mapping phase transitions in electronic materials

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have combined two cutting-edge techniques to achieve nanoscale mapping of each distinct electronic phase.

Mar 10, 2021

Bimodal imaging receives nanoparticle enhancement

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A nanoparticle's size is fine-tuned to offer high-resolution images before and during surgical procedures.

Mar 10, 2021

Moire than meets the eye

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers make carbon nanotube patterns called moires for materials research.

Mar 10, 2021

Study shows simple blood test could detect liver injury earlier

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

University of Texas at Dallas chemist Dr. Jie Zheng has spent much of his career investigating gold nanoparticles for their potential impact in the field of nanomedicine. In new research, published online Feb. 19 in the journal Science Advances, h...

Mar 10, 2021

Graphene nanoparticles and their influence on neurons

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Effective, specific, with a reversible and non-harmful action: the identikit of the perfect biomaterial seems to correspond to graphene flakes. This nanomaterial has demonstrated the ability to interact with the functions of the nervous system in ...

Mar 10, 2021

Scientists develop new magnetic nanomaterial for ?ounterfeit money prevention

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

An international research team led by NUST MISIS has developed a new iron-cobalt-nickel nanocomposite with tunable magnetic properties. The nanocomposite could be used to protect money and securities from counterfeiting. The study was published in...

Mar 10, 2021

'Lost' ocean nanoplastic might be getting trapped on coasts

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

As plastic debris weathers in aquatic environments, it can shed tiny nanoplastics. Although scientists have a good understanding of how these particles form, they still don't have a good grasp of where all the fragments end up. Now, researche...

Mar 10, 2021

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