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Photosensitive carbon nanoparticles investigated: Paving the way for using carbon nanocolloids in technological applications

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have now managed to identify the fundamental problems relating to the photophysics and photochemistry of carbon nanocolloids (CNC), and ascertain possible approaches for research into these readily available, non-toxic and adaptable na...

Dec 14, 2020

'Magic' angle graphene and the creation of unexpected topological quantum states

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Electrons inhabit a strange and topsy-turvy world. These infinitesimally small particles have never ceased to amaze and mystify despite the more than a century that scientists have studied them. Now, in an even more amazing twist, physicists have ...

Dec 14, 2020

When less is more: A single layer of atoms boosts the nonlinear generation of light

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers show that structures built around a single layer of graphene allow for strong optical nonlinearities that can convert light.

Dec 14, 2020

Researchers investigate photosensitive carbon nanoparticles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have managed to identify the fundamental problems relating to the photophysics and photochemistry of carbon nanocolloids, and ascertain possible approaches for research into these readily available, non-toxic and adaptable nanomaterials.

Dec 14, 2020

'Magic' angle graphene and the creation of unexpected topological quantum states

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Electrons inhabit a strange and topsy-turvy world. These infinitesimally small particles have never ceased to amaze and mystify despite the more than a century that scientists have studied them. Now, in an even more amazing twist, physicists have ...

Dec 14, 2020

Using a Graphene-Based Electrochemical Sensor to Detect COVID-19 in Under Five Minutes

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Image Credit: Shutterstock.com/ Forance A new graphene-based sensor could speed up the detection of COVID-19, helping limit this global pandemic. The COVID-19 crisis has changed the way we think...

Dec 14, 2020

When chemistry with green light mimics what happens in life

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Taking inspiration from nature, researchers created a green light-stabilized 3D polymer structure that unfolds itself when left in darkness - the first reported example of a reversible, light-triggered process to fold polymers into single chain na...

Dec 14, 2020

Toward imperceptible electronics that you cannot see or feel

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Researchers have fabricated transparent, ultrathin, flexible sensors with cross-aligned silver nanowire microelectronics fabricated using print technique that would be inexpensive and straightforward to mass-produce. This advance will find much us...

Dec 14, 2020

Bacterial nanopores open the future of data storage

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Bioengineers have developed a nanopore-based system that can read data encoded into synthetic macromolecules with higher accuracy and resolution than similar methods on the market. The system is also potentially cheaper and longer-lasting, and ove...

Dec 14, 2020

Nanosurf introduces a cutting-edge tip-scanning atomic force microscope

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanosurf has launched the DriveAFM - a high-performance tip-scanning AFM that incorporates innovative technologies.

Dec 14, 2020

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